Toby's Blog is Back

Happy New Year! Hello again. And sorry it’s been too long.
Every year we set ourselves the task of creating something bigger and bolder and better than anything that’s happened before. We knew this year was going to be especially tough because of the various cast changes. Not only would it be our first series without Aidan, but Russell had decided that series 4 would be his last, and Sinead had decided that her Being Human journey had come to an end after series 3. The mountain before us seemed even higher than usual.
But once we’d stopped rocking and shaking, we saw Series 4 as an opportunity: We could invent new characters, expand the show in different directions, create new worlds and monsters and heroes, and add new layers to the overarching Being Human mythology. Suddenly Series 4 was a genuinely thrilling prospect.
But the essential DNA of show remains the same. Recently I found the pitch document I wrote for series 1. This was the opening paragraph:
“We’re the stuff of nightmares. And we’re your only hope. George, Mitchell and Annie yearn for their vanished humanity. Being Human is a unique twist on the aspirational drama, as the things Mitchell Annie and George struggle to achieve are so common place and normal to us, yet impossibly remote to them. And the desire to be accepted by their old lost race will drive them to acts of immense courage, and foolish hazard. Our heroes may be like characters that have tumbled from the pages of a book, but their problems are always recognisably human, and the stories will strike a balance between the supernatural and the domestic.”
This was for our and the BBC’s eyes only. Hence the rather self-conscious ‘pitch-speak’ (And the odd contradiction. The characters are remote from us, yet share our problems? What? Shut up, Toby. Seriously. Stick to dialogue and stage directions.) Obviously a lot can happen in four years. But looking back at it now, I’m relieved to see that those words are still relevant for a show that has a new cast, a new location, an American reincarnation and expanded beyond our wildest dreams.
As ever Being Human lives or dies on the strength of the characters and the cast, and that’s why I think this series is our strongest yet.
Damien Molony joins the team as Hal. Hand on heart, I think he’s one of the most exciting and versatile actors of his generation. Watching his performance grow over the filming was a joy.
Then there’s Michael Socha. Promoted from semi-regular to lead. If you thought he was good in series 3, wait till you see what he does in series 4. Michael will break your heart this year.
And of course beautiful Lenora. Our star. The heart of the show. This year she gives a truly breathtaking performance. One of my favourite moments of 2011 was the first full screening of episode two, when she left us all with our jaws on our chests.
As I said earlier, Russell and Sinead felt it was time to hang up the wolf ears and fangs. We were obviously very disappointed to see them go, but as I’ve always said about our cast, you can’t hang on to actors that good forever. I’m reminded of a moment in series 2, when George is talking about moving in with his girlfriend. Annie is devastated, but Mitchell knows that there’s not much they can do. Then Annie leans across to Mitchell and mutters “We have a cage…”
Believe me, the thought did occur to us too.
So what have you got to look forward to?
We introduce you to a new type of Supernatural creature (thank you, Wikipedia); there are some stunning guest appearances from Alex Jennings, Mark Gatiss, James Lance, Mark Williams, Amanda Abbingdon, Craig Roberts (reprising his role as teenage vampire Adam), Selina Griffiths and Ellie Kendrick; there’s a genuinely shocking death, and we take you to somewhere we’ve never been to before.
News of Russell’s departure – and to Aidan’s before that – was greeted with rather wearying predictions that the show was now ‘over’. But I write this a few days after seeing the finished cut of episode eight, and I’m happy to report that it’s never been in ruder health. The new cast, the crew and directors and the other writers have pulled off something extraordinary and completely reinvigorated the show. I hope you’ll agree, rumours of Being Human’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
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At 20:09 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:Yayy new post
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At 20:13 6th Jan 2012, rubyrosettared wrote:Thank you for this Toby and hello! :)
I'm looking forward to finding out what season four has in store and i'm waiting to be wowed and impressed. I'm looking forward to meeting the new characters and how they fit into the mythos. I will miss Russell/George, he and Aidan/Mitchell had such a true connection but i haven't written Being Human off and as long as there is a show, i'll watch.
