{"id":9478,"date":"2022-01-04T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1543786"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:07:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:07:21","slug":"ghosts-series-4-begins-production","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ghosts-series-4-begins-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts series 4 begins production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 04 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Good news, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ghosts<\/a> fans \u2013 production on the BBC comedy\u2019s fourth series is officially under way.<\/p>\n<p>Co-creator Jim Howick, who plays Pat Butcher on the show, confirmed the news on Twitter. \u201cHello old thing. Rehearsal week begins for series 4. #BBCGhosts,\u201d he posted alongside a picture of West Horsley Place \u2013 <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-filming-location-bbc\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">where Ghosts is filmed<\/a> \u2013 as Button House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Hello old thing. Rehearsal week begins for series 4. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCGhosts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#BBCGhosts<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/ZWEPkFRsLA&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWEPkFRsLA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jim Howick (@JimHowick) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimHowick\/status\/1478024596653809668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>A release date has yet to be confirmed, though we expect the fourth series will land on BBC One in autumn or winter this year based on previous runs.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, we got a chance to catch up with Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) and the host of ghouls they share a crumbling estate with for a Christmas special, which featured Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders as Lady Fanny Button\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>As for what the comedy\u2019s fourth series will focus on, there are plenty of avenues that Howick and co-creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond could take.<\/p> <p>Rickard told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;skimlinks-unlinked&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/span><\/a> and other press that the writing team <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-bbc-future-series-storylines-newsupdate\/&quot;\">already has some ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are always ideas where we go, \u2018That\u2019s right, but not yet\u2019. And obviously, you\u2019re aware that you\u2019re banking these things on a hope,\u201d he explained. \u201cJust cramming everything in, regardless of whether or not it earns its place, would be a shame. And so I think we put things in the bank hoping that there will be time to explore them in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-bbc-comedy-cast-characters-full-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ghosts cast<\/a> member who hopes her character\u2019s background will be explored further this series is Katy Wix, whose character Mary was accused of witchcraft, though we don\u2019t yet know why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be really fun to film but I think it would be also quite funny if it was just totally ambiguous what happened but yeah, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be doing more but we\u2019ll check,\u201d she told <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-katy-wix-mary-death-series-4-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">during an exclusive chat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully we won\u2019t have to wait too long to find out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghosts is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 04 January 2022 at 12:00 am Good news, Ghosts fans \u2013 production on the BBC comedy\u2019s fourth series is officially under way. Co-creator Jim Howick, who plays Pat Butcher on the show, confirmed the news on Twitter. \u201cHello old thing. 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