So Haunt Me is a British television sitcom about a family that moves into a home occupied by the ghost of its previous resident, a middle-aged Jewish mother. The show was created by Paul Mendelson, who also created the successful sitcoms May to December and My Hero. So Haunt Me was produced by Cinema Verity for the BBC, and aired on BBC1 as 18 half-hour episodes in three series and one special from February 1992 to February 1994.

Plot summary

Peter Rokeby loses his job as advertising copywriter, and resolves to become a freelance writer. Owing to this change in circumstances, he and his wife Sally move with their children Tammy and David into a more modest home in Meadow Road, Willesden. The family soon finds that the ghost of a previous owner, Yetta Feldman, still occupies the residence, and has been scaring occupants away for years. Yetta is a stereotypical interfering, middle-aged Jewish mother who died suddenly after choking on a chicken bone in some chicken soup. While both Sally and David can both see and speak to their ghost, Peter, much to his frustration, initially cannot. The family agrees to help Yetta find her grown-up daughter Carole ("Carol-with-an-E").

Cast

Main Cast

Actor Character EpisodesMiriam Karlin Yetta Feldman 19George Costigan Peter Rokeby 19Tessa Peake-Jones Sally Rokeby 19Laura Howard(credited as Laura Simmons in series 1) Tammy Rokeby 19Jeremy Green David Rokeby 18

Notable Recurring Cast

Actor Character EpisodesDavid Graham Mr Bloom 13Julia Deakin Carole Dawlish 8Thelma Ruby Dolly Finkel 7Trevor Byfield Jack Dawlish 5Philip McGough Piers 5Tanya Moodie Elspeth 4Jez Butterworth Jhon 2Bryan Pringle Arnold 1Arthur White 1st Removal man 1Hugo Speer Terry 1Maggie Steed Mrs Pettigrew 1

Episodes

All episodes were written by series creator Paul Mendelson, credited as "Paul A Mendelson".

Series overview

Series 1 (1992)

Christmas Special (1992)

Series 2 (1993)

Series 3 (1994)

Release

The show has not been released on VHS or DVD in the UK, and there are no known plans for a home release.

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