Onwards and onwards and all of that :)
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At 20:16 6th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:A new blog fresh pages untouched ready to be filled with the mad scribblings we bring.
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At 20:20 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:"That belongs with the house"
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At 20:21 6th Jan 2012, yekim_mikey wrote:Hello forumers. Long time reader but just signed up today. Thank you to Toby as well.
I am sooooo excited for series 4. Yes, I've got concerns but there seems to be alot of positivity for this year and I'm more than willing to sit back and enjoy the ride. BRING IT ON! :-)
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At 20:21 6th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:So We can soon start to look forwards to Daily Blogs an mystery or back story being played out for our delight and viewing pleasure. Much to look forwards to.
So will we get Dates and Official release of episode names soon?
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At 20:21 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Ahh theres a new blog!!!!
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At 20:22 6th Jan 2012, SunnyFLA wrote:Hello Lord Toby and thanks for the update! Sounds thrilling, new characters, new monsters, and new blog! Looking forward to the start of S4, and all the surprises!
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At 20:24 6th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:4 - Easy S2E7 - Annie to George as they leave the Pink House for the Facility.
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At 20:26 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:yey cant wait for s4!
Im upset that Russells leaving but i wish him all the best and im so glad to hear that BH is stronger than it has ever been! Looking forward to daily blogs with bits and pieces for the eps!
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At 20:27 6th Jan 2012, ott wrote:Ooo - so exciting! so excited!! Thank you Lord Toby. Thank you!
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At 20:29 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:I hope the new series starts on the 22nd, that would make my week complete! my birthday + party + rehersals for play+ BH series 4 = a very happy lozzie!!!!
Im going to have to keep on checking the blog...it gives me an excuse to not do my spanish revision.
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At 20:30 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:Ahhhh yehhh ewann
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At 20:32 6th Jan 2012, ott wrote:I'd loe it to start then too Lozzie, but Rebecca hinted today that we'd a while to wait.
Hmmm - new blogf hasn't fixed my UUUs - does that mean EW is still around?
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At 20:34 6th Jan 2012, Fleem wrote:Hugely looking forward to S4! Thrilled you're back. Can't wait to see what's in store, the new characters and returning ones, but now prepared to do the waiting.
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At 20:35 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:14- sea sorry im having a blonde moment whos EW?
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At 20:37 6th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:Edgar Wyndam
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At 20:38 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:17- Thanks Ewan =D
I was having a serious blonde moment!
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At 20:41 6th Jan 2012, nadia wrote:Brilliant new blog - not a bloodstain in sight. Great build-up there Lord Toby. Bring it on!
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At 20:43 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@Lozzie_lo
since it seems that our brain deteriorates from age 45, just say you have a STX moment, as whill turn in a few months 56.
EW Edgar Wyndham, Lee Ingleby, amazing "from head office"
A new blog, happy dance ...
waiting was worth it.
They were whinging and moaning and Fiat Blog and all became alive
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At 20:43 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Is it me or on the characters page, only Annie and Georges photos have changed?
Why hasnt Nina's? Is it telling us something?
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At 20:45 6th Jan 2012, nadia wrote:Hullo Lenoras boy! Good to see you here.
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At 20:47 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:@Saint thank you... i do have to admit i had to look it up and see who he was. im going to have to rewatch series 3 pretty soon.
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At 20:47 6th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:Now this is where it gets tricky. There is a new picture for George and Annie but no new picture for Nina.
This along with the fact SK made no mention of visiting Barry this year.
So no Nina in S4 Now killing her off screen I for some reason don't see that as a viable option. It would be a little off.
Yes I am aware that Daisy was killed off screen but still having her appear for one episode just to die would have not been needed to end her story. In a way she had already died with Ivan.
Nina's story - she's survived the chamber and a encounter with a vengeful Herrick. Not only that is carrying the first natural born werewolf. to kill her off screen. It wouldn't fit. That's why I think she must live somewhere else. Possibility of being in or even just refereed to in S5 would be fun. Fingers crossed.
