Jim Howick on Ghosts and Horrible Histories: 'Our view of history is naughty, but factual'

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Jim Howick on Ghosts and Horrible Histories: 'Our view of history is naughty, but factual'
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), who come into possession of a rundown mansion that’s home to a host of ghosts who died on the property over the ages. Among them is caveman Robin , trouserless Tory MP Julian , Second World War army officer the Captain and 80s Scout leader Pat, who died in an arrow shooting accident and is played by Howick, who really was a Scout in his youth.

“The way [Pat] died was the first element of him coming to life,” says Howick, not noticing his own pun. “That just made us laugh. We built his story around that. We realised that his family were probably still alive, and that they’d be the type of people to come and visit the place he died.” The resulting episode of this train of thought, “Happy Death Day”, is not only hilarious, but a real tearjerker.-esque project. “We wanted to create a multi-character,-type of format,” says Howick.

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