Ghosts - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide

TV sitcom
BBC One
2019 - 2023
34 episodes (5 series)

Comedy about a group of ghosts inhabiting a crumbling country manor and its new living owners. Stars Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas and more.

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Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Julian (Simon Farnaby), Pat (Jim Howick), Captain (Ben Willbond), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Robin (Laurence Rickard), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Mary (Katy Wix), Humphrey (Laurence Rickard). Copyright: Monumental Pictures

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

2019 - 2023

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

34 (5 series), plus 1 Comic Relief special

Creators

Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond

Stars

Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and more

Writers

Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Martha Howe-Douglas and Simon Farnaby

Directors

Tom Kingsley, Nick Collett and Simon Hynd

Producers

Matthew Mulot, Pat Tookey-Dickson, Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward, Alison Owen, Kate Daughton, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby and more

Company

Monumental Pictures

The crumbling country pile of Button House is home to numerous restless spirits who have died there over the centuries - each ghost very much a product of their time, resigned to squabbling with each other for eternity over the most inane of daily gripes. But their lives - or, rather, afterlives - are thrown into turmoil when a young urban couple - Alison and Mike - surprisingly inherit the peaceful derelict house and make plans to turn it into a bustling family hotel.

As the ghosts attempt to oust the newcomers from their home, and Mike and Alison discover the true scale of the project they've taken on, fate conspires to trap both sides in an impossible house share, where every day is, literally, a matter of life and death.