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At 20:49 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:I should re-watch from series 1 some time soon x
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At 20:52 6th Jan 2012, ott wrote:Hey Ewan - you'll like this one. The pic on that SFX article you posted on the last blog has been pulled. No sign of it. Not een a sniff.
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At 20:53 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:@Ewan, i dont think they would kill nina off without BH fans seeing, so youve got a point, maybe shes in s4 but not as a main character. As you said she could be living elsewhere and maybe we only see bits of when george goes to visit her and the baby? Maybe thats why George looked so sad (obviously as well because hes just killed his best friend) in his photo.
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At 20:55 6th Jan 2012, Seren Fach wrote:It'll be odd to have the show without Aidan and Russell (and possibly Sinead?), but even if the whole cast had been replaced I'd stick with the show so long as it continued to show the potential and genius (writing, acting, direction, etc) it has these past three seasons. Looking forward to a very different but nevertheless brilliant season 4!
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At 20:56 6th Jan 2012, rubyrosettared wrote:sea: I noticed the pics had gone too, just when i wanted to have another look at it. Ah well, roll on Wednesday when i can buy it :)
Poor George looks so wretched in his new pic doesn't he? :(
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At 21:01 6th Jan 2012, ott wrote:Yes he does Ruby - and Annie's not much better. Let's hope the rest of the cast don't look so forlorn.
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At 21:04 6th Jan 2012, ott wrote:Hi tangwysti! Gosh! You'e not been here for nearly two years!!!
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At 21:06 6th Jan 2012, taker1 wrote:Hi Toby, Happy New Year everyone! I have to admit I was a little concerned how well the show could cope without George and Mitchell but after reading the episode titles I cannot wait! It's a shame we've lost Herrik too but I have no doubt Edgar will be just as big a baddie as he was.
Now to find something to do to fill in the time until the series starts.............oh look there's my BH dvds just conveniently sitting there..............isn't that a coincidence!
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At 21:10 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@the pic may have become unavailable but... a lil'Miss did download the pic... and yup it is facing my screen now... just so you know
nothing is lost
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At 21:17 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:and to carry on with the blog Investigation Team, known as the BIT Unit this picture
https://twitter.com/
thanks to tamla kari who tweeted it
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At 21:20 6th Jan 2012, Fleem wrote:29: pic was visible from my mobile just a minute ago... Perhaps this could cause its disappearance though.
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At 21:21 6th Jan 2012, mitchellsmistress wrote:Hi toby. Looking forward to the new series but for me Aidan will be missed greatly. I felt that mitchell was the heart of the show and was distraught when hewas killed off. Anyway i am still excited to see the new characters and what will happen in first ep following 'that' scene.
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At 21:25 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:*spoliers*
I know someone has already posted this but they mention all the other characters apart from Nina. Could be hinting towards what we were saying earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Human_%28TV_series%29
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At 21:26 6th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Woohoo! Shiny New Blog! Hello Lord Toby - and thank you!
That was 'sock-it-to-them' stuff from Lord Toby! Wonderful!
A new blog every day? We'll have to get a camper-van...
Evening All! Evening new mods!
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At 21:31 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@ewan
yes, the characteres pictures
whereas Annie and George have new bios and new pics... and Mitchell simply has new bio, Nina gets simply new...typo.
Have TPTB decided on her fate, do the bloggers who have been burning incense, chanting curs...spells since a certain 14th of March been granted their wish or simply the 'revamping' sorry could not avoid it, of the whole website will need more than this afternoon.?
Annie looks bright, decided and recovering from all last season stupid pills
George pic is gut wrenching. Poor George: His friend (bromance?) is dead, but it would take more than Mitchell passing to lead him to look like that... unless...
unless ... but very frightening idea
George - you've got a fight on your hands
Wyndham- and you a dead girlfriend (shooting Nina face to face with silver bullet pistol)
Wyndham leaves while George practices CPR and Annie dials 999; FINALLY Fuzzy is born through emergency C-section, but this time no miracle. George is left alone with Fuzzy, bitter and determined to find the vampires...any vampire. The pack will include Tom, Fuzzy and George... but at the end G and our Fuzzy will go to Cornwall with his parents to raise his son away from the vamps
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At 21:34 6th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Saint that makes sense. that would be a very good story line!!! They should do that if they are going to get rid of nina!
