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TV Series Ratings Analysis

Being Human Episode Ratings Heatmap

2009 · 5 Seasons · 36 Episodes · Overall Score: 7.0/10 (36 rated)

Highest Rated Episode
8.6/10

S1E6: Bad Moon Rising (5 votes)

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Best Season
7.50/10

Season 5 holds the highest collective average score across the series.

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Most Consistent Season
Season 4

Lowest score variance (σ = 0.35), maintaining an average of 6.9.

Strongest Finale
8.6/10

Season 1 finale: "Bad Moon Rising"

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Key Ratings Insights

  • Best season by average: Season 5 averaged 7.50/10 across 6 rated episodes.
  • Ratings rose from Season 1 (average 7.27/10) to Season 5 (average 7.50/10), an increase of 0.23 points.

Complete Episode Rating Matrix

Interactive score chart by season and episode number. Darker green indicates higher ratings; amber and red denote lower reception.

8.5+ (Outstanding) 7.5 – 8.4 (Great) 6.0 – 7.4 (Average) < 6.0 (Underwhelming) Few votes

Ratings Analysis & Trajectory

Across 5 seasons and 36 episodes, Being Human has earned an overall series rating of 7.0 out of 10. The series displays remarkable consistency across its narrative arc, maintaining reliable ratings from premiere to conclusion.

The single highest-rated hour of television in the series is Season 1, Episode 6 ("Bad Moon Rising"), rated at an extraordinary 8.6/10 with 5 ratings. Conversely, the lowest-rated installment is Season 2, Episode 8 ("All God's Children"), landing at 5.5/10.

The most precipitous single-episode shift occurred in Season 2 between Episode 5 ("The Looking Glass", 7.7) and Episode 6 ("In the Morning", 6.1), a swing of 1.6 points.

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Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes of Being Human

Rank Episode Title Score Votes Air Date
#1 Season 1, Ep 6 Bad Moon Rising 8.6 5 Mar 1, 2009
#2 Season 3, Ep 7 Though the Heavens Fall 8.3 6 Mar 6, 2011
#3 Season 3, Ep 8 The Wolf-Shaped Bullet 8.1 7 Mar 13, 2011
#4 Season 3, Ep 6 Daddy Ghoul 8.0 8 Feb 27, 2011
#5 Season 5, Ep 5 No Care, All Responsibility 8.0 5 Mar 3, 2013
#6 Season 5, Ep 6 The Last Broadcast 7.8 5 Mar 10, 2013
#7 Season 2, Ep 5 The Looking Glass 7.7 6 Feb 7, 2010
#8 Season 3, Ep 3 Type 4 7.6 7 Feb 6, 2011
#9 Season 5, Ep 3 Pie and Prejudice 7.6 5 Feb 17, 2013
#10 Season 1, Ep 1 Flotsam and Jetsam 7.5 8 Jan 25, 2009
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