{"id":42008,"date":"2023-12-15T18:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1917502"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:41:08","slug":"ghosts-2023-christmas-special-release-date-cast-plot-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ghosts-2023-christmas-special-release-date-cast-plot-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts 2023 Christmas special: Release date, cast, plot and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Button House is closing its doors \u2013 but first, one last festive celebration. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 15 December 2023 at 17:20 PM<\/p>

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The Ghosts of Button House are giving us a Christmas present this year \u2013 and frankly, we couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n

It initially appeared that the season 5 finale<\/a> (ominously titled Last Resort) would be an emotional farewell to Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) and their paranormal tenants.<\/p>\n

However, the BBC revealed at the last moment that there would indeed be another festive episode this year, which will serve as the true send-off for this juggernaut sitcom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe obligation to make sure that we kept this episode Christmassy was a huge boon to the episode itself, because otherwise it would have been pretty straight down the line sad at the end \u2013 without much to kind of leaven that,\u201d said co-creator Laurence Rickard<\/a>. \u201cBut the Christmassiness of it, I think gives it the sweet against the bitter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about Ghosts 2023 Christmas special.<\/p>

Ghosts Christmas special 2023 release date: When can I watch it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The cast of Ghosts.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Monumental Pictures\/Guido Mandozzi<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

You can watch it on Christmas Day at 7:45pm on BBC One.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is the Ghosts Christmas special 2023 the final episode?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Charlotte Ritchie plays Alison in Ghosts.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Monumental\/Guido Mandozzi<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Yes<\/strong> \u2013 and we really mean it this time (maybe).<\/p>\n

Ghosts is confirmed to be ending with its fifth season, which we weren\u2019t initially told included another Christmas special \u2013 but we\u2019re not complaining!<\/p>\n

The writers behind the hit series have explained why they\u2019re wrapping things up<\/a>, while they\u2019ve also spoken about the possibility of returning to Button House for a reunion sometime in the future.<\/p>\n

Co-creator and star Mathew Baynton saw one potential issue with that idea.<\/p>\n

He told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press: \u201cThe thing about the show, and it\u2019s probably a good thing in that it stopped us from being tempted to do it forever and ever, is that the ghosts can\u2019t age. And some of us were already pushing it, playing the age.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m talking about myself. There\u2019s a few of us that could, in theory, grow into their roles for a while\u2026 For me, the gulf between my age and Thomas\u2019s is ever-widening.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI mean, in theory, we could do a special in ten years but I think some CGI would be needed. You\u2019ll have to deep fake my old face onto my actual one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, co-star Kiell Smith-Bynoe<\/a> told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> the last episode of Ghosts as \u201cvery final<\/a>\u201d \u2013 it now appears he was referring to this Christmas special, which had not been announced at the time of our Big RT Interview<\/a> with him.<\/p>\n

Ghosts Christmas special 2023 cast: Who stars?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Lolly Adefope, Jim Howick, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Mathew Baynton and Martha Howe-Douglas in Ghosts.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The confirmed cast<\/a> for the special is as follows:<\/p>\n