A new behind-the-scenes Ghosts book reveals the BBC comedys secrets.
We should find a day to beef up this Haunted Hotel idea, should we not?
The original pitch forGhostsdiffered greatly from the final product.
Each actor would have taken on multiple roles in a replay of theirHorrible Historiesdressing-up box sketch show approach.
It was too many.
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Now, thanks to a newbehind-the-scenes bookpublished by Bloomsbury, we know.
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Ghosts Creators on the Unaired Pilot: What Were We Thinking?!
The youth club leader who died in an archery accident was from the 1970s and not the 1980s.
The peasant witch was drowned instead of burned at the stake.
MP Julian was dressed in leather trousers with a gag in his mouth.
Perhaps the international remakes could mine the newly published info for future ideas?
Ghosts Brought to Life: The Making of a Classic ispublished by Bloomsburyand out now.
