5.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestA washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976.
Writing
Kneale's scripts squeeze dread from everyday British life.
Practical Effects
Creature effects that age like a nightmare you can't shake.
Production
Studio-bound intimacy makes everything feel inescapably real.
Creator
Nigel Kneale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kneale wrote this between Quatermass and his unmade fourth series, channeling post-oil-crisis British anxiety into literal monsters.
'Baby' was so disturbing that ITV received complaints—Kneale considered it his most successful episode.
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