A Christmas Gift

I simply cant hide my disappointment.

Ghosts has been such a brilliantly written and gentle sitcom over all five seasons, but this Christmas special should never have been made.

It would have been far better to have simply left things open and on a high after series 5. This is the lesson that should have been learned from now classic sitcoms such as 'Fawlty Towers or 'Father Ted'.

We really didn't need everything wrapped up in this heavy handed way. It might just about have worked in a one hour slot giving the audience a smoother ride to the cheesy ending.

Sadly it felt unbelievably rushed, over sentimental and worst of all pretty humourless, although in fairness the very last shot did raise a smile.

We have watched the lot laughed at the stories, the characters, the concept. The last series was announced and we thought why?

So through this last series the endings were starting, loose ends tied up. Old characters came and went once more a trundled up the Drive to the 'finale' - which sort of didn't happen. Until the Christmas special end. This however, didn't either.

It wasn't particularly funny, creative or adding of a new twist. It's fizzled like the glass of Prosecco, but ended up like a glass of two day old mulled wine left in a hallway.

Such a deflating end to a wonderful series, no real ending. However, may the creative team who wrote this go on to massive successes in whatever they do next.

Ghosts has been a favorite in my household since the first time it aired. And while I am sad its come to a end, I can't have any complaints about the way it went about it. I won't say anything to spoil it for people. But I felt it was done in a great way, the entire episode was one of the funniest they have done. It had me a few times bursting out with laughter. Whilst I accept it might not gave been everyone's great ending, I think most people who would be negative about it are so as they didn't actually want the show to come to a end. But take the episode for what it is, a funny, charming relatable and at times emotional. They entire cast and crew ended it on a great note!

I really enjoyed this series, built on a great premise that ghosts are real and not necessarily scary, and packed with lots of offshoot ideas, with each host offering an opportunity to look at the time period they came from.

This last episode where they chose to slam the door shut on the series and any chance of it continuing was so very premature and unnecessary. Maybe the writers were feeling they were running out of ideas? You could tell in some episodes they were scrapping crumbs together but they shouldn't have been.

There was so much left to explore.

For a start the whole premise of what was happening. Why the ghosts were there, why do they get to or not get to move on?

Then the back story in more depth of each character. I do get that keeping in vague helped the success of the show but even so, there's so much more to dig through. Alison's vision was not limited to just the house so the stories on offer were as limitless as her travel and the people she meets. It really was an endless stream of opportunities for good stories and insights.

There were so many lovely details already in the series (The caring nature of the plague people was just one), perhaps the writers knew their limitations and that they were out of fuel, which.

So, get some more writers on board. Supervise them to make sure they stay true to the series. If the money isn't good enough, ask for more.

The ending felt like a cop out, and it most likely was. I know some of the actors have moved on to big screen stuff but a hollywood flop is hardly better use of time and talent.

That said it's a big thank you for the journey from me. I'd much rather the 5 series existed than not and I hope we get to see more quality ideas like this show.

The absolute perfect ending to one of the best comedies on tv.

I'm always a bit wary of finales to a series these days. They're either rushed, lazy, completely implausible, full of plot holes or simply just amount to nothing.

Yet here was the exception. Right up until the last five minutes one still didn't know where it was going to go. However when the conclusion came in my opinion it could not have been done better.

One series which HAS ended too soon I'm sad to say but at least it went out on high.

Therefore a massive thanks to everyone involved with GHOSTS. You've made us howl with laughter & cry at the same time.

I finally feel ' Christmassy'

Please please give us a movie.

WELL DONE GUYS!