Spin-off to coincide with the end of the BBC comedy

The creators and stars of Ghosts are writing a companion book to the BBC sitcom.

Subtitled The Button House Archives, the title will be published in October to coincide with the end of the fifth and final series.

Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond will also be signing books at events around the country in the run-up to Christmas. 

In a statement to trade website The Bookseller, they said: ‘We started kicking around the idea of a Ghosts companion book quite early on in the life of the series and got very excited about how the characters could show up in all kinds of documents and artefacts.

‘We’re delighted to finally be bringing this idea to life with Bloomsbury to produce something we hope fans will treasure.’

Katy Follain from the publishing house added: ‘To be working with this hugely talented group of writers on the tie-in book of such a massively popular comedy series is complete heaven.

‘It combines everything I want the non-fiction Bloomsbury General list to be: quality and best-in-show entertainment with broad appeal.

‘I’m looking forward to seeing the fans dressed up in their favourite Ghosts costumes for the events.’

Described as ‘a hilarious, colourful and entertaining compendium of surviving artefacts and documents relating to the ghosts of Button House's past lives’ Ghosts: The Button House Archives will be published on October 26. It is not yet available to order.

Ghosts will live on in the US, where the CBS network has ordered a third season. The last episode in season two airs tomorrow night and is the 40th made by the Americans.

Published: 10 May 2023