Ghosts
BBC One | HBO Max | Release Date: May 27, 2020
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenSep 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
100
The GuardianRebecca NicholsonOct 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
100
The TelegraphMichael HoganOct 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
80
Radio TimesDavid CraigOct 6, 2023
Season 5 Review: Ultimately, if you've been enjoying the Button House rollercoaster up to now, there's nothing here that will make you want to get off early. Instead, get ready to savour your last ride – and brace yourself for a bumpy landing. Read full review
80
The GuardianStuart JeffriesAug 9, 2021
Season 3 Review: Perhaps it’s because Ghosts’ writers also penned and performed in Horrible Histories that this storyline felt like a primer on the Elizabethan age, as well as a revival of a regular segment on that show, namely Stupid Deaths. Read full review
80
The GuardianRebecca NicholsonSep 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
80
The GuardianStuart JeffriesSep 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
80
The IndependentSean O'GradySep 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
60
iEmily BakerDec 3, 2021
Season 3 Review: The result was a busy hodge-podge, with jokes not getting the space and time needed to land. Read full review
60
The TimesCarol MidgleySep 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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