DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY #10: THE SERIES ENDS

Thanks I am sure some of the questions will be answered in series 2.



I did not like this ending, I don't like the threat to our threesome...but the I suppose there would not be much of a series 2 without the threat!!



But some fab 'mad' acting from Greg.



Thanks Colin and team

I have just watched the Comic con 2009 panel with our Fab 3 and His Royal Tobyness, it is really good with Tobes (I call him that) giving some brill insights into series 2. You guys should show this on the page (I am sure You Tube wouldn't mind, after all, you are the Beeb!!).



I wondered though, if America gets the very Britishness(?) of the humour. Would they understand that if you took part in a 'peedo witch hunt' against your neighbours, then on finding out you were wrong,you thought the best way to say sorry is to make jam for them....not sure. They also 'whoop' alot don't they?, Americans,not neighbours.



Anyway really good

*tuts* Leave us waiting why don't you. Hang on, was he in a mental institution? Missed that bit.



Yeah Americans and their humourless whooping is almost as bad as us binge drinking, sarcastic, tight-lipped, castle dwelling British people. Don't even get me started on the French. ;)

Arr, the French.....don't get my Dad started. I grew up in a world full of no French produce whatsoever.



Mental Institution??? I missed it altogether... not a Police Station then? ooohh I hate being confused...but should be used to it by now.

No, my initial thought was that he was in an institution. It'd make perfect sense. I'll watch this again.

It is too complicated for my little brain...you watch it and then tell me what I think, I will go along with it.....yes I am that easy!!



Really all I really want is for series 2 to start....it is not too much to ask is it??

OK here goes:

Owen is in a mental institution which is actually just a place where they throw ppl who dance along in the street with full smugness to scissor sisters tracks.

Yeah, bit bored of waiting now. My brother reckons this is very slow and typical of UK shows.

Oh dear...I have been known (even when sober) to shake my thang to the scissor sisters.....hope they don't throw me in with Owen, I may have to have some strong words with him!!



But thanks for that anyway....full smugness?? Am liking that.



Just off now to watch the Irishman reciting poetry

Would live to see these on Youtube

Dunno about you vampfan, but really quite enjoyed the Irishman reading poetry. Soooo glad I can get a fix of him in DR, but can't wait for series 2 of Being Human. January seems a long way off!

You didnt know he was in a mental institution? They say it?! Call yourself fans well pfft lol seen a bit of the comic con what I saw I liked - Russell "have you done your research?!" made me laugh yeah americans are very excitable think I'd get on well over there :-D I do a lot of wooping and cheering lol

rudimentarymary::: really quite enjoyed?? really quite enjoyed??....That particular Irishman could show me a certificate from a chiropodist saying that he had a particularly nasty verucca and I would still think it was the most beautiful/sexy thing I had ever seen.



Eagle (11) "Call yourself fans" Give me a break.....you know I have all on just remembering to breathe....cannot possibly be expected to follow what's being said at the same time!!

lol vf well what with you seeing aidan absolutely stark ******* naked on tuesday i think you can be forgivven :-)

eagle:: You have a certain understanding that is a cedit to you!!!...do you know what??...I think I have lost the plot ( didn't think anything could be better than the dark, brooding vampire...now I am met with a 'half-Italian-half Mad,swishy-coat creature,) Talk to me about sensible stuff...can always rely on you

I've broke my toe is that serious enough :-( it really realy hurts and had to have night off work which i realy didnt want to do cos i need the money :-( big ouch :-(



i liked the half italian half mad line too he really did look mad when he sad it lol all wide eyed and wierd looking lol

Oh and ill ask you vf i trust you probably took the most notice out of all of us lol is he hairier in d.r have they been giving him a bit more fuzz? :-P thought maybe they had but dunno havent got it on my computer so cant watch it again :-(

Eagle::: you know what ??.... I love you to bits...when a demented fan says...take my mind off it....only you would go out and actually break something...what the hell did you do??



