Germany and Australia are making their own versions of Ghosts, to join the hit US remake.
Here’s how they’re adapting the BBC comedy.
Just what makesGhostsso very appealing to international writers?
The key to making international versions successful is changing the specific details of the ghosts.
The German Ghosts
Urs (Jan van Weyde) Counterpart: RobinA Neanderthal.
Claudius (Max Giermann) Counterpart: ThorfinnA Roman legionnaire.
The German version has two extremely old ghosts, covering a broader range of time periods from German history.
The Scouts must not be as popular in Germany as they are in the US and the UK.
Given the Australian setting, it is presumably a British colonial manor house?
The living couple are Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar).
Hetty is slightly older and much more criminally-inclined than Lady Button, but is otherwise quite similar.
If a living person walks through her, they become high as well.
Other Rumoured Versions
There have beenrumours of a Spanish version, though nothing has been confirmed yet.
We could go on all day speculating on possible international versions ofGhosts.
We cant wait to watch them all.
