First off, scope out the renovations. We wielded our sledgehammers and gutted this place over the weekend, put on several coats of paint, invited over some cool animated pals (see top right) – and voilà, we have a fit new Anglophenia that’s ready for some action. What do you think? Our brand-new face is just one of the many changes you’ll see around here in the coming weeks. Stay right here throughout the weekdays as we’ll be bringing you more hot-and-spicy updates from across the pond.

To celebrate Anglophenia’s extreme makeover, I offer you the first snippets of our Comic-Con interviews with the cast of Being Human. Today, we have two clips from my chat with Aidan Turner (Mitchell) and Lenora Crichlow (Annie). We reached out to our Facebook fans for questions, and BBCA viewer Michael Bakkala asked, “Are Aidan and Lenora Doctor Who fans?” Well, Michael: they are more than just mere fans: one of them is an actual DW alum.

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Being Human is not a typical walk in the supernatural park. With the overwhelming amount of romanticized, sugary-sweet TV shows, books and movies in the supernatural genre, Being Human is a refreshing trek back into the traditional theme of vampires, werewolves and ghosts: Horror.

In the world of Mitchell (Aidan Turner), Annie (Lenora Crichlow) and George (Russell Tovey), no one sparkles. The transformation from man to wolf is agonizing, not swift and fluffy, and un-life as a ghost carries all the tragic, dark loneliness originally associated with the restless undead.

In many modern versions of classic supernatural stereotypes, the curse of immortality comes with little cost. Vampires walk the earth under a moonlit sky in the company of mortals, whom they watch sleep with chaste affections instead of a primal hunger. Ghosts visit mediums that complete their unfinished business for them, releasing them into the great unknown. Werewolves’ war with vampires over pretty girls and both factions are apt to reveal themselves to the public and demand rights as citizens. Gone were the days of anguish and damnation while these cursed creatures lived out eternity watching humanity from the sidelines.

Being Human returns to those tormented origins with a cast of deliciously flawed supernatural beings struggling to remain a part of the human race they have forever left behind. The characters themselves are so relatable, so real, that you can almost forget you’re watching a show about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. Regardless of the dynamics between the respective supernatural communities, Mitchell, George and Annie remain so poignantly believable that it is easy to empathize with even their surreal problems.

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Oh, man. Just when you think being a werewolf couldn’t stink any more, it — well — stinks a lot more.

That’s the grim situation confronting George (Russell Tovey) as “Being Human” returns to BBC America for a second season of eight episodes starting Saturday, July 24.

The first season of the show — about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost (Aidan Turner, Tovey, Lenora Crichlow) who share an English flat — ended with George, the reluctant and normally gentle werewolf, transforming into a raging beast to confront and kill Herrick, the vampire leader who was plotting to “transition” the human race involuntarily into a world of bloodsuckers. In that regard, then, George’s actions were understandable, even heroic. But they left a devastating impact on the character, Tovey says.

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Vampires and werewolves seemed to get along just fine when they were chasing Abbot and Costello. Or maybe it was the Scooby-Doo gang. But this summer, there’s plenty of bad blood, and things between them are getting hairy.

The vampires and werewolves in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”? Fighting. The vampires and werewolves on “True Blood”? Fighting fang and claw. The vampires and werewolves on ABC’s “The Gates”? Well, I stopped watching that after the pilot, but for argument’s sake, let’s just say they’re not the best of friends.

And that just makes “Being Human” (10 p.m. Saturday, BBC America) all the more refreshing. Vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) and werewolf George (Russell Tovey) not only are able to coexist, they’re flatmates. And, proving that Bristol, England, is some sort of supernatural melting pot, they also share their house with a ghost called Annie (Lenora Crichlow).

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