Ghosts - What a super (natural) show it was
Wow, where to even start with this gem? Firstly, it’s quite sad even thinking about this show now being in the past tense, but I'm still so glad that it was made at all. For those that don’t know it, this blog is going to be focusing on another brilliant series that I’ve hardly talked about on here, which is ‘Ghosts’, which ran for five seasons from 2019-2023 on the BBC (there is also an American remake which started airing in 2021 but this post is just about the original series). ‘Ghosts’ was created by Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe Douglas, Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard and Jim Howick and even if you don’t know their names, you might know their work as they’re the team behind the ‘Horrible Histories’ TV show (2009-2014) and ‘Yonderland’ (2013-2016)*. They refer to themselves as the ‘Six Idiots’ and are arguably some of the finest comedic actors and writers of their generation working right now (the same could definitely also be said of Reece Shearsmith and Steve...