Reception of the series has been extremely favourable . Stephen Armstrong in '' The Guardian '' gave the show a warm review , noting that its primary appeal was not supernatural or horror . It was , he wrote , " a curious genre mash-up drama about a ghost , werewolf and vampire sharing a flat in Bristol , which deals more with the horror of living in modern Britain than the horror of the undead . " David Belcher writing in the '' Glasgow Herald '' was effusive , however , calling the series " Easily the sole good programme on BBC3 ... '' Being Human '' : the supernatural drama that 's super in its depiction of human nature . " At the conclusion of the first series , Andrea Mullaney of '' The Scotsman '' had high praise for the show 's premise and writing : When it debuted on BBC America in 2009 , the show won similar plaudits . The '' Miami Herald '' Glenn Garvin praised the show 's balance of humour and pathos : " What it is darkly funny , deeply affecting and utterly cockeyed , a work that celebrates life by dwelling on death , love by abiding loneliness . It 's a tale of cold , dead noses pressed up against the window pane of humanity ... But for all the laughs , '' Being Human '' never loses sight of the menace of its characters . " Writing in the '' New York Times '' , Alessandra Stanley called the series " compelling " and praised its equal emphasis on horror , remorse , and humour : Writing for the '' Chicago Tribune '' , Mary McNamara lauded the show 's humour , but emphasised its moral seriousness and metaphorical nature . " D espite more than a few laugh-out-loud moments , '' Being Human '' is no sitcom , no '' Will & Grace '' with monsters , " she wrote , " Creator Toby Whithouse takes all the themes associated with the cursed and the damned very seriously , and if his exploration of them is less baroque than other franchises , it promises to be even more effective . Addiction is the obvious comparison , and Whithouse makes it nicely – the relationship between John and Lauren ( Annabel Scholey ) , the woman he hopes is his last victim , plays like classic junkie love . " The praise continued throughout various periods of the series ' run . Matt Roush from '' TV Guide '' , having given critical plaudits to the third series , said of the series , " Ca n't recommend it highly enough . " Reviewing the Series 3 Blu-ray release , the '' Wichita Falls Times-Record-News '' noted , " So many movies and TV programmes will suggest how evil people can be and how much characters can suffer . '' Being Human '' actually can make viewers feel something of that horror and awfulness . " Melinda Houston , writing for the '' Sydney Morning Herald '' , applauded the way the show took the common television theme of the " disenfranchised ... suddenly retaliat ing " and inverted it . " Moving beyond the teen tropes , it sets itself squarely in a mire of 20-something Gen Y angst . Being special and having power has no upside ; being different is a burden and a nuisance and all anyone wants is a life of ordinariness . " The show was nominated for Best Drama Series at the 2010 British Academy Television Awards , but lost to '' Misfits '' . It was nominated for the same award again in 2011 , but lost to '' Sherlock ''
2010 British Academy Television Awards
British Academy Television Awards 2010
Being Human (British TV series)