Becoming human

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Television series
Original title Becoming human
Becoming human logo 3.png
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
year 2011
Production
company		 Touchpaper Television
length all together 50 minutes
Episodes 8 in 1 season
genre Drama , horror , mystery , fantasy
Director Alex Kalymnios
idea Toby Whithouse
script Brian Dooley, John Jackson, Jamie Mathieson
production Hannah Thomas
music Richard Wells
camera Richard Stoddard
cut Sara Jones
First broadcast January 30, 2011 (UK) on BBC Three
occupation

Becoming Human is an eight-part British mystery series and a spin-off of the British television series Being Human . The main character of the series is the vampire Adam, who was already in the third season in episode two of Being Human . The series was initially only published as a web series on the website of the television broadcaster BBC Three , but was later shown in the evening program of the station. It was broadcast on BBC Three from January 30th to March 20th, 2011.

action

The series is about the young vampire Adam. Adam wants to go back to school and enrolls in Rathborne High School. There he meets Christa. This is a werewolf, but denies this when Adam asks her about it. Christa is also followed at every turn by the student Matt. Only later does Christa find out that Matt is a ghost. He is the student who disappeared without a trace some time ago and who is searched for with countless leaflets. Adam is immediately certain that Matt was murdered. Together, the three students go in search of Matt's killer.

As an outsider, Matt has had some enemies. Among them is z. B. the school bat Danny Curtis. He bullied Matt during his lifetime. Matt also looked into the girls' changing room through a slit in the door. He was watched by the blonde school beauty Brandy Mulligan. This originally comes from the Crompton family. The Crompton family is feared by all. There are many rumors of their bad deeds. Hence, Brandy Mulligan seems particularly suspicious. The strict PE teacher Mr. Swan also made life hell for Matt by making fun of him in PE class. Adam also the caretaker of the school is a mystery to Adam, he seems to appear everywhere. So Matt, Christa and Adam want to visit all suspects and find the murderer among them.

In addition to the search for the murderer, the three protagonists deal with their supernatural nature. The vampire Adam finds it very difficult to do without blood. He is particularly fond of the schoolgirl Brandy Mulligan. He would love to drink their blood. When Brandy is suspected of murdering Matt, only Christa can stop him from killing Brandy on the spot.

Mind Matt, on the other hand, has to put up with never aging. He will never grow up, but will keep his present form as a spirit. He also wanted to do and experience so much. However, this is no longer possible. In addition, it is difficult for him to accept that only supernatural beings can see and hear him. He can no longer communicate with his family. His unrequited love for Christa bothers him a lot and he believes that as a ghost he has no chance with her. In addition, Christa and Adam seem to be drawn to each other, which makes Matt very jealous.

The werewolf Christa has to live with the fact that she cannot control her behavior as a werewolf and that with every transformation there is a possibility that she will injure or kill people.

So three students support each other. Adam and Matt help Christa cope with the fact that she is a werewolf. For example, Adam shows Christa some tricks that make the werewolf less dangerous. Christa and Matt, however, help Adam control his thirst for blood better. Additionally, Adam and Christa Matt take away the loneliness that ghosts often feel.

characters

Adam

Adam is a 46 year old vampire in the body of a 16 year old boy. The series Being Human shows that his father provided him with blood until his death so that he did not have to kill anyone. After his father dies, the werewolves George and Nina take care of him. Eventually Adam decides that he wants to leave George and Nina and move on alone. His path leads him to a high school in Becoming Human , where he meets the students Matt and Christa.

Since Adam is still stuck in puberty, he shows a sexualizing behavior. He always tries to keep his thirst for blood under control, which is very difficult for him.

Actor Craig Roberts describes Adam as a vampire who keeps talking about sex, but never had it. He wanted to appeal to the other students at school, but used words from his youth in the 80s and was then surprised when he got no reaction. In Rathborne High School he wanted to start a new chapter in life.

Christa

Christa is a werewolf . She only recently became a werewolf and finds it difficult to accept it. After a night of transformation, Christa doesn't know what she did as a werewolf. She may have been peaceful or she may have killed her entire family. That scares her very much. Christa is one of the best students in the entire school and is very committed to social projects. However, after she was infected with the werewolf curse, she withdrew more and more.

Actress Leila Mimmack explains that Christa is a difficult, moody teenager who is very scared that he has become a werewolf. At first, she is not happy that she has to work with Adam and Matt. However, with their help, she finally begins to find herself. Both as a werewolf and as a teenager.

Frosted

Matt is a ghost . He was murdered recently and is considered missing. However, it is unknown who murdered him. At school, Matt was an outsider. He was a victim of bullying and received little respect. Only the vampire Adam and the werewolf Christa can see him as a ghost. It turns out he was always in love with Christa. However, she hardly noticed him.

