Ghosts TV sitcom brought back to life as a feature film
By BBC, February 27, 2026Ghosts, the BAFTA-nominated TV comedy about a young couple who inherit a crumbling mansion with spooky inhabitants, is being made into a feature film.
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House will see the return of its writers, creators, and stars Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond, along with actors Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Lolly Adefope.
The show ran for five series on BBC One, with the final episode, a Christmas special in 2023, being watched by 7.2m viewers.
“We never planned to come back,” the show’s creators said.
“But when we had the idea for this story, we all got so excited that we couldn’t resist returning to our haunted home for one more adventure.
“We can’t wait to be together and to welcome some brilliant new faces, to tell this soul-stirring tale of life and death.”
Howe-Douglas added on Instagram: “You’re going to need popcorn.”
The spooky inhabitants of the mansion, Button House, come from a variety of historical periods, ranging from prehistoric man right through to the modern day.
Ritchie and Smith-Bynoe play Alison and Mike, a modern-day couple who recently had a baby in the final series.
The new film will be made at the same site as the TV series – West Horsley Place in Surrey.
It will be directed once more by Simon Hynd, whose other TV credits include Motherland and There She Goes.
Eva Yates, director of BBC Film, added: “We are overjoyed to be bringing our beloved Ghosts back once again, this time for a hilarious and cinematic adventure, for the enjoyment of audiences on big and small screens alike.”
Ghosts was also made into a hit US version, which is currently in its fifth season, with a sixth already commissioned.
The series and format, distributed by BBC Studios, has also been licensed in six territories, most recently in Czechia, with local versions also produced in France, Germany, Australia, and Greece.
BBC Film, Lionsgate, and BBC Studios gave the green light to Monumental Television, part of ITV Studios, to make the feature film.