Ghosts - BBC

[MalletsMallet]

Cripes, you really have piqued my interest! Not often the BBC churn out anything decent these day, but this might be a rare exception.

The only other recent-ish comedy that I absolutely adore is "Peep Show", but that was Ch4. Hope "Ghosts" can give it some competition

Hahaha. I think if you enjoyed Peep Show, you may enjoy this. The first series takes some breaking in- as does any where they're establishing characters etc but it's fab.

Peep show was outstanding. I'm always told that I remind people of Jez which I'm not entirely sure is a good thing

I'm trying to hunt down Yonderland now, that was completely off my radar when it was on! Looks great

@Bezolabub let us know what you think! It's definitely not politically oriented, a fun little escape

Yondeland is the kind of wacky programme you watched as a child and reminisced about as an adult but made for your now warped/ jaded/ filthy adult mind

I think you can get the dvds online but one of the series is impossible to get hold of.

Like This Life which I got recently. Series one is dirt cheap but series two is £££

 

[ElectricDreams]

The comic relief sketch with Kylie was really good! Made me wish they were doing a whole episode tbh. Best thing on comic relief for ages.

Gaaah! Have I missed it?! Hope it'll be online somewhere, not that I'll be able to see it as we've got no broadband and virtually no mobile data signal at the moment

 

[IndominusRex]

We’ve started the US one and it’s well written in terms of jokes but less in terms of characters.

Spoiler

Sam can see Ghosts wherever she goes. Could Alison do that in the UK version? I can’t recall. I liked when she met her mum again.

yes there is an episode where Alison sees other ghosts - the doctor joke is the same in both series.

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

I finally got round to watching the Comic Relief episode with Kylie earlier. Given that those kinds of mini episodes are normally rubbish, it was really good. Very cleverly constructed.

I've just watched that too.

 

[supernintendochalmers]

The hippie character in the US version is really annoying and one-note.

 

[Aussie]

I got excited thinking it started tonight but the news of the Xmas special is very exciting

 

[Fanny Muchmore]

I've preoredered!!!

 

[Misssj80]

I knew there was a new series but didn't know when. Will watch this weekend with my son

 

[veryfondoftea]

I saw it on bbc iplayer just a couple of weeks ago. Loved it.

I found it, thanks!

 

[Ratatat-tit]

They should have just kept it at season 4

 

[IllBredHen]

They should have just kept it at season 4

I agree! I love the Thomas being Scottish and Robin "Lord Knows Who?" scenes in series 5, but I think for me that's about all which is really sad as I love the show sooooo much

 

[MitziAdele]

For anyone wanting to pre-order

GHOSTS: The Button House Archives: The companion book to the BBC’s much loved television series https://amzn.eu/d/4xg5Its

Ordered. Can't wait . Excited about this

 

[Fanny Muchmore]

There will be!!

 

[50sGirl]

18 episodes in series 1 of Ghosts US!
What do we get? 6 episodes per series?

 

[ElectricDreams]

I really dislike Nathan's podcast style though. His questions seem really forced

I didn't enjoy the podcast because of him, far too much mucking about and not enough focus on the episode. I would have preferred something more like the Inside Inside Number 9 podcast which is fantastic.

 

[MalletsMallet]

This and Yondeland are my favourite TV shows in the last decade!

Just brill.

 

[Scotch Mist]

It’s so weird to think that the actor of Mike has to act like he can’t see the ghost actors right in front of him!
Pat has my whole heart
Also I’m pretty sure I read that Robin and Humphrey are the same actor, I wonder how that works when they’re filming

They're rarely seen together and they probably just have another actor in the 'body of Humphrey' costume. Humphrey was hardly in the Xmas special.

 

[Reverend]

Executive Producer doesn't always mean much, especially when it comes to American TV.

Afraid so. It's just a courtesy.

 

[MitziAdele]

This was posted on the Ghosts fan page

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Quoting myself to say I can't see confirmation of this on the BBC website or anywhere else, so I'm not sure if this is correct.

 

[Blue Rose]

Yeah. And isn't it said something about how she was playing hide and seek and no one ever came. I'm wondering if she was locked away and starved to death or something...

I thought something similar when they mentioned her playing hide and seek. I thought she might have been trapped in a cold basement or something and frozen or starved. That’s probably one of the worst ways to go as well. From what we’ve learnt about the other ghosts, their deaths were quite quick so probably didn’t suffer for too long.