Ghosts and Christmas go together like tiny sausages and a nice bacon sleeve. Whether they represent Christmases Present, Past or Future, spirits have a close affinity to the festive season. It’s fitting, then, that BBC One’s much-loved sitcom, Ghosts, has chosen a Yuletide setting to finally say goodbye to its spectral ensemble.
When we last saw Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) Cooper at the end of Ghosts’ fifth season, they’d made the decision to remain at Button House and raise their unborn child on the spooky premises. Now they’re back, with little baby Mia (“This is where we live,” Alison tells her daughter, the word “we” doing some serious heavy lifting) and Mike’s mother Betty (Lorna Gayle). “It’s a creaky old house,” Alison tells her mother-in-law, “and if you’re not used to it, it can feel a little creepy.” New life brings unexpected twists to the Coopers’ undead community, including an exorcism and a late volte-face on the future of the manor.
