Ghosts

Name: Ghosts
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 27, 2020
Rating: 81

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BBC One | HBO Max | Release Date: May 27, 2020

Summary: Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) inherit an haunted country estate in this British comedy from some of the people behind from Horrible Histories.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 15 April 2019; premiered on HBO Max in May 2020]

Genre(s): Comedy

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100

The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

Season 5 Review: What an exquisite exemplar of British comedy rep theatre Ghosts has been. If you find the episode a little inconclusive, there’s a Christmas special to come. Read full review

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The Telegraph Michael Hogan

Oct 6, 2023

Season 5 Review: Wise, humane and warm-hearted, there are few more comforting comedies than Ghosts. This is a worthy way to lay it to rest – until Christmas, that is, when it will return for a final festive special. Read full review

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Oct 6, 2023

Season 5 Review: It certainly doesn't feel too final, just in case there is ever any desire to revive it. Television has grown very tense in recent years, but there is a lot to be said for TV that is sweet, funny, clever and warm. I hope that one day Ghosts comes back to haunt us. Read full review

The Independent Sean O'Grady

Sep 24, 2020

Season 1 Review: It works, in other words – which is quite special for supernatural-based light entertainment. Outside of Ghostbusters, spook-related comedies usually fail, as if they are themselves accursed. Ghosts is sweet, but with a little edge, the special effects unobtrusively done. Read full review

The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Sep 24, 2020

Season 2 Review: No scene is left unmined for gags,with jokes that are clever and crude, often in the same breath, and an intelligence that is worn lightly. It is one of the least demanding sitcoms on television – and one of the most charming. Read full review

The Guardian Stuart Jeffries

Sep 24, 2020

Season 1 Review: Ghosts is very British – a mashup of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), not to mention the manifold sillinesses of Hammer horrors. But it is American in the sense of having a gag-to-airtime ratio much higher than British sitcoms normally manage these days. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Sep 24, 2020

Season 2 Review: In lesser hands many of these gags could fall flat, but this show is all about the performances. Read full review

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rox_roli

Jan 30, 2022

Such a pleasure! Very well written and funny. Amazing cast and also great work on the location/production design/costumes!

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Yourmumsbills

Oct 7, 2020

Ghosts is easily the best sitcom to come out of the U.K in some time (Besides Ricky Gervais'wonderful Afterlife) it's really the full package, great writing and fantastic characters played to perfection by the brilliant cast. There are moments of poignancy, but on the whole it's a comedy,Ghosts is easily the best sitcom to come out of the U.K in some time (Besides Ricky Gervais'wonderful Afterlife) it's really the full package, great writing and fantastic characters played to perfection by the brilliant cast. There are moments of poignancy, but on the whole it's a comedy, and that it truly shines. great fun all round. Ghosts is now in it's second season which is equally as good if not better. do yourself a favour and give it a try.… Expand

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busiek

Jun 28, 2023

After s02: Well written, funny, visualy nice, good acting and better than american version for sure...

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

96
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 2023
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Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 2022
Season 3

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  Air Date: August 9, 2021
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 2020
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 15, 2019