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At 21:51 6th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:'the show has never been in ruder health' - you'd better believe it. Go Lord Toby go. Because it is in you I trust.............!!!
Bring it on I say..........bring it on!
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At 21:55 6th Jan 2012, RealMitchell wrote:Hey hey! New blog! Bring it on Lord Toby- new year, new characters. :D
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At 21:56 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:Ninas leaving?
I thought it was just Mitchell n George
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At 22:11 6th Jan 2012, Tom In Oz wrote:Could someone please let Toby know in his latest blog post it's "WHET" your appetite not "WET."
With thanks,
Tom in Oz
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At 22:12 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:Saffz, from day one when the filming started we have checked on tweeter who was filming and Lenora was always there, we heard of Cutler, Hal, Tom and Adam; we heard X was back: taking it meant George as Russell must have informed TW a long time prior to the filming so the scripts must have taken that in consideration. Imagine, Cliffhanger George as world saviour then season 5 no George, weird, isn't it?
But Sinead... total mystery and by the way deep curtsey to Tom_in_Oz who informed us of RT leaving a good three months before it became official -see The Guardian interview with RT;
So Nina leaving... why not. Poetic justice from a vampire point of view, retribution from a denonciatrix who chose anonymity. Had she been straight with the police, I would have thought. I do not like you, but you play square. The anonymous phone call did her in, from my POV.
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At 22:19 6th Jan 2012, Saffz wrote:45 - Ok then ,
Bring on sunday nights
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At 22:23 6th Jan 2012, EdwardGeorge wrote:44. Perhaps, Tom, it was over excitement at a new blog post. He even managed to spell Aidan wrong in the first paragraph!
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At 22:34 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@TOM @EDWARD
ok guys co-ex aequo of the spelling bee competition
now would it be possoble for you guys to focus on the new blog outside, grammar, and orthograph...
@mistress denton
now you understand why Sir Garret warned you about the werebloggers...
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At 22:37 6th Jan 2012, araminta_lupin wrote:Thank you Lord Toby for the new blog! It's all kicking off now, yay!
And Hi Rebecca! Someone needs to break open the party rings to celebrate. You can have the first one.
I was introducing social interaction to my Media Studies students today; I happened to mention blogs for TV shows - they looked at me blankly, but inside I was smiling! :) Crazy days, and crazy, crazy nights ahead!
47 - EdGeorge - glad it wasn't just me who noticed that then!
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At 22:56 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@araminta
by day demure media studies teacher by night Minta was turning into a wereblogger along
quoting
Saffz, RubyRosettaRed,Ewan, Lenoras_boy,Lozzie_lo,SunnyFLA, Seaotter, Fleem, Nadia, Saintixe, Tangwistl, taker1, mitchellmistress, mancvamp, sasha, realmitchell, tom-in-oz, edwardgeorge
50 posts and 20 werebloggers
the contagion... it is spreading...
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At 23:08 6th Jan 2012, Jac_E wrote:Thank you Toby - and hello Rebecca!
I'm really looking forward to meeting the cast, old and new, and will hold on tight - because it sounds like it's going to be a bumpy ride. Can't wait :)
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At 23:18 6th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@jac_e
told you another victim, it is spreading!
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At 23:44 6th Jan 2012, sage_from_oz wrote:Yay!! Thanks Toby! Let the excitement begin!
BBC - please please please don't lock the online content to us poor people not in the UK.
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At 00:30 7th Jan 2012, sage_from_oz wrote:33 STX any chance you could share the disappeared pic? Who/what was it?
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At 01:14 7th Jan 2012, lucidthoughts wrote:This is great, but the fans on the other side of the pond can not view video content on this page. Will there be a fix for that?
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At 09:13 7th Jan 2012, buzzbrain wrote:*exhales*
Lord Toby+ the rest of the pack are back on speaking terms with the bloggers. Well, well, well, I might give S4 a tiny bitsy chance after all in spite of prior decision that I'm so done with it (AT and RT gone). Even if I cannot share the excitement of daily online content.
