Ghosts - BBC

[OwlAtTheMoon]

I miss Ghosts! Going to have to look on iplayer and re-watch (again!) from series 1. It only gets better with repeat viewings imo.

 

[MitziAdele]

Currently watching the Christmas special for the third time. I previously thought this programme couldn't get any better but it has surpassed itself once again. Absolutely love it.
Missing Mary a bit I must admit. Was in tears at the end

 

[OwlAtTheMoon]

Semi-serious question...
Do Americans watch British TV with great writing and characterisation and think like... "Why the unnecessary subtlety?? Why the over-long slow burn? Tell me everything about everyone immediately!!"....?

I was thinking exactly this! The UK Ghosts ensemble writing/acting team is incredible - so talented, so subtle, so laugh-out-loud funny. Robin's character is marvellous, at once hilarious and yet sofull of profound pathos and humanity. That episode just after the Queen had died and the ghosts were outside looking up at the stars and Robin was pointing up, naming them for each friend he'd lost... and then he said something like, 'That one is Elizabeth' - well, bloody hell I was in bits at that. American tv and film have many strong qualities but short-form, intelligent/pathos-soaked comedy (which they, alas, make long-form!) just isn't a format that translates.

 

[Compassionately_judging]

Just on the last episode. Gutted it's the end one of the most heartwarming series I've ever watched, thanks to tattle.

 

[Aussie]

So I've been thinking of potential storylines they may do. On the podcast there has been talk will Alison & Mike have babies & will the baby see the Ghosts. I think if they did have a baby it would be really good if Alison sees the Ghosts interacting with the baby & the baby reacts with a giggle. I've put a lot of thought into this imaginary storyline

 

[Practically Perfect]

Captain *sigh……

 

[MeghanSnarkle]

My main bugbear with the episode was that it didn't make me laugh. The humour was lacking.
The plot (or lack of it) wouldn't have mattered if it was funny.

Yes ! this is exactly how I felt.

It's SO hard to find the funny in being a struggling, new first time mum with in law's making you feel like you're not getting it right

I wouldn't of been against the final episode showing Mia around 2 years old with Alison and Mike maybe in their stride and the Ghosts being more central to the story just for that last episode (maybe a whole series 6 could of shown the realities and difficulties of new parents and old house struggles)
I think i just wanted a lot of Fanny joy on Christmas day .

 

[WeepingCassandra]

This just does get better....and there's absolutely no sense, by series 4, that it's anywhere near 'run its course'. There's so much more mileage and different storylines to pursue.

Spoiler: Oh no!

I am bereft, now that Mary has been 'sucked off'. I very rarely cry and anything on TV but the ceremony at the end put a big lump in my throat.

Spoiler

I cried like a baby at the end of that episode. I work with people who are end of life a lot of the time and the wording and essence of it all just hit a note with me. Such a lovely episode and a great portrayal of how people manage grief in so many different ways.

 

[mindlessness]

I watched the first US Ghosts ep but wasn't enthralled. Should give it another go, perhaps for background tv while doing housework like you did @CoffeeMamma !

So glad we're getting a Christmas special.

I know this is a bit cheesy but I like thinking that we've got many more years of content to look forward to from this team as a collective and individually. I mean, what a legacy of television they already have with Ghosts, Yonderland, and Horrible Histories!

 

[Rainbowcolours]

Just come back from watching it was really good abd funny definitely recommend

 

[OwlAtTheMoon]

Love, love, love Ghosts! One of my all-time favourite dramas. This latest series has been superb - it seems to get better, if that's possible, though it was great from the start. I never saw Horrible Histories but can see it's most of the same gang, which explains why the ensemble chemistry, acting and writing talent and comic/pathos skills are so organic and well-honed.

 

[OwlAtTheMoon]

I finally watched the film Bill at the weekend, about William Shakespeare's beginnings as a playwright. You may well all have seen it but I really loved seeing all the Ghosts/Horrible Histories actors (except Lolly Adefope and the actors playing Mike and Alison) brilliantly playing several characters each. Loved it. Can't believe it's taken me this long (it's from 2015). Well worth a watch. :

Bill

Family comedy from the performers of Horrible Histories. Young Bill Shakespeare leaves Stratford to follow his latest dream, to be a playwright in London.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DanDanTheIceCreamMan]

It's rather bittersweet to see it come to an end, but I'm sure they'll do other fantastic things together. They really are a talented bunch.

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

I just got back. I loved it!

Nice to meet you my name is Pat. In 82, I was a real cool cat.
I love him

 

[Padfoot]

it's taken my mum and I three days to watch all of s5,did two episodes a night. we loved it all!! can't remember the last time I properly laughed out loud to a show!

 

[Aussie]

On Pointless celebs a couple of Saturdays ago. The final round was name an actor who is credited for more than one episode! Smashed it!!

 

[Justhereforthedrama]

Isnt it insinuated that Kitty's sister murdered her? She was awful to her in the flashbacks and wanted the inheritance to herself. She tried to poison her with the oysters.

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

I've just watched Bill.

If you like Horrible Histories and Ghosts, you'll like this.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

He might have gone back to Button House after the fighting and died when he heard his friend had been killed.

I wonder if Button House was used as a hospital in wartime - lots of country houses were, so perhaps he was injured in battle and treated there but died?

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

I couldn't resist the urge to binge it all this evening. Absolutely loved it

Lolly Adefope should win an award just for her facial expressions alone

I think Kitty is very underestimated.