{ "id": "ep6qvwmb9f", "slug": "becoming-human", "title": "Becoming Human", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.horror_thriller_scifi_webseries", "label": "Genre web series: horror, thriller, science fiction, and mystery", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.horror_thriller_scifi_webseries" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020: Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Becoming Human is a 2011 British webisode spin-off of Being Human, created by Toby Whithouse: teenage vampire Adam (Craig Roberts), werewolf Christa and ghost Matt solve a murder in eight online episodes, later compiled into a BBC Three special.", "snippet": "Becoming Human is a 2011 British webisode spin-off of Being Human, created by Toby Whithouse: teenage vampire Adam (Craig Roberts), werewolf Christa and ghost Matt solve a murder in eight online episodes, later compiled into a BBC Three special.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.horror_thriller_scifi_webseries", "markdown": "# Becoming Human\n\n**Becoming Human** is a British supernatural drama webisode series, an online spin-off from the [BBC Three](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-three) television series *Being Human*, created by Toby Whithouse and broadcast in 2011.[1](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/becoming-human/tm97LoSmUqJ7DsG0aXpLr5/) It follows three teenage counterparts of the parent show's leads, vampire Adam Jacobs ([Craig Roberts](https://www.edgepedia.org/craig-roberts)), werewolf Christa Stammers (Leila Mimmack), and ghost Matt Bolton (Josh Brown), as they meet at a fictional college and become embroiled in a murder mystery.[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) • [3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Online drama of eight installments, mostly five to eight minutes each, released weekly[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human) |\n| Platform | BBC website and the BBC \"Red Button\" digital service, later compiled on BBC iPlayer[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human) |\n| Run | First installment 30 January 2011, after the *Being Human* episode \"Adam's Family\"; story concluded 20 March 2011[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) |\n| BBC Three broadcast | A 50-minute compilation aired on BBC Three at 9:00pm on 20 March 2011, premiering the story's conclusion[5](https://whatculture.com/tv/tv-review-becoming-human-for-whom-the-school-bell-tolls) |\n| Creators | Created by Toby Whithouse; written by Brian Dooley, Jamie Mathieson, and John Jackson; directed by Alex Kalymnios[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1829850/fullcredits/) |\n| Production | Touchpaper Wales, part of the Zodiak Media Group; produced by Hannah Thomas with Rob Pursey as executive producer[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1829850/fullcredits/) |\n| Audience | Over 1.5 million views on the red button and online, making it BBC Three's most successful multiplatform commission to that date[7](https://www.frostmagazine.com/tag/bbc3/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and story\n\nFollowing events in *Being Human* series three, in which Adam first appeared in the episode \"Adam's Family\", the teenage vampire enrolls at a new school to get back on the straight and narrow.[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) There he meets Christa, a moody werewolf-in-denial, and the two befriend Matt, a shy classmate whom only they can see. Matt, it emerges, is a ghost who was murdered but cannot remember by whom, and helping him solve his own murder is the unfinished business he must settle before he can move on.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) • [8](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/31/becoming-human-bbc3)\n\nThe structure mirrors the parent show's high-concept formula of a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost thrown together, transplanted from a shared house to a school setting.[5](https://whatculture.com/tv/tv-review-becoming-human-for-whom-the-school-bell-tolls) Supporting characters include the school bully Danny Curtis ([John Boyega](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-boyega)), the crime lord's daughter Brandy Mulligan ([Emma Rigby](https://www.edgepedia.org/emma-rigby)), PE teacher Mr Swan (Simon Ludders), and tutor Mr Roe (Josh Cole).[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human) The investigation of suspects such as Danny and Brandy initially proves fruitless before the trio closes in on the killer in the final installment.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human)\n\n## Interactive online format\n\n**The web extension went beyond the episodes themselves.** The BBC commissioned it as an interactive experience: daily clues were posted on a new website linked to the *Being Human* blog, in the form of press cuttings, anonymous tips, CCTV footage, and mobile phone clips, so online audiences could follow and piece together the mystery as it unfolded.[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) Character profiles and in-universe materials written from the characters' perspectives expanded on the story.