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The Reluctant Vampire

2026 · 1 season

A gentle, cheerful sitcom that plays its supernatural premise for easy laughs and a sweet coming-of-age story.

Created by
Emily McDonald
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lenny Rush, Tom Davis, Sian Clifford
Overview
A young vampire finds out he is not in fact a vampire at all, and has to live a double life.

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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Emily McDonald
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lenny Rush, Tom Davis, Sian Clifford
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • deception
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Emily McDonald
Written by
Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons
Starring
Lenny Rush, Tom Davis, Sian Clifford, Gabriel Nagy, Asim Chaudhry, Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Ada Player
Music
Ray Harman
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 29 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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