30 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestNick falls for the owner of a pet python and pursues her to her workplace - a raunchy nightclub.
Beast is a BBC One sitcom based in a veterinary surgery. Two series of six episodes each were made, with the first broadcast in early 2000 and the second in early 2001. The main premise of the show is that the main character and practice owner doesn't like being a vet and has a strong dislike of animals.
Writing
Simon Nye's gift for making unlikable people compulsively watchable.
Acting
Alexander Armstrong's barely-contained contempt for every living creature.
Creator
Simon Nye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alexander Armstrong later became a Pointless host, making his 'completely pointless professional' energy here feel like origin story.
Beast arrived at the tail end of the 'cringe comedy' boom pioneered by The Office—Nick Brent is David Brent with a stethoscope and zero ambition.
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