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Johnny and the Dead (1995)

Johnny and the Dead poster
Genre
comedy television program, fantasy television program
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Johnny discovers he can talk to the dead. He helps the ghosts in his local cemetery deal with unfinished business.

quirkywhimsicallightheartedthoughtfulgentlemysteriouswarmoffbeat

What happens

Johnny and the Dead is a British television series released in four parts in 1995, It is based on a famous novel of the same name by Terry Pratchett. It premiered on ITV before its DVD release as a full-length film by Home Warner. It was broadcast on television channels around the world. Johnny and the Dead was written and directed by Gerald Fox, produced by Peter Pearson, executive producer Melvyn Bragg, starring Andrew Falvey, Jotham Annan, George Baker and Brian Blessed and Jane Lapotaire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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