Pantomime: The focus of the 2022 Christmas special, when the ghosts decide to put one on for Alison.

In "Bump in the Night", Mike is terrified when the ghosts accidentally make him believe that there are twenty burglars in the house. Sennen Cove is a small, historic fishing village that still boasts a working harbour and a lifeboat house from 1853.Equal-Opportunity Evil: Fanny's husband murdered her in cold blood to ensure her silence after she caught him in a threesome with the groundskeeper and the butler. This is in contrast to other LGBTQ characters who appear in the series (and other works by the creators), who are generally treated more positively.

Doom It Yourself: Mike's attempts at D.I.Y.—he puts a huge hole in Fanny's bedroom, "fixes" it by covering it up with a painting, and even with the help of video tutorials the ghosts from the Middle Ages have a better idea of how to fix the hot water boiler. A special 7-minute-long episode for Comic Relief, broadcast on 17 March 2023. Kylie Minogue visits Button House while scouting for concert venues and reveals that she can also see ghosts following a roller skating accident while filming the Spinning Around video. [33] Minogue had been due to appear in the sketch in 2022, but that appearance was cancelled due to her contracting COVID-19. [34] Reception [ edit ] Alison: Well, her photo's all over Facebook, so we can say goodbye to doing events. No-one wants a haunted wedding. The plague pit ghosts also speak more like modern council estate dwellers than medieval peasants. Presumably as a deliberate joke. She eventually built this whole theatre by hand, using only basic tools, and it was her life’s work.The first record Steve uncovered was this burial record of Annie Cohen.(Courtesy of Steve Luxenberg) Despite the First and Last Inn’s dark and dangerous past, it’s now a really popular pub that sits on the southerly coast of Cornwall. Initially believing the ghosts to be an after-effect of her accident, Alison eventually accepts the truth and confronts them. Because the Coopers cannot leave for financial reasons and the ghosts are bound to the mansion's land until they can ascend into the afterlife, both sides eventually agree that they have to coexist as best they can. Meanwhile, the house requires a lot of work, and Alison and Mike devise several schemes to assist their perilous finances. [3] Cast [ edit ] Main [ edit ] Living [ edit ] Steve: My family history has pursued me! Since publication, I’ve heard from a variety of readers, some of whom knew Annie before her institutionalization. What I’ve learned doesn’t change the essential narrative, but it has enriched it, added detail. The book was selected for a “one state, one book” program called the “Great Michigan Read,” which put me on the road throughout my native state in 2013-2014. I haven’t lived in Michigan since high school, so it was a great joy to travel to new towns and cities, and meet all sorts of readers. Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Some people who die, such as Alison's distant relative the last Lady Button, do this, while others become ghosts. The ghosts talk about the hope that they will eventually ascend to a higher plane themselves, but nobody knows why (or how) it happens.