Delighted to confirm that BBC Ghosts has been recommissioned for a second and third series.

News of a second series swiftly followed the airing of the first, and the broadcaster’s Director of Content Charlotte Moore has now revealed that a third series was also ordered at the same time.

She explained: “Ghosts is a brilliant comedy from the Horrible Histories team. Episode one got 2.5m overnight – a modest figure for a comedy – but within 28 days it had grown to 5.5m. And after six months, 1.7m iPlayer requests. That’s up there with other big comedy hits. We’ve commissioned two more series straight away.”

Martha Howe-Douglas as Lady Button