Ghosts
- 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.
- Series 1, Episode 4 repeated at 7pm on U&Dave
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Blankety Blank most-watched new TV comedy in 2020
Blankety Blank was the most-watched new British comedy on TV in 2020. 5.2 million viewers tuned in to see the comic game show's revival on Christmas Day. The Graham Norton Show and ITV sitcom Kate & Koji also got over 5 million viewers last year.
British Comedy Guide, 1st January 2021Mrs. Brown's Boys suffers in cross-channel ratings drop
Mrs. Brown's Boys has suffered its lowest-ever Christmas Day ratings this year, but amidst a much-criticised poor festive TV schedule, remains the second most-watched comedy special of the season to date.
British Comedy Guide, 27th December 2020Reviews: Being Bridget Jones, Ghosts, Cinderella
Reviews of the Christmas special of Ghosts; one-off Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas; and documentary Being Bridget Jones.
Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 26th December 2020Comedy this Christmas: 20 funnies to enjoy today
Comedy critic Dominic Maxwell picks 20 funny things to watch or listen to this Christmas.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 25th December 2020Ghosts and Motherland reviews
Christmas TV is thin gruel this year, but last night the BBC gave us two small crackers. Ghosts and Motherland were the best festive specials I've seen so far.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 24th December 2020Ghosts Christmas Special, BBC1, review
Reliably funny but a little too busy.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 23rd December 2020Ghosts: the Ghost of Christmas, review
One of the sweetest, funniest, most satisfying festive specials.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2020Previews of BBC Christmas comedy specials
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Ghosts, Motherland, QI and King Gary.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd December 2020Ghosts Christmas special will warm your heart
Mike from Ghosts, aka Kiell Smith-Bynoe, takes Den of Geek behind the scenes on the sitcom's terrific Christmas episode...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 21st December 2020Simon Farnaby on the politicians who influenced Julian
"Very early on, when we decided on this politician character, I had an impression of Tony Blair that I used to annoy my wife with," Farnaby recalled. "So, it was a bit Tony Blair and a bit David Cameron."
David Craig, Radio Times, 19th December 2020