David Farnor | On 30, Mar 2019

“We could always try… haunting?” That’s the sound of Ghosts getting their spook on in BBC One’s new comedy.

The series, created by the lead cast of writer-performers from Horrible Histories and Yonderland, follows a couple who move into the crumbling country pile of Button Hall. But the house is home to numerous restless spirits who have died there over the centuries – each ghost very much a product of their time, resigned to squabbling with each other for eternity over the most inane of daily gripes. Their lives – or, rather, afterlives – are thrown into turmoil when Alison and Mike surprisingly inherit the derelict building and plan to turn it into a bustling family hotel.

As the ghosts attempt to oust the newcomers from their home, and Mike and Alison discover the true scale of the project they’ve taken on, fate conspires to trap both sides in an impossible house share, where every day is, literally, a matter of life and death.

The result is the first BBC One project for the central sextet of Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond. They will be joined by Katy Wix (Anna & Katy, The Windsors, Not Going Out) and Lolly Adefope (Miracle Workers, This Time with Alan Partridge). Behind the camera, Monumental Television is producing in association with the creators, and Tom Kingsley (Pls Like, Stath Lets Flats) is at the helm, with Matthew Mulot (Dead Pixels, Agatha Raisin) producing. The creators will also serve as Executive Producers alongside Monumental’s Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward and Alison Owen. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Kate Daughton.

The series will premiere on Monday 15th April at 9.30pm – and, judging by this tease alone, you can expect it to be very, very funny.

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