You say he looked mad...it all merges for me...mad, vampiric, handsome, dark and generally dangerous....ooohh lovely...anyway, back to your toe....

eagle (16)::: Yes, hairier

Ha trust me VF as much as I love you I did NOT do it on purpose I really can't afford the night off work :-( doped up to the eyeballs on about every tablet I had in the house - half of which I'm not even sure what they are so I may well have taken some lethal cocktail and be on the floor in a minute lol. What did I do? Eugh it's really pathetic - seriously years of riding and kickboxing and I managed to never break a bone and then I go and "fall funny" and...snap...nice.



Although when they ask me at work tomorrow I'm gonna have to come up with something more interesting aren't I?

Go for something modest, honourable and noble, you know saving a puppy or Her Majesty (which obviously you could not talk about).



Seriously though...tuff luck...but just think....'What would George do??' And then make the rest up!!

Anyway, great talking as usuual..but got to go now,an early start in the morn and before sleep just a small matter of six eps of BH, two eps of Des Roms and two sonnets to get through (can't understand why my friends are so worried about me!!).



Eagle, hope you get a reasonably pain-free night.



Talk soon...night night

Haha I have to say though pain is fading now not too bad - I've been in worse lol I'm more upset about losing the nights pay! And wondering how I'm gonna manage at work tomorrow :-(



On the upside I get to watch doctor who tonight :-) and its a captain jack episode - massive upside - torchwood dvds due to arrive tomorrow :-P although I bought them with tonights wages which I'm now not getting...a little worrying lol

Night VF sorry had page open without refreshing didnt realise youd said bye - well night night anyway.

I'm going miss these little Directors' commentaries...I really can't wait for series 2 to get going now but I am seriously worried about the death that Toby said will happen and that it will be one of our 3!

I think I might have to get some sort of therapy lined up.

driving:: Make like an ostrich...don't think about it ...and then it won't happen....but while I am on a bird theme, my cynical side says 'would they kill the goose that lays the golden egg?' ( God, I sound more like my Mum every day!!).

Which of the three would they kill without losing a big chunk of their veiwers??

Nah...can't see it happening. But just to be on the safe side.....please God, don't let it happen and just in case, I am right behind driving in the therapy queue

VF they're probably only making 2 series's - kill everyone in the last episode you know go out with a bang . I hope we don't find out this time - if it has been recomissioned I hope they keep it a secret til after the series has finished :-P the excitement might just kill us all lol but at least it will be exciting :-)

Although saying that - I hope there is a series 3...assuming series 2 is good that is :-D but I have faith in Toby lol sure it'll be great

Howdy from the southern US. The wife and I watched one episode each night the past week and watched episode 6 last night. My apologies if this has been covered but I have a question regarding a possible blooper. How did Annie open the door of the isolation room from the inside? If I am not mistaken, in a previous episode Mitchel told George that the door could only be opened from the outside. To paraphrase, "The door can only be opened from the outside. I could come by in the morning and let you out."

Hey vampfan, just an FYI, but this American gets the humor and finds the show fantastic. I think it's acted quite well and I laugh often. I came to the website hoping to find out info for another season.



It's just come on BBC America, but there's too much blurring and beeping, so I hopped online to see it in its original form. Had to watch all episodes in a day. Really fantastic.



So yes, we get it.

Oh, one other comment. When the talked about which house they would be in if they were at Hogwarts and Annie said something about Hufflepuff playing with safety scissors and glitter I cracked up hard.



Overall, while Mitchell is just oozing gorgeous everywhere, my favorite is actually George.



Can't wait for more of this show and wish we had more of this sort of thing over here! Instead, anything decent gets canceled after 4 episodes and never mentioned again.

RikkiB1970 -- I would guess that the door was fixed during the renovation before it was abandoned.

KristineAz (29) Hi, glad you got....it just struck me as a particularly 'British' way of dealing with an awkward situation....but hey......I am in love with a vampire....what do I know??



But anyway, really glad you liked it and welcome

Thanks Kristine. That would explain it (although not mentioned in the show). We can't wait for Season 2 in January. My wife speculates that Nina is a witch that someone attempted to burn at the stake, hence the burns on her abdomen. Four more months to wait and see!

Gosh there's a theory...never thought of that!

driving:: I am with you, would never have come up with that Nina theory but I suppose in a world of Ghosts, Werewolves and Vamps are witches so.....why didn't we think of this?? Nice one Mrs. RikkiB1970!!

