You may have missed it, but most characters in the popular CBS Ghosts series are similar to those in Ghosts UKThe original British program. Ghosts UK and Ghosts are both critically acclaimed in their own countries, and the show's similarities are no coincidence. The series shares the same creators, which originated and starred in the British Ghosts Series. British actors Matthew Baynton (as Thomas), Simon Farnaby (as Julian), Martha Howe-Douglas (as Fanny), Jim Howick (as Pat), Laurence Rickard (as Humphrey, Robin) and Ben Wilbond (as the captain). Executive producers for both respective series.
When the American series launched in 2021, nearly every CBS ghost resembled their UK counterparts. Both series have a young couple move into a haunted mansion, with Allison and Sam figuring out that they can see the dead in the second episode. Both then realized they had ghosts from various time periods and backstories living in their homes, groups of ghosts in their basements who died of a plague, and pesky neighbors who would try to overrun their B&B businesses. Series has significantly changed the UK version, distinguishing it from an American series.
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Sam Arondekar
Based on Allison Cooper
Rose McIver s Sam Arrondekar draws inspiration from Charlotte Ritchie's Allison Copper from the British Ghosts Series. Sam shares core qualities with Alison that define the UK program, primarily Alison's ability to see ghosts after a near-death experience. That said, Sam's unique abilities resulted from an accident in the American series, although one of the ghosts intentionally pushed Alison out a window in Ghosts BBC.
The spirits that Sam and Allison can see in their respective series create a family that they never had.
Allison and Sam have other similarities, including the dynamic of being surrounded by their spouse's family while having their own small family. In the American show, Sam's mother has died, and Jay's sister, Bella, often stays with the young couple. In the British series, Mike's family visits over, but Allison has no family. As such, the spirits that Sam and Allison can see in their respective series create a kind of family that they never had, and this is a defining quality of each series.
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Jay Arondekar
Based on Michael "Mike" Cooper
Utkarsh Ambudkars Jay also draws inspiration from the BBC couple in the original Ghosts Series. Allison's husband, Kiell Smith-Bynoe's Mike Cooper, inspired the Jay character, and the leading men share important qualities that give the concept of both Ghosts Series to work. Jay and Mike are both patient and have a great capacity to live with the ghosts in their homes without being able to see them. Mike and Jay's tolerance and kindness towards their partners and the ghosts in their homes is essential for the series to work.
Jay and Mike share qualities, like being sneakerheads, that support their commonality. One improvement the American series made with Jay is that he is a self-proclaimed nerd who enjoys science fiction and the paranormal more than your average person. As such, Jay is deeply intrigued by the ghosts. Mike didn't like them in the original series, but he doesn't have the same appreciation for them as Jay. Jay is also a talented chef who can cook for his visitors and guests. finally, Jai is HinduSo he infuses fascinating perspectives on life and death in the American Ghosts narrative.
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Thorfinn
Based on Robin
The US Ghosts Viking character, Devan Chandler Long Thorfinn, is loosely based on Robin From the original British series. Thorfinn and Robin's primary commonality is that they have been on their property for the longest time and have seen many people, dead and alive, come and go. The main difference between the characters is their age. Although Thor is 1000 years old, Robin is much older. Robin is a caveman who occupied the land of Button House, and the character is at least 100,000 years old.
Another commonality that Thor and Robin share is that They were both killed by the lightning. However, their death is different. Lightning struck Robin while hiding in a tree to escape a bear. Thorfinn's story gives the character a little less credit in these Ghosts' Woodstone B&B Timeline. In the American series, Thor is struck by lightning because he is wearing his metal Viking helmet in a storm. The result of the death of the character was the same.
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Isaac Higgintott
Based on the captain
Brandon Scott Jones' Isaac Higgintoot has similarities to the captain of Ghosts UK. Isaac Higgintott is a Revolutionary War soldier who died on the property before it became the Woodstone Estate. The captain was a World War II soldier who was stationed at Button House In the 1940s. Isaac and the captain died in their uniforms and felt shame surrounding their deaths. Isaac died of dysentery, while the captain died of a heart attack. Isaac and the Captain brought diversity to their series as gay men, although did not feel comfortable acting on their sexuality during their lives.
Isaac and the captain provide a sense of order to the ghosts, presiding over the other paranormal members of the house as if they were their first battalions. Isaac also borrows a trope from Thomas, a dead English poet in the British Ghosts Series. Thomas has a disdain for Lord Byron, one of the significant figures of the romantic movement, despite Thomas's failure in his field. Isaac is similar to Alexander Hamilton, and his obsession worsens when Sam reveals that Alexander Hamilton is famous and has produced a musical about his life.