As I know that the lovely fellow bloggers out there will eventually put all the vids on youtube *courtseys and blows kisses*, I'll be looking 4ward to that and have some tea in the meantime, following the German saying "Abwarten und Tee trinken" = "Wait and have some tea."
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At 09:14 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Morning All! Morning Mods!
Hello lucidthoughts - if you scroll up this page and look on the right, there is a section called, 'Elsewhere on the web'. The second one down is the Being Human YouTube Playlist - all the video content from this blog is there so that peeps from outside the UK can watch the vids. Hope this helps.
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At 09:28 7th Jan 2012, Gingernut wrote:Morning all, hi Manc *waving*, morning mods. How exciting - it looks like we'll have plenty to look forward to and I'll certainly look forward to reading the blog every morning once more. The episode list looks intriguing. Now I'll wait with bated breath for news of the starting date!
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At 09:44 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Hello Buzzy! Hello Gingernut! How lovely to see you! I hope your hand is a lot better now. The online content sounds just wonderful, doesn't it? I wonder if our Blog Mistress Rebecca did some of the backstage filming? We might see her in a vid!
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At 09:50 7th Jan 2012, Gingernut wrote:Yes, all better now, thank you Manc.
I hope they now update the right hand box here which reads, "Get daily updates on the filming of series two... follow the BH Blog team on Twitter. @bbcbeinghuman"
I didn't know we had a new Blog Mistress. Hi Rebecca *curtseys*
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At 10:21 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:Good Morning Bloggers! Good Morning Mods! Gooooooooooooooooooood Morrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrning Miss Rebecca.
This is exciting isn't it?
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At 11:12 7th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Morning Mods! How are we this fine (not so windy) morning?
Me and my mum have been talking about whether nina may or may not be leaving this series. My mum thinks that its more likely that she'll leave due to George leaving, but i dont think she'll leave that soon because we BH fans want to know what happens in a werewolf pregnancy and plus they cant really kill off another character as mitchell went last year *snifs* and george is going this year.
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At 11:13 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:I've just re-read LT's message and noticed this ' Michael will break your heart this year'
Oh My!....................................must've missed that in the general excitement last night. How many times can a heart be broken?
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At 11:20 7th Jan 2012, RealMitchell wrote:Morning folks- bit of a buzz around the place- At last! We have something to focus on!
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At 11:22 7th Jan 2012, Gail wrote:This is going to be quite different from the old Being Human. Lets hope TW can deliver what he promises.
Toby - his name is spelt AIDAN not AIDEN!!!!
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At 11:26 7th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:*Massive spoiler* Story plots. This is from SFX on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIk3b80iKC4
Hope you like it! =D
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At 11:27 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Morning Saaasssshhhhaaaa! *happy dance*
Morning lozzie! To be absolutely honest lozzie - no-one really knows about Nina - it is all pure speculation. But we don't know at all. One thing is sure, Sinead Keenan has said nothing (but then she generally doesn't). We'll just have to wait and see. Oh, and just to answer your question here - most of the BH Bloggers that are on twitter have the same name, so MancVamp is @MancVamp on twitter and so is everyone else. Hope that helps. x (you should be revising!)
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At 11:34 7th Jan 2012, rubyrosettared wrote:I'm a were-blogger? WTF? *looks down shirt* I know i'm a blogger but a were-blogger... that's a new one to me.
Typos are typos, sometimes when your brain is going at a million miles an hour, trying to remember important information to share with people, you stumble over stuff, that includes spelling. So a name was spelled incorrectly, so another word was spelled wrong, this is LT we're talking about, Lord of all he creates, a typo here and there is surely to be forgiven and in the main theme of things, generally unimportant. Doubt he thought 'ha, i'll spell Aidan's name wrong, that'll rile 'em up good'. He will read this back, see the typo's and probably have a face palm moment himself, mistakes happen :) Season Four is almost upon us.