Thanks drivingsuzanne and vampfan. Admittedly, at times I am not the master of the obvious where my wife is. For instance, when Nina and George where getting busy in the hospital room, my wife casually states "You notice what position they're in?" With George being a werewolf, it was amusingly appropriate.

Hey all lots to comment on but really glad you saw the pilot episode too it really was brilliant I wasnt sure that theyd show it over there they never re showed it here or put it on the dvd.



Glad its going down well in the states :-)

And lol yes very appropriate :-P

RikkiB1970::(36) 'getting busy in the hospital room'....now, you see, that bit, I got!...maybe it's a woman thing!!



Hi eagle, hows the broken bodily parts?? I have just been watching the whole Irish/sonnet reading thing....have I ever mentioned how good looking he is?

Before I go further...as we are being joined by our American friends...can I just make sure....you have seen all six eps?...Before vampfan opens rather large moutn and places even larger foot in it.

Sorry...just read 28...can now prattle on at will

Lol thats why I didnt say too much wasnt sure what theyve seen.



I'm alright I'm alive that'll do lol and yourself?

VF, Eagle- you don't fancy Turner do you? I had no idea! ;)



Does anyone fancy trawling through months of blog discussions to find the answer to the inner locking door/Annie thing for RikkiB1970? I have this feeling that we've had that talk before but can't remember now.



Great idea about the witch burning. Not one of us has ever thought of that which is weird considering some of the really stupid ideas we've had in the past. Although I think I asked for a wizard to walk through the magic hell door at one point. *shrugs*





I was wondering how they would show it in America with all the swearing and sex. Heavily edited?

Well so far, nothing broken. It is really good lstening to fresh opinions and thoughts isn't it?.

Super:: My first thought was that we had discussed it several times but us being us never came up with an answer....God, we were and still are so easily distracted.



Fancy you not realising about the Irishman....maybe my fault..maybe I never mentioned it...I don't like to talk about him much you know

It is yeah - dont need to trawl it one of the crew...might have been toby cant remember - went a bit shifty and basically said yeah we didnt really think of that...about the door lol they admitted it was a mistake on their part but we did say the door might have got changed during the refurb.



Oh and Super speaking of fancying aidan (by the way totally moved on lol over my schoolgirl crish unfortunately - fun while it lasted but real men will always win lol) anyway speaking of such things miss "not my type" i happened across an old comment on the BH facebook group the other day :-P you sure you never had a little bit of a thing for our vampire friend?

Was that the one where me and sp were talking up BH and AT's shampoo advert looks to entice my Twi hard American mates to watch the pilot? That was really funny at the time. I have no pride where BH is concerned, none at all. :D



Yes I remember now! It was a mistake then.

Lol think it was more an afterthought - BH is brilliant because of this and that etc...Oh and by the way they knew what they were doing when they hired Aidan - yum lol something like that :-)

eagle has moved on...I am stuck here forever...still, one less etc. Real men indeed!!

Anyway, where have I been?, I have no recollection of the door thing being answered

lol there was more than that eagle. My campaign strategy was full proof. ;) Sp did a much better job though. I couldn't stop laughing long enough to thing of anything clever to say. Unfortunately they never did watch it.

Are we all on here because there's nothing on tele?

It was ages ago now VF hmm moved on in a fashion but im moving with a kinda hobble at the minute lol

super (51) Yeah, you will find me here at 9pm tomorow!!!

I know its nice and wierd having people on here again lol and were actually talking about BH - shocker :-)

Oh yeah I'm sure you'll drag yourself away from D.R ooohhh imagine him as a doctor. ;) I'll be stuck to big brother, it's become an unnerving compulsion with me.

There's a racist chef thing on bbc1 and hotel inspector on five. Rubbish. Bring back BH!

I bet we all know every single line of BH and I bet we would all watch it all over again if they re-run it.....And no, cannot imagine him as a doctor...just keep getting the words 'struck-off' running through my mind.

