TV series
Ghostwriter
Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Ghostwriter premiered October 3, 1992. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
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Cast
Marcella LoweryGrandma Cece JenkinsCredits
- Created by
- Liz Nealon
- Written by
- Carin Greenberg Baker, Alexa Junge
Production details
- Status
- Canceled
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 87
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
PBS KidsUnited States
Children's Television WorkshopUnited States
BBCUnited Kingdom