High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman

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High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman
Shirley Ghostman
Format	Comedy
Created by	Marc Wootton
Starring	Marc Wootton
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	30 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Three
Original run	March 1, 2005 – April 19, 2005
External links
IMDb profile

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 other programs such as 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 parody of 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.

[edit] Demise

The series was dropped after Wooton (as Ghostman) appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. During the show, which also had Nicole Kidman and David Schwimmer as guests, he made a number of jokes referring to 'Jews, cancer patients and Hitler'^[1].

The resulting controversy resulted in the BBC being forced to apologise to 350 viewers.

The series is still shown in the United States by BBC America. The DVD was released 3 July 2006.