Well, that is me for tonight, another early start in the morn. Wish me luck for tomorow night....''I'm going in...I may be gone some time'' but whatever happens, don't come after me!!



Night eagle Night super ( doctor indeed...how the hell am I supposed to sleep now?!

superOchre (43), there was a lot of blurring (when Annie is giving the prospective tenants the finger, George naked in the woods)with the only episode I saw on BBCA. I quickly realized that BBBA was not the best place to watch to get the full effect (although it did introduce me to the series)and nuances of the show. You know the adage of "If you look hard enough, you just might find it." :) We (the wife and I) watched the first 5 episodes, then Being Human: Unearthed and finally episode 6. Just some observations/musings from me. 1. I hope they upgrade the current fully transformed werewolf model. It's a little cheesy. I do believe I read some place that someone affiliated with the show stated this would happen, so yay on that. 2. If Nina could calm George in werewolf form, can anyone, thing, etc bring it out of him? Essentially, each episode occurs about every 28 days (since George changes each episode). Maybe the writes can come up with something that allows him to change more often (a curse from a witch perhaps?), or allows him to change at will. Of course, the downside is we couldn't see our hero George taking on vampires with a chair! 3.The gloves Mitchell wears most all the time looks more like something Gilbert would wear. He should lose them. 4. George's comment that you don't invite neighnor into you house until you've nodded at them for 15 years because you are British was hilarious to me, simply because around here we wave at practically everybody, strangers and all. There's more, but these 12 hour shifts get to be long, my break is over, and I have patients to attend to.

Forgot to mention that we watched the original pilot before episode 1. My wife preferred the original Mitchell until around episode 2. Go figure!

1 - Yeah Paul gets a new werewolf suit next series apparently :-)

2 - Hmm I hope not I never liked the werewolves who can change at will thing - it's meant to be a curse if you could change at will then that'd be a good thing - we, well I, kinda figured that the reason he calmed at seeing Nina was that she was now "one of them" animals will protect their own kinda thing...

3 - Don't knock the fingerless gloves lol we did have a whole theory about sub concious messages and good vs evil and then Aidan does an interview and ruins it by saying "it was just cold" lol so bang went that theory - series 2 starts filming in a week though so maybe summer filming might get rid of the gloves :-(

4 - That was funny such a British thing that I never really understood I have a tendancy to talk to anyone and everyone (something my mother is still convinced will get me into trouble one day lol) but yeah its a very English - keep yourself to yourself stiff upper lip thing which is kinda ridiculous.



Oh and I kind of agreed with your wife lol I loved Guy as Mitchell and he was fantastic but I do agree that Aidan's better for the show - more human and sort of normal looking (VF dont worry thats not a bad thing!) whereas Guy was more kinda quirky which I liked but for the show the idea is that they have to blend in so bye bye Guy :-(

Hi eagle_eyes4. Thanks for the reply. Maybe not have George change at will, but have some stressor that brings the beast out so to speak. The opposite effect of what Nina does to him apparently. I think the gloves take away from the look he is trying to achieve, but thats just my opinion. As for the pilot, Mitchell with a parasol (or was that a weak umbrella?) totally kills the image of the dark, brooding (insert cliche' here) vampire. No more parasols please. As or the series overall, I wish they had not killed Herrick. "What did you think I was all this time, a kiss-o-gram?" To be a villian, he was a joy to watch. The scene where he asked George something along the lines of "What did you expect us to do" and George replied "Kiss?" was priceless. I'll have to rewatch the episodes while on vacation next week and see if I've missed anything. Maybe we'll have an episode where one of the cast members visits his cousin in the southern US. They could discuss the culture differences between them while eating cheese biscuits, grits, bacon and eggs and drinking sweet iced tea.... and have a good ol' pick picking in the evening. Can you hear the arteries clogging from there? :)

When I've watched various American imports such as Curb your Enthusiasm and Six Feet Under they've been on HBO and they've had sex and swearing is that because the HBO network is a bit more liberal perhaps? - I've always been curious.

They never said he was in a mental institution. It was just a guess considering the evidence. Unless Toby said it at some point.



