Beasts (Complete)

DVD Extras

• 2 discs
• Murrain – A single play by Kneale from 1975, written in the same vein as Beasts
• Stills Gallery
• Script PDFs
• Original ATV Brochure PDF
• Booklet written by Andy Murray, author of Into the Unknown – The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale.

Film Details

Cast

Martin Shaw, Elizabeth Sellars, Patrick Magee, Norman Jones

Technical Details

The reputation of Nigel Kneale’s legendary TV sequence of six spine-chilling plays has grown immeasurably over the years, fuelled by the fact that (since their initial... more >

The reputation of Nigel Kneale’s legendary TV sequence of six spine-chilling plays has grown immeasurably over the years, fuelled by the fact that (since their initial showings in the 70s) they were virtually unseeable. Here, in more-than-acceptable transfers, they belatedly make their DVD debut -- and the wait was certainly worthwhile! Leaving aside the limitations of TV production of the day (and some infelicitous acting here and there), this series -- as with most things the prodigally talented Kneale attempted -- represented the very best that the television medium could achieve, a world away from the idiocies of today's lowbrow programming (Kneale, incidentally, predicted the horrors of Big Brother – the Channel 4 show, that is, as opposed to George Orwell’s original). And not only that -- such episodes as the remarkable Baby are among the most genuinely disturbing dramas ever made for television. < less

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