I'm a wereblogger apparently, do i howl at the moon? i have times when i feel like i do but that's another story entirely ;)
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At 11:37 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:64- RM oh yes - and you are so right - didn't we so need something to focus on. You are very wise. *waving*
65 - Hello Gail. Lord Toby has known Aidan for a very long time - I'm pretty sure he knows how to spell his name, and I'm sure he knows how to spell 'whet' too. I think that perhaps someone else made a typo whilst putting it onto the blog. @bbcbeinghuman tweeted last night to say sorry for the typos and that they would fix them as soon as possible (they were typing in the dark...) perhaps it will be fixed on Monday when they are back in the office?
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At 11:45 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@hellooooo, were-bloggers!
yup, Ruby. Did you ever think that blogging and posting on the BH blog, did not come with... a price. The BH gene, ... it is spreading! All of us by day are nice happy souls, but then we 'change', 'we are turned' when we travel to this blog. No, we do not grow hair, hair? what a cute idea. no hair, no fangs, no ghostly uggboots, but... ideas.! hum, ? ideas?
he he, evil cackling...
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At 12:03 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Hello Ruby, sorry, I didn't see your comment before I posted.
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At 12:09 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:Hello Saint - rofl - reminds me of Wallace and Gromit! I'll have you know I am a vamp - and if Ewan and Lycan need to shave their palms on Monday, well... but sadly, as in the last full moon, "there may be trouble ahead"... someone will stir up trouble..... *sigh*
Having terrible trouble getting into fanfic today - sorry Katie.
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At 12:11 7th Jan 2012, Rebecca Denton wrote:Helllloooooooooo! Well that was exciting, right?
Appart from the typos which are of course MY fault and not Toby's.... forgive me. *looks down ashamed*.
Anyway, I'll get it fixed.
Have a great Saturday were-bloggers and English teachers! x
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At 12:13 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@mancvamp @sasha
good morning, sweeties
@mistress denton very good morning or afternoon
thank you for having with the help of your magic bbcwand woken up the sleeping blog... look we are all rubbing our eyes and getting ready
@sage
I am happy to send you link to sfx pics and ... the 8things one must not mention before mistress denton our benign webmistress grants us permission
, but I do not know if I can access the dropbox ?
who did I miss
waving to @lucidthoughts, @buzzbrain, @gingernut, @lozzie_lo, @realmitchell and @ruby...
you know what?
we are all so happy this morning, such a happy feeling
as per Herrick
because it feels so good
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At 12:21 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@mistress denton
Ave , webmistress, were-bloggeruri te salutant
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At 12:25 7th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:I'm just going to have to get it on record about the myth of palm shaving. This slur has to be addressed as George pointed out to Mitchell could be seen as racist. For the simple fact like all assumptions based on stereotypes it is incorrect,
The Palm of the hand corresponds directly to the pad on a pawn and the pad is usually Without Hair or even Fur.
That is all.
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At 12:38 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@ewan
hence the concepts of deadist , wolfist and vampist?
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At 12:44 7th Jan 2012, MancVamp wrote:76 rofl! Sorry Ewan. Sorry Lycan - for the slur! Love you both to bits x
73 Hello Rebecca - gosh, thanks for coming on here on a Saturday! Above and beyond the call of duty... Real Mitchell made a very valid point earlier - we need something to focus on really... 'chomping at the bit' hope we don't all look like a pack of savage dogs looking for a piece of meat but... it's been a while...deep breaths everyone - I'll make some tea, as Buzzy suggested.
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At 12:49 7th Jan 2012, sage_from_oz wrote:Hi STX. I have the link to the episode titles, but there is no longer a pic attached. If the pic can't be posted here, perhaps you could just tell me who/what was in the pic?
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At 12:59 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:73 - Afternoon Rebecca. As Manc says, thanks for popping here on what should be, I'm sure, your day off! Don't look down ashamed young lady. A typo is a typo, is a typo. This is a blog not bloomin Shakespeare! Although I understand you might not want to get anything wrong, it only proves you are human like the rest of us - or well most of us anyway - there is Annie, Tom, Nina, Mitchell RIP, etc to consider.