Actor Josh Brown describes Matt as a very insecure boy who doesn't know what to do and hardly speaks to anyone. He is a loner. In addition, he is so used to being ignored by everyone that he did not even notice that he died and became a ghost. Adam and Christa are the first to speak to him, which makes Matt very happy.

Brandy Mulligan

Brandy Mulligan comes from the Crompton family, a family that people fear. There are countless gruesome myths and stories about the family, none of which, however, knows exactly which are true and which are false. Brandy's father, Jerry, is on trial for aggravated assault. However, nobody dares to testify against him. In order not to be associated with her family, Brandy Crompton changed her name to Brandy Mulligan.

Danny Curtis

Danny Curtis is the school thug. He enjoys bullying other weaker students and is a friend of Brandy. He hides his own insecurity by bullying his classmates.

Mr. Swan

Mr. Swan is the school's PE teacher. He doesn’t like his students, and he always teases them. Especially when, like Matt, they are not good at physical education.

Mr. Roe

Mr. Roe is a teacher at Rathborne High School. He is very insecure and is bullied by students and teachers.

background

Becoming Human was posted on the BBC Three website from January 30th to March 20th, 2011 . A new episode was shown there every Sunday at around 10:00 p.m. The series starts immediately after episode 3x02 of Being Human and shows the life of the vampire Adam Jacobs in a high school. In addition to the regular eight episodes, there was a blog about the series, where additional video and audio scenes were shown. There were also diary entries, profiles, newspaper articles, notes, photos, drawings and other background information on the characters.

The series was written by Brian Dooley, Jamie Mathieson and John Jackson. The director was Alex Kalymnios . Becoming Human was produced by Zodiak Media Group Touchpaper Wales . A total of 1.5 million viewers followed Becoming Human on the Internet. On March 20, 2011, all eight episodes were cut into a 50-minute special and broadcast on the BBC Three television channel. The series was filmed at the Barry Comprehensive School, among other places, which provided part of the backdrop for the fictional Rathborne High School. After his appearance in Becoming Human, Craig Roberts appeared again as the vampire Adam in the fifth episode of the fourth season of Being Human . There were also two blog posts on Being Human's official website about the characters' whereabouts after the series ended.

