It's all about being human (Being Human)

Member Name: Lakerfanster

Product:	Being Human
Date:	19/09/09 (95 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good series, acting mostly

Disadvantages: Russell Tovey

**Introduction**

It's been a while since I reviewed a Television series on here so I thought I would change that. Although I am not the biggest watcher of television drama series. Every now and then there comes along a series which I watch and recently there was another to add to the list. "Being Human" which is shown on BBC Three. The original Being Human pilot first aired on BBC Three in February 2008 and there was then a series in early 2009 which also aired on the same channel. The show was written by Toby Whitehouse, Rachel Anthony and Brian Dooley and was directed by Colin Teague, Alex Pillai and Toby Haynes.

**Being Human**

So what is Being Human about? Well it tells the story of three twenty somethings who live in a Flat in Bristol, nothing out of the ordinary there it seems? Well apart from the fact that one is a Ghost, One is a Werewolf and the other is a vampire. The series follows all three as they fight against their curses and the ones who are trying to bring the bad side out of them.

**Characters**

"Mitchell" played by Aidan Turner

Mitchell is the vampire of the house, he was originally bitten by Herrick (the antagonist) during the First World War and struggles to fight his temptations of blood sucking vampire behaviour. As a lady's man he is always encountered with temptation but he has an off relationship with a woman who he bit to become a vampire herself. Aidan Turner plays the character well and gets across the struggle Mitchell has with trying to keep himself out of temptation and ultimately trouble.

"George" - Played by Russell Tovey

George is a nervous hospital porter who lacks confidence with women, quite the opposite of Mitchell. The Werewolf of the group struggles to keep it hidden, George is found by the werewolf who attacked him and made him a werewolf played by Max Beasley who tries to get George to come out of his shell more especially to the woman at work who he takes a shine to. He battles with his urges. To be honest Russell Tovey's acting in this series soured my overall view of the show as I don't think he can act very well.

Annie played by Lenora Critchlow

Annie is a Ghost who was killed by her boyfriend, at first she does not remember what happened to her but in a series of flashbacks she begins to piece together what happened and how it all began. At first the other housemates are the only non Ghosts who can see her but during the latter stages of the series she begins to be able to be seen. Annie fights with inadvertant urges to be a poltergeist. I was already a fan of Lenora Critchlow for her work in the Channel 4 series Sugar Rush and she again proves her acting ability in this series too.

**Series 2**

Series 2 is being filmed and should be on our screens in January 2010, It promises to be even more tense and exciting as the first series if the ending of the first series is anything to go by when Mitchell finds out his urges are brought on worse when he is nearer another Vampire. His on off girlfriend sacrifices herself for him at the end of the last show of the first series which sets up the second series brilliantly in my book.

**Overall**

I really enjoyed the first series of "Being Human", there were some very funny bits, some tense bits, some fights and plenty of blood. I was really only disappointed by the performance of Russell Tovey who I don't rate very highly as an actor. Elsewhere in the show the acting is very good so that really is the only major downside of the show in my opinion, The first series has been repeated recently and I will certainly be watching the second series when it comes out early next year.

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