Andy,
Just read your review of Being Human.
Reading your review, you don't mention the original pilot episode, so I guess it hasn't been included. I didn't think it would. The Region 2 version also didn't have this episode. Here's some background info regarding the pilot.
Danny Cohen, the controller of BBC Three, commissioned the Being Human, as part of the re-branding of BBC Three. The pilot episode starred Guy Flanagan as Mitchell the vampire, Andrea Riseborough as Annie the ghost and Russell Tovey as George the werewolf, as well as featuring Adrian Lester as Herrick (the vampire leader and main antagonist of Series One) and Dominique McElligott as the recent vampire convert Lauren (converted by Mitchell). With the exception of George, these parts were recast when the series went into full production.
The cast and tone of Being Human changed between the pilot and the series. Compared to the pilot, producer Matthew Bouch described the series as "less gothic and slightly more rooted" as well as "a bit funnier"; he also described the series as "kind of a reboot" of the pilot. Writer Toby Whithouse, however, said that he does consider the pilot to be canon.
Interior shots of Mitchell, Annie, and George's home, the hospital, and the vampires' funeral home headquarters are filmed on sound stages with exterior shots filmed on location. The funeral parlour's exterior and reception room are filmed in an old car showroom in Bristol, while the back rooms are filmed in a television studio.
To promote the show, the BBC launched a blog, and on 22 December 2008, the BBC Being Human web page aired three prequel videos to introduce the three main characters: Mitchell's is set in the 1960s, George's is a video diary of his visit of Scotland, and Annie's shows her as a ghost terrorizing a couple who had moved into the house. Series one of Being Human premiered in the US on 25 July 2009 on BBC America and on 4 August on Fox in Portugal.
Series 3 will contain 8 episodes and the show is now set in Cardiff.
SyFy have commissioned a US version of Being Human. Thirteen episodes are planned.
A picture from the pilot episode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Human_(TV_series)