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (-) Director script
1 1 - Episode 1 Jan. 30, 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Brian Dooley
Adam the vampire looks forward to being a student at Rathborne High School. Once there, he has to find that he is not as well received by the popular students as he would like. He tries to flirt with the blonde school beauty Brandy Mulligan. However, she finds him strange and thinks he is a foreign exchange student. Adam can barely prevent an argument with the school bully Danny. When Adam meets the werewolf Christa, he initially doesn't want anything to do with her. However, he supports Christa when she is unjustly accused by the teacher Mr. Swan of having insulted him. However, Mr. Swan does not listen to Adam or Christa and puts them both in detention with Mr. Roe. In the bedside room, Adam and Christa meet the student Matt, who is constantly following Christa. Only now does Christa realize that Matt, the recently missing student, has posters all over the school. Matt is a ghost and has been murdered. He has lost the memories of the night of death. So Christa and Adam decide to solve Matt's murder so that he can go over to the afterlife. Christa is not very enthusiastic about the collaboration with Adam and Matt, but hopes to finally get rid of her constant pursuer (Matt).
2 2 - Episode 2 Feb 6, 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Brian Dooley
Matt tells Adam and Christa about the school bully Danny, who berated and bullied him during his lifetime. He also saw Danny on the night of the murder. So Adam and Christa go to Danny to ask him questions. At first, Danny is upset that Christa and Adam dare to go to school with him. However, he then does answer her questions. When Danny starts talking badly about Matt, Matt starts haunted the classroom. He is furious that Danny was able to bully him for six years and continued to abuse him even after he died. So Matt throws things around, opens and closes the shutters, turns the lights on and off, writes the word killer on the board, and so on. This scares Danny so much that he literally pees himself in fear. He explains to Christa and Adam that like any other bully, he just wants to cover up his own insecurity by teasing other students. Adam and Christa believe him and explain to Danny that they will not tell anyone about his "mishap", even if the latter does not say anything about the events in the room. Danny agrees. Christa and Adam eventually realize that Matt never believed Danny murdered him. He just wanted revenge on him. Adam and Christa are angry and decide not to help Matt anymore.
3 3 - Episode 3 Feb 13, 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Brian Dooley
Matt begs Christa and Adam to help him find the killer. The two finally agree. As supernatural beings, the only ones who can see and talk to Matt are and therefore feel obliged to look for the killer. Meanwhile, Matt remembers that he drowned and went to the bathroom the night of the murder. Christa also finds out that on the morning of his murder, Matt secretly peeked into the girls' locker room and watched the girls change their clothes. Christa and Adam immediately agree that Matt really wanted to see Brandy Mulligan. Brandy spotted Matt and ran after him, so Matt hid in the bathroom where he was murdered. When the teacher hears Mr. Roe talking to Christa and Adam about brandy, he tells them that Brandy comes from the Crompton family. This is a kind of Mafia family and is known for their evil deeds. That immediately makes brandy one of the prime suspects.
4th 4th - Episode 4 Feb. 20, 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Jamie Mathieson
Adam, Matt, and Christa decide to question Brandy about Matt's murder. Christa looks for Brandy in the school backyard while Adam watches them both from hiding. Couples often meet secretly in the school backyard, so Brandy immediately wants to know who Christa has arranged to meet. When Christa asks her about Matt's death, Brandy shows little interest. She would rather know whether her top also goes with the skirt. However, Brandy suddenly becomes suspicious of Christa's questions. Therefore Adam comes out of his hiding place and gives himself up as Christa's friend. The conversation between the three of them remains friendly until Adam suddenly mentions Brandy's family name (Crompton) and tells the stories of the Crompton family. Brandy threatens Adam and suddenly behaves very differently. Adam is about to attack her and drink her blood. However, it can be stopped by Christa first. A short time later, however, he wants to kill Brandy again. Matt shouts after him that Brandy didn't kill him and that he saw her leave. Adam runs back and doesn't kill Brandy. Christa is furious that Matt didn't tell her right away that Brandy didn't kill him. Matt explains to her that he hoped she would keep thinking that Brandy Mulligan killed him. He didn't want it to come out that he was really only interested in Christa and that Christa was the one he was watching through the changing room. He had been in love with Christa for the past three years while Christa didn't even know he existed.
5 5 - Episode 5 Feb. 27, 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Jamie Mathieson
In a love letter, Matt confesses his feelings for Christa. Even before he became a spirit, he was invisible to the world and invisible to it. However, he loved her and was amazed that no one could see Christa like him, as an angel between monsters. The last thing he did before he was murdered was to write a love message on the toilet wall: "I <3 Christa", whereby he did not even cope with it, but was murdered beforehand. His very last thoughts were on Christa. Christa is touched by the love letter, but doesn't return Matt's feelings. According to Adam, all students at school believe that Christa and Adam are a couple. Therefore Adam suggests a fake, public end of the relationship, or Christa and he could really start a relationship. Christa is not very enthusiastic about either. A short time later, Adam and Christa watch Mr. Roe being put down by Mr. Swan. Christa, Matt and Adam also want to get the videos from the school's surveillance camera. However, the video from the night of the murder is missing.
6th 6th - Episode 6 6th Mar 2011 - Alex Kalymnios Jamie Mathieson
Adam begins to be more and more interested in Christa. However, Matt's presence sometimes bothers him. The trio now tries to find Matt's body in order to find out more about the killer. You're looking in the gym. When Mr. Swan comes into the gym they have to hide in a box. Christa and Adam talk quietly about the fact that Matt cannot go into the afterlife if no evidence of the murder is found. Matt gets angry. He thinks Adam and Christa want to get rid of him. So he sets the box in motion with Adam and Christa. Mr. Swan discovers the two, while Christa and Adam pretend they've just hidden under the box to secretly make out. Adam and Christa have to be detained again.
7th 7th - Episode 7 13 Mar 2011 - Alex Kalymnios John Jackson
Christa suggests using her keen senses on the day of the full moon (shortly before she becomes a werewolf) to smell the corpse. However, Christa has to transform herself for the first time in school. Before that, she only transformed in a protected space and that was bad for her. Christa is afraid of the coming night and of hurting or killing someone in her werewolf form. Adam learned a few tricks from the werewolves Nina and George to make the transformation a little less dangerous. He wants to help Christa and shows her some tricks. Christa knows the body is in the gym somewhere. So the three of them go in there. However, they are locked in the gym and Christa begins to transform into a werewolf. She will kill Adam if he stays in the room with her. At the last second, Adam and Matt lock Christa in the tool shed and barricade the door. The next morning, Adam and Matt let Christa out of the tool shed. They also find Matt's body.
8th 8th - Episode 8 20 Mar 2011 - Alex Kalymnios John Jackson
Just as the trio have found Matt's body, Mr. Swan enters the room. He demands an explanation from Christa and Adam. However, they suspect Mr. Swan of the murder. Mr. Swan declares nothing to do with the murders. Adam and Christa finally realize that Mr. Swan is telling the truth and that Mr. Roe is the real killer. He had the opportunity to come into all rooms and was able to steal the video tapes. When Mr. Swan tries to call the police, Mr. Roe knocks him down. Mr. Roe explains that he murdered Matt believing the key that Matt wrote on the toilet wall with was used to scratch his car. He was only bullied and bullied, by students and teachers, and then his expensive car was also scratched. Fed up with all of this, he killed Matt. When Matt hears about all of this, he feels sorry for Mr. Roe. He explains to Christa and Adam that at their age he might have become just like Mr. Roe. He often feels like Mr. Roe, lonely and angry. However, by meeting Christa and Adam, Matt changed. Finally, Matt's door to the afterlife appears. However, neither of the three wants Matt to leave. When Mr. Roe attacks the three again, Matt pushes him through his own door into the afterlife. The door disappears. Matt can stay with Christa and Adam.

