Wait, there’s an Australian version of Ghosts?

It took a while, but I’ve finally warmed up to the TV show Ghosts. You know, the one where a bevy of spirits inhabit a Hudson Valley home, and cause hijinks and hilarity for the past five years or so.

Now this show was originally based on a British sitcom, and many of the archetypes of that British version have permeated to the American version. The troop leader with an arrow through his neck; the figure of authority who died while not wearing pants; all of that.

Well, apparently this Ghosts franchise has spread to other countries.

And now there’s an Australian version of Ghosts.

I kid you not.

Here’s the trailer for same.

Okay. So in this iteration of Ghosts, the undead include a Colonial sailor (with a chunk of wood poked through his heart), a Chinese gold miner (he’s the one without pants), an Irish housewife with a thick brogue; an aerobics instructor with more enthusiasm than common sense; a corpse bride from the early 20th century; and the leader of a motorcycle bike gang. They haunt a woman who inherited the property; she is the only one who can see the ghosts, while her boyfriend sees no ghosts and thinks she’s hallucinating.

From what I understand, the Australian Ghosts will appear on American streaming services as soon as the current season of American Ghosts wraps up. So that should be around May or June.

But thanks to YouTube, I can snag some glimpses of what the Australian version of Ghosts looks like.

And because I operate this little weblog, I can share those glimpses with you.

Oh, and in case you’re curious why the ghost lineup does not include an aboriginal undead – even though the British version has a caveman, while the American version has a Native American in its lineup – there is a strict cultural taboo in Australia about the showing of undead aboriginals and/or Torres Strait Islanders. That being said, the female character who can see the ghosts – Kate – is played as an Aboriginal living, so there is at least some representation.

Yeah, I’m really curious about this show. I’m also curious if there will ever be a time when the British version of Ghosts, the American version of Ghosts, and the Australian version of Ghosts could have a multi-show cross-over episode.

Then again, I’ll probably just settle for this charity episode of the British Ghosts series where the spirits meet a very famous living Australian musician.