The Ghosts workforce introduced on social media in the present day: “After 5 unimaginable years haunting the halls of Button Home, now we have determined that the time is correct to let our beloved sitcom Ghosts relaxation in peace. Now we have simply wrapped filming on our fifth and remaining collection and we will not wait to share it with you all later this 12 months.
“We may by no means have imagined the reception the present has loved, or the enjoyable now we have had making it, and we want to thank our superb solid and crew in addition to everybody at BBC Comedy, BBC One and Monumental Tv for his or her tireless assist
However most of all we’d wish to thank everybody who watches. Mathew, Martha, Simon, Jim, Laurence and Ben x”
Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy on the BBC says: “We’re formally in mourning for the tip of this BBC Comedy Basic. We are able to’t thank the Ghosts workforce sufficient for 5 unimaginable collection (to not point out some good Christmas Specials) and we will’t await BBC viewers to see the ultimate collection. We stay up for working with the workforce on new initiatives.”
Alison Carpenter, Artistic Director at Monumental says: “We’re so happy with Ghosts, and significantly the best way that audiences have taken it to their hearts. We couldn’t be extra grateful for the creativity, expertise and laborious work that each single solid and crew member has dropped at it over the 5 collection, beginning with the good creators and stars of the present. The Ghosts household is a really joyful one, and we’ll miss it.”
Ghosts stars writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond, with Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Within the upcoming fifth collection Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) start exploring different means of constructing ends meet and ponder a brand new chapter that might have an enormous impact on the Ghosts’ (after) lives.
The fourth collection launched in Autumn 2022, and has been nominated for a BAFTA for Finest Scripted Comedy. It was the largest comedy collection of the 12 months when it comes to audiences throughout broadcast TV with 5.7 million viewers tuning in for episode 1 (30 days knowledge).