IT’LL MAKE YOU LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF

back HAUNTED house comedy Ghosts was on BBC1 on Monday with more laughs from its phantom troupe.

Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell ll SmithSmithbynoe play Alison and Mike, who want to turn Button House into a B&B, despite the ghostly distractions.

Among the spooks

Tudor doomed to spend eternity there is

left). toff Humphrey (Laurence Rickard,

lost This week, we found out how he his head – a nod to the Horrible Histories segment Stupid Deaths. After hiding from soldiers in a

the chimney, decorative swords fell off hearth like a guillotine.

Panto-style slapstick that raises

the spirits.

WHEN Gregg Wallace burst into a baritone rendition of There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame, an impromptu duet with Hi-de-hi! star Su Pollard, it was so bizarre I wondered if I was hallucinating.

From Rita Simon’s raw meatballs to Su belting out ‘I’m So Excited’ over a stuffed chicken, Celebrity Masterchef, back on BBC1 for its umpteenth series, is endlessly entertaining.

It’s always a real insight, too. Who knew that Happy

Mondays maraca-shaker Bez

could make a decent crumble? Or that he pronounces anchovies ‘handkerchiefs’?

Comedian Munya Chawawa was booted off first after serving up lamb so raw it was practically bleating, followed by Duncan James whose failings included soy sauce on pineapple. Just, no.

Other highlights included Rita’s slice of rice and Su – who only eats out in the West End, darling – realising she can actually cook.

This ‘ain’t broke don’t fix it’ hit still packs a tasty punch.