A moustache twirl specially for you ?:^}
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At 13:07 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:76 - 'The Palm of the hand corresponds directly to the pad on a pawn and the pad is usually Without Hair or even Fur.'
Is that the pawn from a chess game Ewan? I didn't know that - that shall be my new fact for the day :-) Cheers x
although it does say 'usually'...................runs off before he can catch me..........
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At 13:20 7th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:Typo Smypo the n is near the space barn so who really cares?
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At 13:28 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:82 - Sorry Ewan - didn't think it was a typo thought it was an actual pawn and automatically thought of a pawn in chess. I can be such a tube at times.
Sorry again - didn't mean to offend!
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At 13:28 7th Jan 2012, rubyrosettared wrote:Afternoon....and waves to Rebecca :D
Well i've posted up chapter eighteen and there is Evil in it. #grin.
Link as follows :) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7389626/18/Fine_Again
No idea when the rest will follow though, hope you like it. Now i really must get on with that annoying thing called...real...life?
Later bloggers! :) whether you be were-bloggers, ghost-bloggers or vamp-bloggers or something as yet undetermined ;)
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At 13:29 7th Jan 2012, StereoRockChic wrote:Hello fellow bloggers and mods! I didnt know we had a new webmistress either so hello Rebecca! :)
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, and what a way to start the weekend eh? Explosive!
Well, what an interesting blog! Lots to think about and lots to look forward to.
Between the info of online content being released everyday for the new series and the S4 episode titles being released on SFX its really starting to whet my appetite indeed!
I have to say, when everything with Aidan leaving went down and the end of the last series I was devastated and honestly wasnt sure if i would continue watching, sure I would give it a chance with the first few episodes but honestly didnt see how our beloved bh could live on. And I was right, it wont live on. But I was also wrong as its will most definitely be different, but also by the sounds of it equally brilliant. So while I will still mourn the loss of our beloved Mitchell and George, I look forward to meeting the new characters and bringing bh in a new direction. So hats off to you Lord Toby, you seem to really have pulled this one out of the bag... *salutes*
On another note, we seem to be hearing a lot about Damien Malony as Hal lately, but not much is being said about Andrew Gower as Cutler anymore? Did I miss something? Is he still in bh4??
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At 13:36 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@ruby
you are brilliant! naturally, how could I be so daft? as the blog magically transforms us, we have ghosts, vamps and were bloggers. I had planned to kill the joke with the gladiator reference, but you are so right
now some of us may be dare I say zombiebloggers , no not nice yeah type4 bloggers
@ruby, brilliant, brilliant!
question: can we have mermaid-bloggers: I know someone is interested...
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At 13:41 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@stereo
about the Cutler character, we have somewhere in previous blogs been given a spoiler... of some sort
as we would meet a recently turned vampire having problem to adjust to new lifestyle, is it Cutler? which would make him a one-off but it seems he is part of the team so???
anyhow I recommend reading on FF the most excellent FF written sometimes ago by Whitehare about BarryIsland and all kind of brilliant
have a look at it and be ready for season 4, hoping LT read her fiction and shamelessly made it his...
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At 13:54 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:86 - Mermaid-blogger? Wonder who'd want to be a mermaid-blogger then? :-)
Me, well I'll just be a *stupid blogger*
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At 14:07 7th Jan 2012, StereoRockChic wrote:@SAINT
Thanks for the ff info, I have indeed read a lot of the fanfic, including Whitehare, and do agree that they are most excellent :)
I was just wondering as when the news of Cutler broke he was pegged as a series regular and AT's replacement, but now seems to have been replaced by Damien Molony's Hal....
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At 14:22 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@sasha
sshhh. It is a surprise for you-know-whom!
@stereo
Loads of info are in fact given out if one hears them in previous seasons
The supernatural hostel mentionned by Nina with at least ... 10 bedrooms for guest / see scene of G calling 'Basil' we see 10 keys on the left of the pic
The 'war' ongoing
Cutler may be there with Hal. Afterall, if Mitchell can be friends with Ivan and Carl why not Cutler and Hal... Herrick said 'changing' just liberated your personnality. Why decent people can't be decent vampires. Some RL dogs can be adorable pets , some need to be put down as vicious. Both are still carnivorous.
