{"id":21410,"date":"2022-09-05T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1702218"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:06:25","slug":"ghosts-star-reveals-scrapped-idea-for-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ghosts-star-reveals-scrapped-idea-for-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts star reveals scrapped idea for Christmas special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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BBC comedy series Ghosts<\/a> has been a huge hit since it first debuted in 2019, with the show now heading towards its fourth season and its third Christmas special<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show has been a regular feature of the BBC\u2019s Christmas schedule since 2020, but star and co-creator Mathew Baynton has now revealed that the festive specials can come with their own difficulties in the writing process.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival 2022, Baynton said: \u201cThere\u2019s a different challenge as well \u2013 on top of the challenges of our own show and not repeating ourselves is that you\u2019ve got all of the Christmas specials in the history of sitcom in the background of your mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there\u2019s ideas we\u2019ve had before where we\u2019ve said, \u2018You\u2019re not going to top Blackadder doing A Christmas Carol, let\u2019s not go near A Christmas Carol\u2019. For the first Christmas special, it was the very first idea we had and dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Baynton continued: \u201cIt was like, \u2018Our show is called Ghosts \u2013 if anyone is ever going to do a thing with the Ghost of Christmas Past and so on\u2026\u2019 But it\u2019s like, Blackadder nailed it, don\u2019t go near it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blackadder\u2019s Christmas Carol first aired in 1988, and saw a twist on the classic Charles Dickens story, in that the central character was changed by his encounter with a spirit from good to evil, rather than the other way around.<\/p>

Speaking at the Festival, Baynton and the rest of the team behind the series also revealed why the show\u2019s pilot episode has never aired<\/a>, explaining that multiple changes were made to the show from that point.<\/p>\n

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Ghosts season 4 will air later this year, while seasons 1-3 are available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>. Check out more of our\u00a0Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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