High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman

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High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman
Shirley Ghostman
Format	Comedy
Run time	30 mins
Creator(s)	Marc Wootton
Starring	Marc Wootton
Channel	BBC Three
Air dates	March 1, 2005 – April 19, 2005
No. of episodes	8
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High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman is a British television comedy show broadcast on BBC Three.

It features character comedian Marc Wootton (who also appears in Cyderdelic, My New Best Friend and Nighty Night) playing an effete and slightly vicious fake medium/psychic. It is narrated by Patrick Stewart, with animated sequences by Rex Crowle produced by onedotzero.

The character of Shirley Ghostman is sometimes considered to be a skit on the supposed act of controversial television psychic, Derek Acorah.

The show was very successful on BBC3 and was set to move to BBC2 in the summer of 2005, but an appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in which Wootton (as Ghostman) made a number of risqué jokes sparked record numbers of complaints. This led to the show being shelved. The show is currently featured in the United States on BBC America.

The DVD of this series was released 3 July 2006.