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. The show was created by Paul Mendelson, who also created the successful sitcoms May to December and My Hero (British [TV series)|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. 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.

Cast

Main Cast

ActorCharacterEpisodes
Miriam KarlinYetta Feldman19
George CostiganPeter Rokeby19
Tessa Peake-JonesSally Rokeby19
Laura Howard
Tammy Rokeby19
Jeremy GreenDavid Rokeby18

Notable Recurring Cast

ActorCharacterEpisodes
David GrahamMr Bloom13
Julia DeakinCarole Dawlish8
Thelma RubyDolly Finkel7
Trevor ByfieldJack Dawlish5
Philip McGoughPiers5
Tanya MoodieElspeth4
Jez ButterworthJhon2
Bryan PringleArnold1
Arthur White1st Removal man1
Hugo SpeerTerry1
Maggie SteedMrs Pettigrew1

Episodes

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

Release

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