BBC announce release date for final ever episode of comedy series Ghosts

03 October 2023 , 21:16

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BBC announce release date for final ever episode of comedy series Ghosts

The stars of BBC comedy Ghosts have revealed they cried buckets as they decided to end the hit series on a high after five years. Now bosses are planning to run the last ever episode, the festive special on Christmas Day, when fans can bid the ghostly gang a fond farewell.

The cast, who appear in the fifth series from Friday, admitted they were all so upset to leave behind their much-loved characters that they took key bits of costume and props as keepsakes on the last day.

Martha Howe-Douglas, who plays Lady Button, an Edwardian who falls to her death from a window with a shriek every day, said they had struggled over the decision.

Ghosts' final episode airs on Christmas Day (BBC/Monumental Pictures/Guido Mandozzi)

She said: “It wasn’t an easy decision at all. It still isn’t. There were lots of tears.”

The show, filmed at West Horsley Place in Surrey, drew an audience of six million when it aired on Christmas Day last year. It follows a young couple living in a crumbling mansion occupied by ghosts from different periods in history.

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Charlotte Ritchie, who plays the non-ghostly owner of Button House, Alison Cooper, kept some of the clothes, admitting: “They were great jumpers.”

Ben Willbond, who plays Second World War veteran The Captain, said his favourite scene of all is one which fans have yet to enjoy. “All I can say is ‘I’m sorry’,” he teased.

• Ghosts, BBC1, Friday, 8.30pm.

Nicola Methven