Ghosts [DVD] [2019]

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a b c Butter, Susannah (15 April 2019). "Ghosts: Things that go bump in the night – a spooktacular house-hunting show". Evening Standard. A booking mixup for a birthday party at Button House leaves Alison and Mike realising that they are not catering for two 86-year-olds, but 8- and 6-year-olds instead, and Mike is forced to organise the emergency change of plans. However, Alison has a lot more on her mind: when Mary suddenly and unexpectedly ascends into the afterlife, she and the ghosts have to find ways to deal with their grief. Another series of Ghosts is on the way to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 15 December 2022. Isabella Laughland as Clare – A woman who plans and ultimately has her wedding to partner Sam at Button House. The fourth series launched in Autumn 2022, and has been nominated for a BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy. It was the biggest comedy series of the year in terms of audiences across broadcast TV with 5.7 million viewers tuning in for episode 1 (30 days data).

Nelson, Alex (15 April 2019). "Ghosts: cast, when it's on BBC One tonight and all you need to know about the comedy from the Horrible Histories team". i News. In the upcoming fifth series Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) begin exploring other means of making ends meet and contemplate a new chapter that could have a huge effect on the Ghosts’ (after) lives. Mike is nervous about encountering Alison's ex-boyfriend, Kevin, at her school reunion because she has claimed she left Kevin for Mike. Thomas reveals to Alison that he died in a duel over a woman named Isabelle. Robin, Mary, and Kitty all recall the events differently. Humphrey helps Thomas realise that his cousin, Francis Button (the namesake of the house), engineered the duel and deceived Thomas into losing so Francis could court and marry Isabelle. Thomas did not die unloved, as he believed, yet this only makes him feel worse about the situation (especially as he cannot get rid of a forged letter that put Francis's plan into effect, as forms a part of his being). Mike discovers on Facebook that Kevin is an ex- convict and boxer. Alison explains to Mike that she lied and Kevin actually broke up with her. His fears assuaged, they leave for the reunion.

Jennifer Saunders as Lavinia Colebrooke – Fanny's mother, who determinedly planned to marry off her daughter. [11] Rosie Cavaliero as Fiona Legge – A hotel developer who attempted to buy Button House as cheaply as possible and con Alison and Mike out of money. Emma Sidi as Eleanor Higham - Kitty’s abusive adoptive sister. She only regrets her unkindness when Kitty is dying of a poisonous spider bite. Her descendants includes Isabelle, Fanny, Heather and Alison. An idealised version of Eleanor as remembered by Kitty is played by Charlotte Ritchie. Ghosts is a multi-character sitcom created by the lead cast of writer-performers from the award winning Horrible Histories and Yonderland, and the feature film Bill. The episodes are beautifully structured, too. As Alison makes her way through the pranking list, Mike has to deal with a “loss adjuster” from the insurance company, there to investigate the Gate House fire. Naturally, all worlds collide. There is talk of selling the land, a ghostly gameshow, a mishap with a walk-in safe and, towards the end of the run, a secret that threatens to unsettle everything. There is also a lot of talk of Is It Cake?, which is, obviously, Kitty’s favourite show.

