Co-creator Jim Howick talks us through Ghosts' final minutes.
Warning: major spoilers for theGhostsfinale A Christmas Gift
I could read that all day!
saysGhostsco-creator Jim Howick with a smile.
Would he read a few lines out?
The car drives away.
The waving ghosts recede into the distance.
Is that the end?
We fade back in on the driveway, and the music starts again, but the house looks different.
Its all beautifully restored and decorated, tastefully, for Christmas.
An older couple step into the frame in the foreground, their backs to camera.
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There you go, says Howick.
I could read that all day.
The receptionist greets them.
Thank you, Thomas.
Whats new, Julian?
The others havent been to useGhostsspeak sucked off in the interim?
No, confirms Howick.
She reacts to the characters you would expect her to react to straight away.
So itsThomasand Kitty, isnt it?
in order because it would have been rubbish.
There are no futuristic touches (Hoverboards and robots are when it gets expensive!
During filming, the sight moved Howick almost to tears.
That really got me quite emotional.
It was an emotional filming experience all round.
It was all about less being more, and not distracting from everything else going on, he says.
The trouble is is that what we have is the grand finale of the show.
We haveso muchinformation to take in, you dont want to be distracted by any kind of artifice.
Theyve done a good job there with her hair, you just cant help but do that.
I think the best sort of best way to describe it in our lives really is literally leaving home.
So we know thats where they go,thatstheir place.
Every January to March, the gang have decamped to nearby and spent the winter months filming the show.
It would finish as spring was in bloom.
Theyre all planning to meet up there one more time in the New Year.
TheGhostscreators delight in what theyve made is what stops the sadness, says Howick.
That was an amazing moment for me.
You know, that was my dream, growing up.
That was a very, very special moment for all of us.
Ghosts series one to five are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
