Ghosts
The crumbling country pile of Button Hall is home to numerous restless spirits who have died there over the centuries - each ghost very much a product of their time, resigned to squabbling with each other for eternity over the most inane of daily gripes. But their lives - or, rather, afterlives - are thrown into turmoil when a young urban couple - Alison and Mike - surprisingly inherit the peaceful derelict house and make plans to turn it into a bustling family hotel. As the ghosts attempt to oust the newcomers from their home, and Mike and Alison discover the true scale of the project they've taken on, fate conspires to trap both sides in an impossible house share, where every day is, literally, a matter of life and death.
Cash-strapped Alison and Mike think their dreams have come true when they inherit a grand country house, unaware that it's falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Alison, still recovering from her near-fatal accident, finds herself hounded by the ghostly gaggle, who now realise that she can both see and hear them.
With Pat's family coming to commemorate his death, Pat begs Alison to pass on a message from beyond the grave, while she attempts to befriend the new builder.
Fortune smiles on Mike and Alison when a TV company comes looking for an old house.
Alison and Mike meet their posh neighbours and decide to host a dinner party; Robin celebrates a lunar eclipse.
Mike and Alison consider selling Button House to a hotel chain.
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Jim Howick | Pat Butcher |
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Simon Farnaby | Julian Fawcett MP |
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Ben Willbond | Captain |
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Mathew Baynton | Thomas Thorne |
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Katy Wix | Mary |
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Lolly Adefope | Katherine 'Kitty' Higham |
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Martha Howe-Douglas | Lady Fanny Button |
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Charlotte Ritchie | Alison Cooper |
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Laurence Rickard | Robin |
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Kiell Smith-Bynoe | Mike Cooper |
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Yani Xander | Humphrey's Body |
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Ed Kear | Dave Houses |
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Steve Oram | Terry |
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Richard Durden | Charles Worthing |
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Tim Plester | Wixy |
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Richard Thomson | 1st AD Adam |
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Sophie Thompson | Bunny Beg-Chetwynde |
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Rosie Cavaliero | Fiona Legge |
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Geoffrey McGivern | Barclay Beg-Chetwynde |
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Nicholas A. Newman | Sound Guy |
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Ania Marson | Heather Button |
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Rory Fleck Byrne | Toby Nightingale |
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Caoilfhionn Dunne | Director Petra O'Keefe |
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Caroline Guthrie | Cathy |
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Anya Mckenna-Bruce | Jemima |
| Director | Tom Kingsley |
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| Writer | Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby | |
| Producer | Mathew Baynton, Alison Carpenter, Kate Daughton, Simon Farnaby, Jill Forbes, Simon Farnaby, Debra Hayward, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Matthew Mulot, Alison Owen, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond | |
| Musician | Arthur Sharpe | |
| Photography | Will Hanke | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | 576P (16x9 / 1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 2.0 [English] |
| Regions | Region 2 |