Special offers

In addition to diary entries of the characters, fictional newspaper articles (e.g. about Matt's disappearance or the crimes of Brandy's father), memorial entries or profiles of the characters, other small video specials were published. These are each between 20 seconds and 2 minutes long. They provide background information about the characters and were posted between episodes. The last special, The Return, takes place after the series has ended.

No. Original title First broadcast in
UK 		Summary
1 Where's Our Matt? Jan. 26, 2011 Matt's mother makes an internet video call looking for her son. She asks him to come back home.
2 Danny the Bully Feb 4, 2011 In the school there is a video of Danny in which he rushes other students and declares himself the owner of the school.
3 Changing Danny's Ways Feb 8, 2011 Christa wants to make Danny a better person, so she enrolls him in the school's social projects. So she suggests him as a member of the gardening club. He is also supposed to visit seniors and take part in the school musical.
4th Christa's Voicemail Feb 12, 2011 Christa believes that Matt is still hiding some things from them and suggests that Adam ask Matt one more time.
5 Brandy's PE Records Feb 15, 2011 Christa searches Mr. Swan's office for Brandy Mulligan's files. The files say, among other things, that Brandy does martial arts and has just received the black belt. During her search, Christa is caught by Mr. Swan. She explains to him that she is there to join the girls' soccer club. Mr. Swan believe you.
6th Adam's Find 23 Feb 2011 Christa has achieved her goal. By participating in the social projects, Danny actually changed. He was voted Student of the Month. Meanwhile, Adam finds an old photo of Christa.
7th Christa's Anger 23 Feb 2011 Adam makes fun of Christa with his found photo. Christa gets angry and runs away.
8th Adam's Theory Feb 25, 2011 Christa hasn't spoken to Adam since Adam made fun of the photo. He thinks this has something to do with the approaching full moon, which makes her angry more easily. He also wonders if Christa might have something to do with Matt's death after all. She seems to have little control over herself.
9 Swan vs Roe 1st Mar 2011 There's a video going around the school showing Mr. Swan and Mr. Roe. Mr. Swan yells at Mr. Roe. He's angry that Mr. Roe isn't in control of his own class. Mr. Roe hardly has a say. Adam explains that Mr. Swan is crazy and that it is all about nasty power games on the part of Mr. Swan.
10 Christa on camera 4th Mar 2011 Christa and Adam argue again.
11 Janitor on CCTV March 8 2011 Adam looks through the school's video footage. The school caretaker can be seen on almost every recording. In addition, this has the key to all rooms. Adam believes he has found a new prime suspect in him.
12 The return 20 Mar 2011 Matt's killer swears he'll come back and get revenge on Matt, Christa, and Adam.

reception

Nominations

BAFTA Cymru Awards :

  • 2012: Digital Creativity & Games (Philip Trethowan, Alex Kalymnios , Hannah Thomas)

Banff Rockie Award :

Reviews and feedback

The feedback from Being Human fans has been very positive. 1.5 million fans watched the series and discussed the latest information on the person of Matt's killer online.

Nick Bryan judged that Becoming Human had a great deal of humor. Craig Roberts also portrays vampire Adam well in the series.

Robert William Berg explained that Becoming Human takes place in the same mystical context as the mother-in-law series Being Human. However, Becoming Human shows the problems from a different perspective, the perspective of teenagers. The series describes the difficulties in adolescence, the social stratifications and clique formation in the school system and bullying in everyday school life. The screenwriters Brian Dooley, Jamie Mathieson, and John Jackson are impressively able to treat these very serious problems with a gentle touch and a skilful, dark humor without ever taking the problems too lightly. However, the episodes were written and produced individually, which means that they do not merge seamlessly into one another. Overall, however, Becoming Human is a brilliant series. The scripts are of high quality. In addition, the main and supporting actors are very authentic and do an excellent job.

Dan Owen wrote that Becoming Human was pretty high quality. However, Becoming Human is not as sexy, stylish, tart and convincing as Misfits . The series is intended more for a younger audience. Some adults might not find the show particularly enticing.

Web links

Individual evidence

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