Being Human

Thirty-six episodes of the British show, eight webisodes that belong inside series three, and an American remake of fifty-two that shares the premise and none of the story.

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Where to start with Being Human

Series one to five in order, with Becoming Human slotted in during series three. Start with the series rather than with the 2008 pilot: the pilot is the same story with two of the three leads played by different actors, so watching it first means watching episode one twice and meeting the wrong faces. The American show is a remake and is not part of this order at all.

  1. 1
    Series one to three Being Human

    Six, then eight, then eight. One continuing story with a cast that changes as it goes, so series order is the only order there is.

  2. 2
    Becoming Human, after series three episode two Becoming Human

    Adam Jacobs is introduced in Adam's Family on 30 January 2011 and the first webisode went up the same evening. Eight short parts, under an hour all told, running alongside the rest of series three rather than after it.

  3. 3
    Series four and five Being Human

    Eight then six. Mitchell, George and Nina are gone and Hal and Tom carry it to the end. Nothing here works without series one to three, because the whole point of it is who is missing.

  4. 4
    The 2008 pilot, afterwards if at all Being Human

    An hour, and the same story as the series opener with Mitchell and Annie played by other people. It is interesting once you know the show and confusing before it.

Then what? The Syfy series is a separate fifty-two episode show retelling the premise with new characters. Its first two episodes follow the British pilot and opener closely, in places shot for shot, which is what remaking looks like rather than a shared story. Nothing in it continues anything here and nothing here leads into it.

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The British Show

  • Being Human 2008
  • Being Human 2009, 5 seasons, 36 episodes
  • Becoming Human 2011, 1 season, 8 episodes

The American Remake

  • Being Human 2011, 4 seasons, 52 episodes

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