Being Human will be more "epic" than ever before in its fifth series, creator Toby Whithouse has claimed.
The writer revealed that the theme of the new six-part series is 'The Trinity' - establishing the show's new lead trio, Hal (Damien Molony), Tom (Michael Socha) and Alex (Kate Bracken).
"It was their skill and passion that would stop me rocking and dribbling and draw me out from under my desk to actually write the scripts," Whithouse joked.
"And so this series title belongs to them. The new heroes of Being Human - the new trinity."
Whithouse claimed that series five would again "up the ante" for the BBC Three cult drama.
"Blowing Mark Gatiss and a baby up at the end of series four was good, but we could do better," he said. "We wanted to tell a story that was even greater, even more labyrinthine and epic than anything we've done before.
"Slowly a story about sacrifice and misplaced courage started to take shape. Our heroes would be driven to compromise their own fragile humanity to safeguard the rest of the world; and less scrupulous characters would endanger the lives of others in pursuit of their own agendas."
Being Human returns to BBC Three on Sunday, February 3 at 10pm.
