The team behind Ghosts was lucky enough to finish most of their shooting just before lockdown back in March so it's great to see this hit sitcom back as a lynchpin in the autumn schedules. It even, by chance, has a plague joke in the first episode, so there's something for the clickbaity tabloids to get their teeth into if they want to stir up some fake offence.

The hit BBC sitcom Ghosts is set to return later this month  The date has been confirmed as Monday, September 21 at 8.30pm on BBC One. Co-creator Laurence Rickard, who plays Robin the Caveman, was one of those who broke the news on Twitter: "Is official! We can't wait to be back haunting again."

It's usually pop stars that have to make that tricky leap from attracting a young fanbase to pulling in a mature audience. Here it's the turn of the Horrible Histories ensemble who make the move into the prestigious post-watershed BBC One slot (via Sky's Yonderland) with this adult sitcom which they both wrote and star in. Although most of their original devotees are probably old enough by now to stay up this late anyway. And those that aren't quite grown-up will no doubt watch Ghosts on catch-up anyway.