We all know it wasn't that cold to require fingerless gloves. Remember when he was wearing that thin t-shirt with the gloves in the behind the scenes bit? He wasn't even filming then. The gloves were just fashionable last year. Emo-esque.



AT is great as the new Mitch but Guy was a little darker and had a more brooding quality which was better suited to the pilot Mitch.



Nina only calmed George because he realised that she was also a werewolf.



Herrick was fantastic.

Infact I'm going to watch the DVD again. I am that bored today.

drivingsuzanne, HBO is a premium cable channel and therefore is unedited. It is not part of the basic cable package over here. Showtime, HBO, STARS, Cinemax (premium cable channels) have to be paid for in addition to basic cable services. I have DirecTV, but do not subscribe to any of the premium channels. superOchre, that's a good theory on Nina and George, but wasn't it mentioned somewhere that Nina had a dark past that would be further explored? If so, I'll go with the wife's guess of her being a witch instead of a future werewolf. Has it been said if the priest will have a recurrent role for series 2? I hope so. "I feel bad about it but then I forgive myself."

All the talk about Aidan as the new Mitchell, I forgot to mention the new "Annie". Lenora in much better for me personally as I can understand her better. With the pilot episode, I found myself having to rewind at times to understand what she was saying due to her accent. I have not had to do that with Lenora playing the character. That is not meant to be a knock against the actress in the pilot, as I'm sure most of the posters here would have a hard time understanding me due to my accent, but Lenora's accent is not as thick.

ep 3. When George and Mitch are waiting for Annie to return from her date they are staring through the window. The window has 'spirit' etched in the glass or one of those stick on things they use in pubs for 'spirits'. Never noticed that before.

Just looking through next week's Radio Times and they're re-running BH on BBC1 no less! Not quite sure how I feel about that; hope series 2 stays on BBC3 - is that wrong?

*ducks head in, waves, disappears*

Wahey Sperks alive...well thats good I was beginning to wonder so how do?



BBC1 yay I'm happy for the show but like you say I kinda hope it stays BBC3 - maybe it'll go the torchwood route though - 3,2,1 lol work its way up. I kinda thought it might be moving because BBC3 have started those "born on three" adverts with all brilliant shows that started there then moved on basically BBC3 jumping up and down going "oi, oi that was ours first!" BBC3 has always sort of been the guinea pig hasn't it - like E4 in a way mostly new British stuff and then padded out with American stuff (although maybe family guy and friends deserve a better title than "padding" lol)

*whistles casually and nods knowingly to sp*



BBC1- I hope but I'm fretful. *fingers and toes crossed for everyone involved*



Ahem. Friends is not padding. It's my staple tv diet.

This space is clear for the next hour due to Turner D.R lust on BBC2.

Finally managed to watch all of these. lol. So yay commentaries!



*waves at people who've appeared* Hi! it's great to hear some new input on the show. We've been here talking for so long that we've kind of exhausted the subject. But now you're hear to give a new perspective on it all. I like the Nina is a witch idea, but I don't think that's what it is really. It would be a bit weird for her to be a werewolf and a witch... but still good idea!



*waves at sperkii* Heya.



I'm gonna second the friends is not padding thing. It's the main thing that I've been watching lately. lol gotta have my Friends fix. :p

Whoops sorry Super. :P The space after this maybe. :P



*Can't watch TV without doing something at the same time.*

Oh dont worry - major friends addict here every episode on dvd was my only real tv addiction before being human lol thats why i put it and family guy in their own category but the "Padding" thing wasnt meant as an insult anyway :-)



I forgot about D.R :-S how bad's that I guess because I know the story its not as addictive because you already know whats going to happen - it is brilliant though will download it maybe watch it tomorrow but Im kind of in a sci fi mood at the minute

Hi Team...I visited earlier but you were fiddling with us...or did you just forget to set your alarm clocks??



Anyway Sperkii is back...Hi



Eagle 'Forgot about D.R' Forgot!! Forgot!! sometimes I despair, I really do. But yes totally agree about friends...best one where they are getting ready (but not quickly enough) to go to a Ross thing.



B.H on Beeb 1...where am I when you lot discover all these little gems of info?? And sorry if it has already been said but when??

Hi Vampfan: 10.35 on Thursday (13 Aug).

