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I heard a British actor mention something that made me think that “Ghosts” — about a young couple with a haunted bed-and-breakfast — was originally a British TV show. Is that correct? And if yes, can we see it somewhere?
First, yes there is a British series that inspired the CBS hit. It began in 2019 and has presented five seasons totaling about three dozen episodes. In its search for fresh programming during the current actor’s strike, CBS will begin airing episodes of the British show (with the title “Ghosts UK”) on Nov. 16 following repeats of “Ghosts.” It will also stream the show on Paramount+, which already has the U.S. “Ghosts.” Three seasons of the British series are also available on Prime Video, for a fee. And the BBC website lists all five seasons’ episodes in its online player — but says it “only works in the U.K. … due to rights issues.”
Is there any way to watch some of the Saturday morning TV shows from the 1960s such as “Fury,” “Roy Rogers” and “Sky King”?
Well, you just sent me back into my youth, where I watched the three shows you mentioned and more. “Fury,” which originally aired from 1955 to 1960, was a show about a boy (Bobby Diamond) and his horse Fury; the cast also included Peter Graves. “The Roy Rogers Show,” starring the king of the cowboys and his wife Dale Evans, first showed from 1951 to 1957. “Sky King” (1951-59) featured Kirby Grant as the title character, a pilot who engaged in various adventures. All three shows were rerun for many years after the dates I mentioned. One place you can find episodes of each is on Tubi, a free streaming service. There are also broadcasts of “Fury” and “Roy Rogers” on digital network Retro TV, along with some other vintage Westerns.
