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Kirstie McCrum

Gogglebox stars spooked by haunted village hall but fans are dubious

It's already December, but this week Gogglebox was making like October 31 as it brought My House is Haunted (Discovery+) to our screens on Friday (December 2). The supernatural reality show follows paranormal investigators as they meet people who claim to have a resident ghost and try to help them banish it.

The stars on the Gogglebox sofas were all in as the spooky stuff started. Ghost expert Barry Ghai was exploring a spooky village hall when suddenly his tech sidekick Brian the robot simply disappeared.

Izzi Warner was first to gasp: "Brian's not there anymore. Where's Brian?"

"Brian's moving fam," added one of the Plummer brothers, and Abbie added: "So Brian is going towards the paranormal activity."

Pete and Sophie were gripped, with Pete intoning: "Oh, the proximity sensor is going off now."

Mary gasped beside husband Giles as the 'ghost' seemingly set off a sensor, and Julie Malone shouted: "Oh, the motion sensor's gone off!"

But while the Goggleboxers were gripped, fans were less than impressed. Plumcake @MmePlumcake added: "This ghostbusters programme sounds like a Monty Python sketch #Gogglebox"

On hearing that programme host Barry was reportedly nudged by a spirit, Roger @rogernook said: "He was pushed by a ghost - more like pretended to fall to one side #Gogglebox"

Some of the Goggleboxers were able to see the funny side, though - and fans appreciated it. Gillian Hudson @JillHudson21 tweeted: “They just don’t bust no ghosts!” So bloody true Tremaine!! #Gogglebox"

And JR @J_R_2018 quoted: ‘They just come to your house, aggravate the spirit and then go back to theirs’ - I swear that’s all they do on these ghost hunting shows #Gogglebox"

Gogglebox is on Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4 or you can catch up on All 4

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