A blizzard strikes on the day of the house's first wedding. Fanny is disgusted that a lesbian couple is getting married, stemming from her homosexual husband killing her after she discovered his affairs. Humphrey convinces her to accept the marriage, citing his own unhappiness from his arranged marriage. Fanny considers she may not have been murdered if her husband could have been open about his sexuality. One of the brides has doubts, but goes ahead with the wedding after a conversation with Alison, who recalls having doubts of her own. Mike overhears this and is angered. Pat recognises one of the guests as the boy that accidentally killed him and flies into a rage, but finds closure when the now-grown man pays respect to Pat outside the mansion. Mike and Alison reconcile at the reception. Hogan, Michael (6 October 2023). "Ghosts, BBC One, season 5, review: proof that the late Queen had excellent taste in television". The Telegraph . Retrieved 7 October 2023. Episode 6: The BBC teases: "Mike and Alison receive a life-changing offer beyond their wildest dreams. Still reeling from the news and anxious to discuss it, they are interrupted by a heartbroken Obi, who has been suddenly dumped by a strangely callous Brenda. Alison and Mike agree to reconvene with lists of pros and cons. At first, Obi’s romantic woes find a sympathetic ear in eternally lovelorn Thomas, but even he tires of Obi’s self-pity. Meanwhile, Alison must fend off the ghosts, desperate to sway her decision." Ghosts season 5 cast Filming of the second series started on 13 January 2020. It started airing, on BBC One, on 12 September that year. [19] The series was moved to a pre-watershed slot of 8.30pm. [20] Production on the third series began in early 2021 [21] and finished on 7 April 2021. [22] It premiered on 9 August 2021. [23] Filming of the fourth series wrapped on 16 March 2022. [24] A new vision for iPlayer, a new future for BBC television". BBC Media Centre. 7 October 2019 . Retrieved 29 October 2019.Filming has finished on the fifth series of Ghosts which today has been confirmed as the last. The team behind the smash-hit show have decided that after five series it’s time to wave goodbye to the inhabitants of Button House and focus on new projects.

Rufus Wright as Lord Bummenbach - A visiting Lord who brings a pineapple to the lunch Kitty and Eleanor’s father is hosting, on the day Kitty died, as a gift. Scoutmaster Pat is in a melancholy mood as he prepares for a visit by members of his living family for his 'death day': his widow (who is now married to the man with whom she had an affair), Pat's son, the son's girlfriend, and the couple's baby boy. Mike tells Alison that he hates being watched by the ghosts, especially when using the toilet. Builders start work on the house, but the ghosts try to make them leave. Alison's struggle to filter out the ghosts leads the builders to consider her eccentric and rude. Naive Georgian noblewoman Kitty asks around to learn where babies come from and gets a variety of unhelpful answers. After meeting his grandson, who has been named in his honour, and making peace with that part of his past, Pat appears to begin moving on to the afterlife, only to learn the light shining on him is a lamp used by the builders. Fed up with Alison, the builders quit. Susannah Butter in the Evening Standard said the first episode reminded her of a property show, watching the couple view a terrible flat, before making their escape to the country. She was critical of the post-watershed scheduling of 9.30p.m., saying "it feels like a show that children would enjoy" and noting "This is a gentle ensemble comedy. Alison and Mike are wide-eyed, charming and likeable. I would gladly have them as friends, even though they can't sing...Nothing about this show is scary." [4] Carol Midgley in The Times was also confused by the scheduling, noting that "Ghosts is smut[-] and swearword-free" and calling it "a curiously life-affirming comedy about death". [3] Geoff McGivern as Barclay Beg-Chetwynde – Alison and Mike's neighbour with whom they have a land dispute over Button House's access road. He always gets Alison's name wrong, calling her 'Annabel'. a b Jeffries, Stuart (15 April 2019). "Ghosts review – a silly sitcom that will make you die laughing". The Guardian.Mike tries to convince Alison that her seeing and hearing the ghosts are after-effects of her coma. The ghosts embark on a war of attrition to try to force the couple out. With the ghosts becoming more intense, Alison visits a doctor who proves that she really can both see and hear them, being a ghost himself. Convinced they should sell the house, Mike finds out he cannot get out of the loan they took out to renovate the house without losing all of their savings. Alison attempts to reason with the ghosts, and they tell her that they want her and Mike to move out, but she refuses and tells them that she will do something for each one so that they can all co-exist peacefully. Mike comes to accept the ghosts' existences when he witnesses Julian press a keyboard key on his laptop, which appears to him as a key moving on its own, and follows the basement Plague ghosts' instructions via Alison to repair the broken heating system. Furness, Hannah (21 March 2015). "Bamber Gascoigne to save 500-year-old manor after accidental inheritance". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 16 April 2019. Richard Durden as Charles Worthing - Mike and Alison’s solicitor, who gives Allison the news that she had inherited Button House from her distant relative Heather Button.