Supernatural drama Being Human returns next month for a fifth series, starring Michael Socha as werewolf Tom, Damien Molony as vampire Hal and Kate Bracken as ghost Alex.

Strapped to a chair in the living room, Hal is finding it tough going cold-turkey – mostly because the mess Tom has made is really bothering him. But when Tom and Alex release Hal, they’re not to know it’s far too soon to be letting a blood-thirsty vampire onto the streets.

Series 5 Episode 1 airs at 10pm on Sunday 3 February on BBC Three. To whet your appetite, here are ten hints for the episode…

» France, 1918, and there’s a War on. No, not that War…

» Hotness and a trip to The Savoy? You’ll go far in the hotel industry, young man.

» Either there’s been a suit sale on at Topman or there’s a supernatural mess to be cleaned up.

» Come closer, Captain Hatch has something he wants to tell you.

» The pen is mightier than the… OH MY GOD WHAT’S HE DOING WITH THAT PEN?!

» Have something soft to swoon on – there’s gratuitous shots of Hal looking handsome both in and out of military clobber.

» Clearly the Being Human production team got a ‘two tankers of fake blood for the price of one’ deal for Series 5.

» It’s Cram, like the runner. Not Crumb, like the err, crumb.

» Not even the world of the supernatural can escape George Osborne’s austerity axe.

» Wizards love a spot of vintage pornography.

> Buy the complete Series 1-4 boxset on Amazon.

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