Mathew Baynton
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings Page 5
How Ghosts could have been a very different show
The original idea was that every episode would be a new room with a new ghost you had never seen before.
Chortle, 16th May 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 results
Taskmaster, The Cleaner, Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Inside No. 9, Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me are the winners in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2022Ghosts Christmas special review
Charles Dickens knew ghosts made the perfect Christmas characters... and now the spookily successful BBC sitcom has followed suit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd December 2021Jennifer Saunders to guest star in Ghosts Christmas special
Jennifer Saunders is to guest star in the forthcoming Ghosts Christmas special, playing Lady Button's mother.
British Comedy Guide, 16th October 2021Mathew Baynton on Ghosts, clowning and his inner poet
Actor Mathew Baynton says he is aware of the stereotype, but the truth is that he was an attention seeking child whose most formative memory was "being jealous and aggrieved that I didn't get a proper role in the Nativity."
Harry Bennett, Royal Television Society, 10th September 2021Review: Ghosts will haunt our screens for years
If any current sitcom has a hope of being repeated 40 years from now, bet on Ghosts (BBC1). It's very funny - but so were lots of great comedies that have faded into obscurity.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th August 2021Ghosts: Basement characters axed due to coronavirus
'We did [have to axe some scenes],' Mathew Baynton said. 'There are certain characters who by their nature are constantly in a massive group so we've left them in the basement where they live and we'll have to see them again in Series 4."
Metro, 24th May 2021BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2021Ghosts to be remade in America
American TV network CBS is working on a US version of Ghosts. A series of the comedy has now been ordered, following a pilot episode having been filmed in December.
British Comedy Guide, 1st April 2021The 50 best TV shows of 2020: No 10 - Ghosts
Written by the Horrible Histories crew, this must-see supernatural comedy bears their stamp of absurdity - and is full of feelgood spirit.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 9th December 2020