So Haunt Me

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.^[1] The show was created by Paul Mendelson who was also credited on another British sitcom May to December. So Haunt Me was produced by Cinema Verity for the BBC and originally aired from 1992 to 1994.

So Haunt Me
Created by	Paul Mendelson
Starring	Miriam Karlin George Costigan Tessa Peake-Jones Laura Howard Jeremy Green
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Verity Lambert
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	23 February 1992 (1992-02-23) – 6 February 1994 (1994-02-06)

Peter Rokeby (played by George Costigan) loses his job as advertising copywriter, and resolves to become a freelance writer. Owing to this change in circumstances, he and his wife Sally (Tessa Peake-Jones) move with their children into a more modest home in Meadow Road, Willesden. The family soon finds that the ghost of a previous owner, Yetta Feldman (Miriam Karlin), 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. While Sally 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").

So Haunt Me aired on BBC1 as 18 half-hour episodes in three series and one special from 1992 to 1994. The Rokeby children David and Tammy were played by Jeremy Green and Laura Howard (credited during the first series as Laura Simmons) respectively. Neighbour Mr Bloom was played by David Graham.

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	6		23 February 1992 (1992-02-23)	29 March 1992 (1992-03-29)
Special			20 December 1992 (1992-12-20)
2	6		10 January 1993 (1993-01-10)	14 February 1993 (1993-02-14)
3	6		2 January 1994 (1994-01-02)	6 February 1994 (1994-02-06)

Series 1 (1992)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	23 February 1992 (1992-02-23)
2	2	"Episode 2"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	1 March 1992 (1992-03-01)
3	3	"Episode 3"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	8 March 1992 (1992-03-08)
4	4	"Episode 4"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	15 March 1992 (1992-03-15)
5	5	"Episode 5"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	22 March 1992 (1992-03-22)
6	6	"Episode 6"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	29 March 1992 (1992-03-29)

Christmas Special (1992)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	"Christmas Special"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	20 December 1992 (1992-12-20)

Series 2 (1993)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
8	1	"Episode 1"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	10 January 1993 (1993-01-10)
9	2	"Episode 2"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	17 January 1993 (1993-01-17)
10	3	"Episode 3"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	24 January 1993 (1993-01-24)
11	4	"Episode 4"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	31 January 1993 (1993-01-31)
12	5	"Episode 5"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	7 February 1993 (1993-02-07)
13	6	"Episode 6"	John Stroud	Paul A Mendelson	14 February 1993 (1993-02-14)

Series 3 (1994)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Episode 1"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	2 January 1994 (1994-01-02)
15	2	"Episode 2"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	9 January 1994 (1994-01-09)
16	3	"Episode 3"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	16 January 1994 (1994-01-16)
17	4	"Episode 4"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	23 January 1994 (1994-01-23)
18	5	"Episode 5"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	30 January 1994 (1994-01-30)
19	6	"Episode 6"	Sylvie Boden	Paul A Mendelson	6 February 1994 (1994-02-06)

Release

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

References

1. "BBC – Comedy Guide – So Haunt Me". 16 January 2005. Archived from the original on 16 January 2005.

External links

• So Haunt Me at IMDb
• So Haunt Me at British Comedy Guide