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human)\n\nThe BBC's 2010/11 annual report described *Becoming Human* as \"a highly successful online drama that played alongside *Being Human*\" as part of developing the BBC Three online offer.[9](https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/bbc_exec_sopps_2010_11.pdf) By March 2011 it had attracted over 1.5 million views on the red button and online, and commissioner Sarah Clay attributed the move to a BBC Three broadcast in part to fans asking for longer episodes.[7](https://www.frostmagazine.com/tag/bbc3/)\n\n## Broadcast history\n\nThe BBC announced the spin-off in November 2010, saying it would run for nine episodes and launch online midway through *Being Human* series three.[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1) In the event, eight installments were posted, beginning after \"Adam's Family\" aired on 30 January 2011, with a new episode following each weekly *Being Human* broadcast.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) One preview described an opening installment of about 13 minutes, longer than the later five-minute episodes.[10](https://tvguideuk.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/becoming-human-debuts-online/) The story concluded with the eighth installment on 20 March 2011, the same day the full 50-minute compilation aired on BBC Three.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human) • [5](https://whatculture.com/tv/tv-review-becoming-human-for-whom-the-school-bell-tolls)\n\nThe series was shot on location in Wales[2](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1), and, as a low-budget production, used no original music.[3](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human)\n\n## Place in the *Being Human* franchise and cast legacies\n\n*Becoming Human* ran alongside the parent series during its 2008 to 2013 tenure on BBC Three, a supernatural comedy drama created by Toby Whithouse about a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost sharing a house.[11](https://tollbit.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/being-human-is-now-available-in-full-on-bbc-iplayer/) Critics of the compilation noted that the webisode format gave the story a mini-climax roughly every seven minutes and that the character voiceovers carried over from the online installments provided extra insight, though the stitched-together broadcast was at times disjointed.[5](https://whatculture.com/tv/tv-review-becoming-human-for-whom-the-school-bell-tolls) • [12](https://scifibulletin.wordpress.com/uk-tv/being-human/being-human-review-becoming-human/)\n\nThe cast included two actors who went on to wider prominence. Craig Roberts had already appeared in CBBC's *Young Dracula* and was cast in the film *Submarine* around the same time[8](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/31/becoming-human-bbc3), and John Boyega, later known internationally, played Danny Curtis.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1829850/fullcredits/) Retrospective coverage has highlighted the web series for featuring both performers as it adapted *Being Human*'s themes for a younger teenage audience.[13](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/being-human-celebrating-bbc-three-originals/) No second season was produced; the series is listed as ended.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Becoming Human – TV Series, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/becoming-human/tm97LoSmUqJ7DsG0aXpLr5/)\n2. [Being Human (UK) – Online Spin Off Announced, SpoilerTV (22 November 2010)](https://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/being-human-uk-online-spin-off.html?m=1)\n3. [Becoming Human, Being Human Wiki (Fandom)](https://beinghuman.fandom.com/wiki/Becoming_Human)\n4. [Becoming Human – Show Info, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1124/becoming-human)\n5. [TV Review: Becoming Human; for whom the school bell tolls, WhatCulture (July 2011)](https://whatculture.com/tv/tv-review-becoming-human-for-whom-the-school-bell-tolls)\n6. [Becoming Human (TV Series 2011) – Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1829850/fullcredits/)\n7. [Becoming Human moves from online to BBC Three, Frost Magazine (9 March 2011)](https://www.frostmagazine.com/tag/bbc3/)\n8. [Becoming Human: meet the cast, The Guardian (31 January 2011)](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/31/becoming-human-bbc3)\n9. [BBC Performance against Statements of Programme Policy 2010/11 (PDF)](https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/bbc_exec_sopps_2010_11.pdf)\n10. [Becoming Human Debuts Online, TV Guide UK (26 January 2011)](https://tvguideuk.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/becoming-human-debuts-online/)\n11. [Being Human is now available in full on BBC iPlayer, Radio Times (18 May 2018)](https://tollbit.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/being-human-is-now-available-in-full-on-bbc-iplayer/)\n12. [Being Human: Review: Becoming Human, Sci-Fi Bulletin](https://scifibulletin.wordpress.com/uk-tv/being-human/being-human-review-becoming-human/)\n13. 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