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Ghosts TV sitcom brought back to life as a feature film
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Ghosts, the Bafta-nominated TV comedy about a young couple who
inherit a crumbling mansion with spooky inhabitants, is being
made into a feature film.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House will see the return of
its writers, creators and stars Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby,
Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben
Willbond, along with actors Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe
and Lolly Adefope.

The show ran for five series on BBC One, with the final episode,
a Christmas special in 2023, being watched by 7.2m viewers.

"We never planned to come back," the show's creators said.

"But when we had the idea for this story, we all got so excited
that we couldn't resist returning to our haunted home for one
more adventure.

"We can't wait to be together and to welcome some brilliant new
faces, to tell this soul-stirring tale of life and death."

Howe-Douglas added on Instagram: "You're going to need popcorn."

The ghostly inhabitants of the mansion, Button House, come from
a variety of historial periods, ranging from prehistoric man
right through to the present day.

Ritchie and Smith-Bynoe play Alison and Mike, a modern couple
who recently had a baby in the final series.

The new film will be made at the same site as the TV series -
West Horsley Place in Surrey.

It will be directed by Simon Hynd, whose other TV credits include
Ghosts, Motherland and There She Goes.

Eva Yates, director of BBC Film added: "We are overjoyed to be
bringing our beloved Ghosts back once again, this time for a
hilarious and cinematic adventure, for the enjoyment of audiences
on big and small screen alike."

Ghosts was also made into a hit US version, which is currently in
its fifth season, with a sixth already commissioned.

The series and format, distributed by BBC Studios, has also been
licensed in six territories, most recently in Czechia, with local
versions also produced in France, Germany, Australia and Greece.

BBC Film, Lionsgate and BBC Studios gave the green light to make
the feature film to Monumental Television, part of ITV Studios.


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