Hi BH team re: comment 67 why is my name "you" instead of "DrivingSuzanne"? WEIRD!

It's just happened again

I'm having some sort of identity crisis

Thanks driving (or whatever you are called at the moment!!)



I will get my people to check that I am not doing anything more important on that night I may watch it.......anyone fooled...anyone at all?

Still says I'm logged as "drivingsuzanne" but I'm desperately trying to get my next door neighbours to watch it I know they'd love it I just don't know how many more post-it stickers I can leave on their fridge!

Hi everyone *waves*



Wow, the blog woke up again! And hurray at BH on TV again - I deleted my recorded episodes when the DVD arrived before I realised they changed the music :(



Didn't the mysterious man at the end of Ep 6 intimate (is that the right word?) that Owen couldn't get out because it's secure, and with the policeman saying he'll need a different form, I sort of assumed it was a mental institution rather than a prison, but don't remember anybody actually saying it anywhere.



Liking the idea of Nina having been burned at the stake in the past...can't believe we hadn't thought of that one, what with all the other weird stuff we were suggesting, like succubi and wizards etc lol



Am enjoying D.R as well, although having to record it - don't think my hubby can stand all the drooling that happens everytime Rosetti comes on screen, especially after last week!!!!!

Strange, we all seem to like the Nina/witch thing and I said the same as you 'why hadn't we thought of that one?'



Anyway as I am currently at work and trying to maintain the appearance of a cool, together, capable woman would you please not mention Rossetti again. I am a little concerned about passing out on such a grubby floor...will be home just after three!

Not that my floor at home is much cleaner....since BH came into my life!!

driving...whatever you got is contagious....I am coming up as YOU now

Team...have you been playing with the buttons without a grown-up being present??

Duh!! get it now, when you are signed in you come up on the page as YOU...but I know it is me...I am sat near a mirror. Hang on...yep deffo still me.

Lol you lot make me laugh they've just changed it so that when you're logged in its you whos written the message...I'm sure if you log out you'll have your names there lol thats obviously what they were doing lat night when the blog was down...wonder what else they've done...

Hooray back to normal again!

aaaw? I thought they meant that I was special...you know like that big finger that hovered over Lottery winners....and yes indeed eagle...what else have they done?



Still cannot get past....I know it's me!!

lol. You lot make me laugh so much. Though I don't know why they feel the need to tell us which posts are ours... We're not that slow! We know our own usernames and what we posted lol.

Hehe someone should sign up with the username "you" now. Just to confuse everyone. :p

no still "you". How bizarre! What is it BH Team ..are you sulking because they've all gone out on location and left you behind?

Has it been announced how many episodes will be in season 2? Hopefully more than 6.

Hi it's vampfan here or you???



I already love RikkiB...he is gonna keep us on topic come what may, quite right too... I think they have said 8 for series 2

driving....sign out, then look at the blogs...you should come up as driving again...who'd a thought it....the obsessive,nut job who actually knows something not actually involving Irish/fangs/blood etc.

Thanks for the reply Vampfan. One more question before I go back to work (although it may be better suited for BHProduction). Will the Directors Commentaries be available to us here in the States at some point in time? I only get "Not available in your area."

Rikki...don't know the mechanics of how these things work....but they have been fab with us (don't tell them I said so) and have picked up on our every little whim and listened to the general thoughts of the fans and I truly think this is a page that has been fan-lead...I suppose they will wait to see what the feed-back from the States is. Not much of an answer for you but the best I can do....you really need eagle for this kind of thing....she is far more technical and knows stuff....me..I am just a girl in love with an Irish vampire...and am now apparently known as YOU..please don't work too hard tonight

Sorry Vampfan, but I've been thinking about the "R" word all day as I've just got home from work and am about to watch recording of DR from Tuesday night before hubby gets home....will I enjoy any views of Rossetti's chest hairiness this episode then....



ooops sorry VF *holds out arms to catch VF as she passes out* :P

shellmoby....thanks for the thought but too late....already hit the deck....getting used to it now....I think it is the sonnets that are tipping me over the edge



Enjoy....it has some really funny bits