Germany is set to get a second season of “Ghosts,” the hit BBC Studios sitcom format — originated in the U.K. — in which a group of ghosts from across history haunt a country house.
The news was announced at a BBC Studios panel at Series Mania, where Eva Holtmann, head of fiction for the BBC’s commercial arm in Germany confirmed the show would be returning.
“We’re so happy that we’re going to produce a second season, so ‘Ghosts’ will be coming back to Germany,” she said. “It was the perfect ensemble, and we are producing that in the summer, again for our commissioner, ARD and WDR.”
Devised by the team behind hit kids TV show “Horrible Histories,” “Ghosts” — which first aired on the BBC in 2019 — was referenced several times in the panel to underline the collaborative efforts within BBC Studios when it comes to helping a successful format travel. It’s understandable why it was chosen.
Shortly after it launched in the U.K., the series was commissioned for CBS, where it proved to be a huge hit and has now run for five seasons (with a sixth and seventh already green lit). Within Europe, alongside Germany, there are now several variants of the show, including a French adaptation for Disney+ which launched in 2025 and a Greek version which launched the same year on Disney’s Star channel. Earlier this year, a Czech adaptation was announced for local broadcaster TV Nova.
“When we collaborate, it can happen at various stages of the project,” said Lea Gimonneau-Sorrel, series producer for BBC Studios France. “For ‘Ghosts,’ we had the show commissioned before [Germany] so were able to share advice about the pitch deck, for example. And [Germany] was in preparation before we were, so you shared precious advice on, for example, not having too many ghosts in the same room.”
Such collaboration may now extend beyond the small screen. In the U.K., where the series has run for five seasons so far, a “Ghosts” feature film is currently in production.
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