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Beecham House

Beecham House is a 2019 ITV historical drama, co-created and directed by Gurinder Chadha, set in Delhi in 1795. Its fictional Beecham family story stars Tom Bateman, with real figures Begum Samru and Shah Alam II; canceled after one season.

Beef (TV series)

Beef is a Netflix and A24 comedy-drama anthology series created by Lee Sung Jin. Season 1 (2023) starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in a road rage feud; Season 2 (2026) recast the anthology with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. It won eight Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) (manga)

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) is Ryūhei Tamura's delinquent childcare battle manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2009–2014, 28 volumes, about Oga raising the Demon Lord's baby son Berubo; anime 2011–2012, 60 episodes.

Beetlejuice (franchise)

Beetlejuice franchise: Tim Burton's 1988 dark-comedy film, its 1989–1991 animated series (94 episodes), the 2018 Broadway musical, and the 2024 sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; Warner Bros.-owned afterlife comedy brand with 400+ licensees.

Beetlejuice (TV series)

Beetlejuice is an American animated television series that ran from 1989 to 1992, following goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice in the surreal Neitherworld.

Before

Before (2024) is a 10-episode Apple TV+ psychological thriller limited series created by Sarah Thorp, starring Billy Crystal as child psychiatrist Eli Adler, with Judith Light, Jacobi Jupe, and Rosie Perez; aired October 25 to December 20, 2024, Metacritic 46.

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (ビフォア クライシス ファイナルファンタジーVII)

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (ビフォア クライシス ファイナルファンタジーVII) is Square Enix's 2004 Japan-only mobile game, the first Compilation of Final Fantasy VII title, casting players as Turks six years before FFVII; later retold in Ever Crisis.

Before trilogy

Before trilogy: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013), Richard Linklater's romance series with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Céline, filmed nine years apart in Vienna, Paris, and Greece.

Beforeigners

Beforeigners (Fremvandrerne), a 2019-2022 Norwegian HBO sci-fi crime series by Anne Bjørnstad and Eilif Skodvin, directed by Jens Lien: Stone Age, Viking, and 19th-century people appear in Oslo; two seasons, starring Krista Kosonen and Nicolai Cleve Broch.

Begin Again (从结婚开始恋爱)

Begin Again (从结婚开始恋爱) is a 2020 Mango TV Chinese urban romance drama, 35 episodes, directed by Xu Chi, starring Zhou Yutong and Gong Jun, adapted from Thai author Pitchaya Turdkwanchai's novel, about a contract marriage between a female CEO and a surgeon; distinct from a 2024 short drama of the same title.

Begins ≠ Youth

Begins ≠ Youth (비긴즈유스, also YOUTH) is a 2024 South Korean web drama based on the BTS Universe, airing 12 episodes on Xclusive from April 30 to May 14, 2024, produced by HYBE and Chorokbaem Media about seven boys in Songju-si.

Begusarai (TV series)

Begusarai, Hindi crime-family drama on &TV (2 March 2015 to 24 June 2016, 346 episodes), produced by Saregama; Thakur mafia family in Bihar, starring Vishal Aditya Singh, Shivangi Joshi, Shweta Tiwari.

Behind Her Eyes (TV series)

Behind Her Eyes: 2021 Netflix six-episode British limited series adapted from Sarah Pinborough's 2017 novel, starring Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, and Robert Aramayo, ending in an astral-projection body-swap twist.

Behind the Attraction

Behind the Attraction is a Disney+ docuseries about the history of Disney Parks attractions, narrated by Paget Brewster, directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, and executive produced by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia; three seasons ran 2021 to 2026.

Behind the Music

Behind the Music: VH1 music documentary series (1997-2014) profiling artists' rises, falls, and revivals; created by Gay Rosenthal and George Moll; revived on Paramount+ in 2021 and 2024.

Being A Hero (冰雨火)

Being A Hero (冰雨火) is a 2022 Chinese anti-drug crime drama, 32 episodes on Youku, directed by Fu Dongyu, starring Chen Xiao as Wu Zhenfeng and Wang Yibo as police officer Chen Yu; Douban 7.3.

