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If you ever needed a sign that this comedy had reached classic status, this clever, spiky finale is it. It’s a perfectly-timed end to a show that will be sorely missedAnd then, suddenly, it floated away: one of the finest British comedies of the century is over, and it’s ended with a Christmas special so light and so neat it barely seemed to be there at all. Ghosts, thoughtful and kind to the end, has quietly said goodbye.In the fifth and last full season earlier this year, Alison and Mike (Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe) prepared to become parents, with the erratic help of the spirits that inhabit the creaky stately home the young couple live in. An offer to buy the decrepit house and its damp lawns came in from investors wishing to convert the property into a country club. Alison, who can see and talk to the ghosts, and Mike, who cannot, agreed to turn down a life-changing amount of money to stay in the place they love – but we suspected that, with one more episode still to come, they wouldn’t stay for long. Continue reading...