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The Canterville Ghost (2021)
Needed more research
An entertaining tale, adapted from Oscar Wilde. What a pity that the writers think that all old English verbs end in 'st'. The ghost says 'I canst', etc. ('st' is 2nd person singular, not 1st person singular.) I would have expected Antony Head to know better. The aristocratic young viscount should have a better grasp of English grammar. He uses 'we' instead of 'us'. The hymn sung in church is obviously an American hymn, unknown in the UK. The music gives this away. Not in the English hymn tradition at all. It reminded me of 'Bringing in the sheaves' as sung in 'Little house on the Prairie'! The Otis family arrive in a left-hand drive vehicle. Surely they didn't bring it all the way from the US! The upper class accents are really over the top and everyone is rather stereotyped.
I can only assume that the Americans on the production team had more influence than the British members, if there were any. So obviously produced for the US market.
That said, when not totally overacted, the acting is good and the characters, to children, believable. The settings are beautiful.
With a little more attention to detail this could be a good series. Maybe I would recommend it to the children in my family, on a rainy day. They might find each episode a bit long, so I might wait until they're older and hope for a better version. As it is, I find it rather irritating.