High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman(2005)

High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman is a British comedy series that aired on BBC Three, featuring character comedian Marc Wootton as an affected and sharp-tongued fake medium. Patrick Stewart provides the narration, while animator Rex Crowle contributes stylized sequences. The show parodies the world of fraudulent psychics, with Shirley Ghostman serving as a satirical take on controversial medium Derek Acorah. Opening monologues include jabs at Colin Fry's paranormal chat show 6ixth Sense. Wootton's creation is a vicious send-up of New Age pretension and television's appetite for the supernatural. The series proved popular enough on BBC Three to earn a move to BBC Two in summer 2005, cementing its place in British comedy's roster of character-driven satire.