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- ‘Ghosts’ review: She sees dead people — the UK original that inspired the CBS remake comes to network TV
- Will we see more of the ghosts’ pasts this time?
- Meet the cast of Ghosts series 5
- When can I watch the 'Ghosts' Christmas special?
- Queen of comedy Charlotte Ritchie on Ghosts: ‘It’s loving, uncynical – and people fall over’
- Ghosts is back! Where do we find Mike and Alison?
For the cast too, making it has been a joy. “We’re very different people,” says Rickard, “but the thing we’ve got in common is a sense of humour. And if you can have one thing in common, that is the best thing, because it’s a light, fun, nice thing you want to keep returning to. The Ghosts team implore me not to reveal plot twists from the last episode, but there are some tantalising details I can share without spoiling the viewing experience. First, this is the episode where the final secret about the ghosts is revealed, namely how the Captain died. Second, there is a flash-forward to Alison and Mike in their dotage.
‘Ghosts’ review: She sees dead people — the UK original that inspired the CBS remake comes to network TV
After graduating with an NCTJ accredited Journalism Masters from the University of Sheffield in 2020 she has since embarked on a freelance career. Ghosts season 4 is set to return to BBC One on September 23, 2022. Seasons one, two and three are available to watch on BBC iPlayer. "I love continuously finding out new things about these people, like one big revelation Alison has in the Christmas episode is the fact that they go to the loo, and she didn't think about that. "Broadly, there's some quite big blows," Ritchie said in an exclusive interview with Digital Spy. "They have some quite big news at one point, which slightly tests all of their perspectives and the ways that they feel about each other, so that's really interesting."
Will we see more of the ghosts’ pasts this time?
There’s plenty of dealing with death in Ghosts, and there’s a similar spirit of openness in Feel Good, too. The second season was released to much fanfare earlier this year and earned a devoted audience who found a deep connection with its central themes. The programme touches on addiction, grief, PTSD and codependency yet still manages to be extremely funny. “That’s what I love most about the show, the intelligence and the empathy, as much as the honesty,” says Ritchie, directing all credit to the writing by Mae Martin and their co-writer, Joe Hampson.
Meet the cast of Ghosts series 5
The storyline is likely to test the characters' relationships with each other. A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.
When can I watch the 'Ghosts' Christmas special?
I liked doing Repeat particularly because it felt very collaborative, and we were all working together to try and make that happen in a short period of time. I did another indie film last September that felt quite similar as it was 10 days in one room. Jim [Howick] is someone that when you laugh, he ups the ante.
What are your own Christmas plans?
With a speciality in TV drama and true crime, Tilly has been praised for her exclusive content with A-list stars ranging from Sir David Attenborough to the lawyers behind Making A Murderer. There's no way anything is ever just really brilliant or really rubbish, that's the thing. But the point is I think you should be catering to the most sensitive. In this case particularly, the person that's most likely to feel vulnerable should be catered for, and the person who's really confident can just deal with having to wait a bit or whatever. So there's no personal preference involved, which tends to be the thing that makes people feel uncomfortable, I think.
Queen of comedy Charlotte Ritchie on Ghosts: ‘It’s loving, uncynical – and people fall over’
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You're dealing with seven supernatural characters that can't be late for anything. None of the usual sitcom stakes apply to this show. So, you're dealing with emotional stakes more than anything else. It’s not that tricky to come up with an idea for a ghost – Pat’s got the hump because of this.
Ghosts is back! Where do we find Mike and Alison?
But most of all, this is where we learn the fates of everybody, living and dead. Or maybe they’d just haunt me for ever which, to be honest, doesn’t sound so bad. I was watching some of the early episodes of Modern Family recently, and the way they constructed them was so brilliant. Every character has a story, whether it’s emotional or practical. In the really good episodes, they're both practical and emotional. You get this bonding feeling, and it's multigenerational - I think Ghosts has the same effect.
The 'Ghosts' Christmas special sounds very festive. Are you pleased to be back?
On New Years Day 2019, Ritchie had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode "Resolution". Ritchie performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale.[7] She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC's Life of Riley. In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[6] She also appeared in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
We work hard to ensure that all information is correct. Facts that change over time, such as age, will be correct, to the best of our knowledge, at the time of the last article update. Charlotte Ritchie — from her secret singing talents to the Harry Potter franchise, there is much to learn about star. I can see why spontaneity would feel like exactly the thing people were trying to avoid.
We've just been working very hard on the Ghosts companion book, which we're very excited about. It's exciting to think about getting back in a room together, talking, making each other laugh and coming up with ideas about what we might do next. It’s not by design necessarily because really this show was conceived out of a desire for us all to work together. So, we created something where we could all raid the dressing-up box. But we realised early on that we had hit on something.
That means everyone gets their moment and they can compromise and collaborate. They are such good friends, I think that's a big part of it. They have such respect for each other. She takes a new step into a different phase of her life with Mike. It’s the end of an era as there's more responsibility involved.
You allow them to show their vulnerability and their humanity. If you’re watching something like Succession, at first you think, “I don’t like any of these people.” But you actually start to empathise with them because they are human. You empathise with their heartbreak and their humanity. Even though their attitude is very far away from yours, you're still drawn in on a human level.
It’s a great ensemble of very watchable, very funny characters. It’s just such a great premise as well. The fact that Alison is able to see the ghosts when nobody else can is brilliant. There is also always one character that every viewer relates to.
It just makes you feel like you've all got this shared responsibility. Whereas what you really want is, "Try and make me laugh as much as possible. Let's see what we get." I did feel pressure to deliver, and not ever slack, because it felt like you're not going to get to do this again. But that was more the feeling of, "This is it, so make you sure make the very most of it". I don't know how to define it, but Mary was such an iconic character. It filled an area of performance that was really specific, and we miss it.
You get so used to that sense of loss all the time. It's also really good because, in between each series, I've done other things, and had that feeling of a fish out of water and not knowing anyone. Then you come back to something you know, and you go, "Wow, this is such an unusual thing to feel in this line to work". "The truth is, it's sad. There's no way of getting around it. Whatever happens, however it happens, it's always going to feel a bit grim. That's the nature of it," Charlotte Ritchie tells Digital Spy.
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