“We could never have imagined the reception the show has enjoyed, or the fun we have had making it, and we would like to thank our amazing cast and crew as well as everyone at BBC Comedy, BBC1 and Monumental Television for their tireless support.”, they added.
Ghosts (2019) follows a young couple who inherit an old mansion that they don't realize is full of ghosts, each of whom has a story to tell. The series is a huge hit with regular 4 to 5 million consolidated viewers per week. The series stars writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
In the fifth and final season, Alison (Ritchie) and Mike (Smith-Bynoe) look for other ways to make ends meet and consider a new chapter that could have a huge effect on the afterlife of the ghosts.
The series has been adapted into a successful American comedy series on CBS, which has run for two seasons so far. Britain's Ghosts (2019) is the first series revealed to be shutting down after the BBC announced it was cutting 1,000 hours of series a year in a battle to save hundreds of millions of pounds.
Ghosts (2019) is a Monumental Television production in association with Them There for the BBC and was commissioned by Jon Petrie, Director of BBC Comedy Commissioning. The producer is Pat Tookey-Dickson, the director is Simon Hynd, and both creators (who are also Yonderland creators and actors) serve as executive producers alongside Monumental's Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward, and Alison Owen.
Ghosts (2019) is distributed by BBC Studios and the Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Seb Barwell.