Being Erica

Being Erica: Canadian comedy-drama (2009–2011) created by Jana Sinyor for CBC, starring Erin Karpluk and Michael Riley; 49 episodes in four seasons about time-travel therapy for regrets, aired in 160 countries.

Being Human (British TV series)

Being Human is a BBC Three supernatural comedy-drama created by Toby Whithouse (2008-2013, five series) about a vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a Bristol house; rescued by a fan petition, it became BBC Three's biggest hit and spawned a Syfy remake.

Being Human (North American TV series)

Being Human (North American TV series), Syfy's 2011-2014 remake of the BBC series by Toby Whithouse. A vampire (Aidan), werewolf (Josh), and ghost (Sally) share a Boston house in a four-season, 52-episode supernatural drama created by Jeremy Carver and Anna Fricke.

Being Mary Jane

Being Mary Jane: BET drama series (2013–2019) created by Mara Brock Akil, starring Gabrielle Union as Atlanta news anchor Mary Jane Paul; BET's first one-hour scripted drama, 4-million-viewer pilot, five seasons ending in 2019.

Beintehaa

Beintehaa (बेइंतहा) is an Indian Colors TV romantic drama (30 December 2013 to 21 November 2014, 235 episodes) by Fortune Productions, starring Preetika Rao and Harshad Arora as rival cousins Aaliya and Zain in a Muslim family; distinct from the unrelated 2020 series of the same name.

Bel-Air (TV series)

Bel-Air is a Peacock drama (2022-2025) reimagining The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, created by Morgan Stevenson Cooper from a viral 2019 trailer, starring Jabari Banks, produced with Will Smith's Westbrook Studios, four seasons.

Bela Talbot

Bela Talbot (real name Abby) is a Supernatural season 3 thief and con artist played by Lauren Cohan, who sold supernatural objects after a crossroads demon deal and died by hellhound in 2008.

Belfort & Lupin

Belfort & Lupin is a French animated series (26 x 22 min, 2025) about Louis XIV's favorite dog Belfort and the Versailles garden wolf Lupin, created by Teddy J. Stehly, directed by Philippe Vidal, produced by Ellipse Animation and Belvision.

Belgravia (TV series)

Belgravia is a 2020 six-part British period drama by Julian Fellowes, adapted from his 2016 novel, airing on ITV and Epix; it follows the Trenchard and Bellasis families and a Waterloo-era secret, with a 2024 sequel, The Next Chapter.

Believe Me (TV series)

Believe Me is a 2026 four-part ITV1 true crime drama written by Jeff Pope, directed by Julia Ford, about three victims of black cab rapist John Worboys, starring Daniel Mays, Aimée-Ffion Edwards, Aasiya Shah, and Miriam Petche.

Belinda Chandra

Belinda Chandra (Bel) is a fictional nurse from Croydon and the Fifteenth Doctor's companion in Doctor Who's 2025 season, played by Varada Sethu, introduced in "The Robot Revolution" (12 April 2025) across eight episodes.

Bella and the Bulldogs

Bella and the Bulldogs is a Nickelodeon live-action comedy (2015-2016, two seasons) created by Gabriel Garza and Jonathan Butler, starring Brec Bassinger as cheerleader-turned-quarterback Bella Dawson of the Silverado Bulldogs.

Belle Dingle

Belle Dingle (Tinkerbelle Lisa Dingle, later Belle King) is a fictional Emmerdale character born on screen Christmas Day 1998 to Zak and Lisa Dingle, played by Eden Taylor-Draper since 2005, known for the Gemma Andrews killing, schizophrenia storyline, and abusive marriage to Tom King.

Below (miniseries)

Below is a 2026 six-episode Netflix limited series created by Jesse McKeown, starring Josh Hartnett as Newfoundland fisherman Calvin Penney facing a giant prehistoric squid; distinct from other shows titled Below.