The wife and I are considering watching the British version of “Ghosts“, I’m very leery about American remakes, they usually are terrible.

The British version of “Being Human” was great but the American remake sucked.

Has anyone seen either of them? Is it worth bothering with?

The premise of the show for those not familiar is that a young present-day couple buys an old run down mansion and the place is inhabited by the ghosts of people who had lived and died there previously, even people who had lived on the land prior to the building of the property, I believe one of the versions even features a Viking, LOL.

My family has watched both. We find the American remake funnier…

Worth a try. Give it 3 episodes

My wife enjoys it. I don't.

have not watched it , yet

Being Human (UK) was excellent
Being Human (US) was horrible,


ditto Life on Mars, the US version sucked balls compared to the UK version

My wife and I watched the Brit version of Ghosts and liked it.

We watched a couple episodes of the American remake. Found it thoroughly unfunny and uninteresting.

Going to have to look up Being Human and Life On Mars.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
My wife and I watched the Brit version of Ghosts and liked it.

We watched a couple episodes of the American remake. Found it thoroughly unfunny and uninteresting.

Going to have to look up Being Human and Life On Mars.

If you do watch Life On Mars (set in the 70’s), there’s a sequel series set in the 80’s called Ashes To Ashes that was good too.

I haven’t watched the British version, but the American series is quite funny.

Watched both versions of Being Human and thought the American version was waaay better. I wanted to kill the British werewolf just for all the ugly crying and teenage girl screaming he did.
All.
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We've been wanting to check out the American version of Ghosts but I'm stubborn about signing up with the required channel subscription.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
My wife and I watched the Brit version of Ghosts and liked it.

We watched a couple episodes of the American remake. Found it thoroughly unfunny and uninteresting.

Going to have to look up Being Human and Life On Mars.

waring, the Gene Genie is addicting,

if you enjoy Life on Mars, you will need to seek out Ashes to Ashes, the sequel show,

we ended up buying a cheap region free DVD player and buying the DVD's from the UK



ETA PA Sig beat me to it

I like Ghosts. I'll have to find "Being Human".

Yep, give the Brit version of "Being Human" a shot. Yes, George is a bit whiny but he hadn't realized the full extent of his power and was still being a victim like he had before becoming a werewolf.

The absolute best scene for me was when Annie (the ghost) and company confront Owen, her ex-fiance. "This is where the Wild Things are and we have your scent. Find a safe place with locks and bad dogs, and never ever turn off the light."

My wife and I started watching the American version of Ghosts via on-demand and it's actually pretty good! I saw it just got renewed for another season and so far no woke bullshit to contend with.

Bumping this one again if anyone needs a funny show to start watching, it's now on Season 2 and as good/funny as Season 1

The premise? A young couple in upstate NY (Hudson Valley) inherits a huge old property they want to turn into a B&B but it's inhabited by the ghosts of people who lived there or lived on the land at one time, including a Viking from around 1200 AD and a Native American from the 1600's. The wife can now see them due to a bad tumble/near death experience but the husband cannot.

Loved the BBC version. Some of the humour is very English, and an American audience might miss the joke.

Tried the American version, and found it a cheap copy.

My wife loves the American version. I think it is better than most sitcoms, and watchable. It ain't great, but is a decent entertainment.

I find most three camera sitcoms absolutely intolerable. This is not that.

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
Loved the BBC version. Some of the humour is very English, and an American audience might miss the joke.

Tried the American version, and found it a cheap copy.

Agreed. Tried watching another episode tonight, based on some of the feedback in this thread. Nope.

Same thing happened when British TV did a remake of Professor T. The original Belgian series was far better.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I find most three camera sitcoms absolutely intolerable. This is not that.

After having enjoyed the British TV version of Ghosts, it is to us.

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
Loved the BBC version. Some of the humour is very English, and an American audience might miss the joke.

Tried the American version, and found it a cheap copy.

That’s interesting that you say that, I think it is whatever you get used to watching and then you always find yourself trying to compare it to the other.

My wife and I watched the American version of The Office and loved it, then tried watching the original British one, and just could not get into it; the idioms, the accents and the humor are all hard for a lot of Americans. The Brits seem like they love sly dirty humor.

The American version has it moments..

I haven't seen the British version, but I'm enjoying the American version.

Watched a 1 1/2 season of the British comedy. Found it funny but not enough to keep watching.

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