Cutler can co-exist with Hal like Richard can co-exist with Wyndham/ by the way which is the right spelling, help!
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At 14:48 7th Jan 2012, SAINTIXE56 wrote:@sage_in_oz
the picture shows on the right G getting some stakes ready, pic showing a less glummy George than the one shown on 'characters' not smiling but not 'as bad', Damien Molony standing up by Annie, Annie same one size fits all grey outfit, very smart re-writing of famous 'grey ladies' ghost concept: her is a modernized shroud , Molony in black ' a la Mitchell' but a shorter leather jacket with buttoned up top; reminding of but different than Mitchell. On Annie left, standing in his father long coat Tom and a long stake, but not the very long carved one
then in the background a young man who seems to be in the same position as is G
BOTH sitting by modern tables with other thngs on said tables but I cant open it more will have to wait till magazine is officially out
they are in a building with large glass windows with cafe painted to be read from the outside
I cant read the printed material, but there is another smaller pic with annie speaking to a man, ears suggestive of George with blue fleece and something in between them/ object? never seen this pic before
my impression is that G sitting scene is near the seaside and is holding a stake and a crucifix, the window glass has new management painted on it but no other table?
new annie pic same background with daramatic sunset but other tables this time with same blue lamp that sits on that unknown character
doing by best, but sadly aware falling short of expectations
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At 14:59 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:Ewan - oh Ewan.................do you still make videos (it was you wasn't it?).
Anyhoo heard some music which made me think of you (don't get worried, honestly nothing to worry about) as thought it would be perfect for one of your videos. Anyway - are you still doing that?
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At 15:04 7th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:92 - One for Nina and one for becoming human. Now have started 13 others but can't focus on a single one.
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At 15:06 7th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Afternoon werebloggers, vampbloggers, ghostbloggers and other supernatural bloggers. =D
67. @manc I have found most people on Twitter i think. I have been doing revision (an hour and a half, which is very good for me)
@Sanit, please can i be a vampblogger instead of a wereblogger?
79 @sage_in_oz the pictures come up on my phone.
Also a big hi to Rebecca. Hope you have a great weekend!
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At 15:11 7th Jan 2012, Wendy the good Witch wrote:Morning / Afternoon everyone!
Shiny new blog *jumping for joy* can’t wait for all the wonderful things coming up. Fingers crossed hoping the many of us outside the UK will be able to enjoy all those goodies as well.
Hi BH blog mistress Rebecca thanks for getting the ball rolling.
Trying for months to ignore all the rumors that Sinead won’t be in S4 but it’s looking more and more likely :’(. I’m afraid by the end of episode one I’ll be shaking my head in disbelief muttering, say it isn’t so Toby say it isn’t so.
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At 15:13 7th Jan 2012, lozzie_lo wrote:Just been on youtube and the series 3 trailer came out on the 11th Jan so hopefully the new trailer will be shown in at least a week *hopefull*
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At 15:23 7th Jan 2012, sasha wrote:93 - Are they all BH related? Music was Born to Die by Lana del Ray (I think that's her name). It is super and would be perfect for a video. Just saying :-)
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At 15:28 7th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:97 - Most of them as for the song I've seen it in a multifandom vid that does include Mitchell and I can see it working,
However I've chosen something older for my attempt at a Mitchell vid. When it's finished.
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At 15:30 7th Jan 2012, LozzaKaz wrote:AT LAST - a new blog - way, way exited now. Looking forward to all the new characters but will miss Mitchell and will mourn the coming loss of George. No mention of Nina (that's interesting) - what about all those wolf puppies they are going to have.
Have wiped the last ten minutes of the last episode from my mind and decided to send Mitchell to South America to live with Carl. Keeps me happy and ready to move on. Otherwise it makes me feel bad when I do a rewatch - cos I keep thinking "George is gonna stake you" when I see them together. Think about episode 1 of season 1 and how happy they were together - makes me sad.
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At 15:32 7th Jan 2012, ewan wrote:And so the first page of this new blog is done.
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