Ghosts · Season 1 · BBC One
Ghosts Season 1
Ghosts Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 6 episodes on BBC One from 15 April 2019.
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Series 1 of Ghosts aired on BBC One in April-May 2019, created by and starring the ensemble (Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, among others), and quickly earned an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Guardian praised it as 'sweet, funny, clever and warm' at a time when British prestige TV had grown relentlessly dark. The Independent found it 'sweet, but with a little edge'. The core premise - a historical cross-section of British society haunting a single house, from a medieval knight to a 1980s Tory MP - gave the writers a structural device of almost inexhaustible comic potential. Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe as the living couple provided grounded emotional anchors for the ensemble's more baroque period characters. Critics noted the show's light touch on its absurd premise, treating the ghosts with genuine character depth rather than pure punchline.
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The Room
“What an exquisite exemplar of British comedy rep theatre Ghosts has been.”
The Observer“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.”
The Guardian