Beasts

S01E04: Baby

A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger.

Overview

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.

Episodes

Special Offer

S01E01 Special Offer

October 16, 1976 60 min
A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to have come alive and is causing havoc.
During Barty's Party

S01E02 During Barty's Party

October 23, 1976 60 min
A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.
Buddy Boy

S01E03 Buddy Boy

October 30, 1976 3.0 60 min
When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction.
Baby

S01E04 Baby

November 6, 1976 7.0 60 min
A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger.
What Big Eyes

S01E05 What Big Eyes

November 13, 1976 60 min
An RSPCA officer is horrified when he discovers a pet shop owner has been conducting experiments on a wolf, searching for proof of lycanthropy.
The Dummy

S01E06 The Dummy

November 20, 1976 5.0 60 min
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play.

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