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Hetty Woodstone
Based on Stephanie "Fanny" Euphemia Button
Henrietta "Hetty" Eleanor Woodstone is one of the most well-known characters based on a British series Ghost. Like Martha Howe-Douglas Fanny or "Lady Button" character, Rebecca Wisocky's Hetty is the lady of the estate. One significant difference between Hetty and Fanny is that Hetty's family appears to have built the Woodstone mansion, whereas Lady Button married at the Button House. Nevertheless, both characters have lived in the house during their lives, they are familiar with their estates. One difference between Fanny and Hetty is that the latter changes more throughout the series, adapting to new beliefs and ideologies.
Another quality that separates Hetty from Lady Button is the cause of their death. Hetty's death in Ghosts was alone, as the pony, her husband, out of the window. Hetty and Fanny also share a connection to Sam and Allison. Hattie and Fanny are distantly related to the women who inherit their family homes, and they serve as motherly figures to Sam and Alison, advising them on business and customs whether they want it or not.
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Alberta Haynes
Based on Catherine "Kitty" Higham
CBS' Ghosts Loosely based Danielle Pinnock's Alberta Haynes on Lilly Adefope's Kitty character. Both characters incorporate historical Black stories into their series, and their most common thread is an element of their backstory regarding the events of their deaths. Kitty and Alberta have mysterious circumstances surrounding their deathsAnd in both series, the other ghosts investigate. The spirits investigate Alberta's death in the American series for a podcast. In the British series, they are curious about Kitty's death because her recounting of the event is naive. Still, both ghosts died of poisoning. However, the events of Alberta's death are sinister.
Both parties suspect that the character's sister was behind her death. in Ghosts UK, Kitty's sister is a fearsome Georgian noblewoman who resents her sister. But in the American series, Alberta loves her sister, and in order to save Alberta's memory of her sister, Hetty confessed that the murderer was her son, Thomas. A significant contrast between the characters is that Alberta is undeniably more street-smart and snappy than Kitty, who is bubbly and innocent. Still, both women are charming in their own right and arguably the best dressed in their afterlives.
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Crash
Based on Humphrey Ignatius Bone
Crash is a 1950s grease in the American Ghosts series, loosely based on Headless Humphrey from Ghosts UK. The connection between Crash and Humphrey is their death and how they must spend their afterlife. Both characters cut off their heads, made their heads, completely separated. For both characters, this is a total pain. Crash and Humphrey's heads are constantly dislocated of their bodies, which causes the characters to spend most of the series as talking heads.
A primary difference between Crash and Humphrey is that the latter has a much more significant role in the UK series. Although Humphrey is often only a talking head, he is in more scenes than Crash, who specifically appears in the American series. The actor who plays Humphrey in Ghosts UK also plays Robin, giving the actor, one of the executive producers, more screen time.
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Pete Martino
Based on Patrick "Pat" Bobby Butcher
Richie Moriarty's Peter "Pete" Martino resembles Pat Von Ghosts UK. Pete and Pat are both Boy Scout troop leadersShot in the neck with an arrow by someone from their scout troop. After their deaths, both characters, who died in the 1980s, receive regular visits from their families on the anniversary of their deaths. Pete and Pat both had a wife named Carol, to whom they remained faithful until they realized that their spouse, who had married their best friend, had been unfaithful during their marriage.
The differences between the characters are small tweaks to their stories, as both characters share a kinder, optimistic attitude and only occasionally show the chinks in their metaphorical armor. In the American series, Pete went to lie down after he was shot, while Pat got ready and tried to get on the bus to get help. Unfortunately, Pat crashes the bus into a tree in the UK version. Still, there are no characters more similar between Ghosts US and Ghosts UK than Pete and Pat, who both play a crucial role in the morale of their respective cohorts.
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Trevor Lefkowitz
Based on Julian Fawcett
Finally, Osher Grodman's Trevor Lefkowitz shared his thoughts Ghosts UK's Julian. Both Trevor and Julian died without their pants onleaving them exposed from the waist down in their afterlife. Both characters are womanizers. However, the American series improved Julian Fawcett's politician character. Julian, an MP, died without his pants because he was intimately involved with his secretary, and cheated on his wife, something he did regularly. While the assumption is that Trevor also died while having sex, Ghosts season 1 revealed that Trevor died without his pants because he gave them to a friend.
Another similarity between Julian and Trevor is their role in Alison and Sam's unique abilities. In the British series, Julian pushed Alison out the window. Again, the American series improved the character. Trevor was responsible for Sam's near-death experience because she tripped over a vase he deliberately knocked on the floor. While it caused Sam to fall down the stairs in Ghosts It was an honest mistake.