Filming is underway in Barry Town and the six new episodes are expected to air on BBC Three early next year.

The blog teases: “We’ve got bits that will make you laugh! We’ve got bits that will make you cry! We’ve got bits that will make you jump! We’ve got bits that will make you drool! We’ve got puns! We’ve got thrilling guest stars! We’ve got exciting new talent! We’ve got a new place of work! We’ve got really scary threats! We’ve got flashbacks! We’ve got exclamation marks!!! We’ve got it all!”

Actress Kate Bracken, who returns full-time as ghost Alex, is also described “a bone-fide member of the gang” and reveals “she’s funny, she’s kick-ass and my goodness is she cheek-boned”.

Joining series creator Toby Whithouse on the writing team are “(relatively) new talents Daragh Carville and Sarah Dollard who are both funny, funny, funny… and a little bit twisted” alongside returning writers Jamie Mathieson and John Jackson.

It was announced in August that Phil Davis (Silk, Whitechapel) has been cast as a character called Captain Hatch.

Davis commented: “I’m very excited to be joining the cast of Being Human for Series 5. It’s a great show. I’ll be playing Captain Hatch. I don’t want to give too much away about the character at this early stage but I can reveal that he is marvellously disgusting. I’m busy researching now.”

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