So Haunt Me

- Season 1

(1992)

Recently made redundant from his job in advertising Pete Rokeby moves,with his wife Sally,teen-aged daughter Tammy,little son David and their dog to a much smaller house,which smells of chicken soup. Hearing noises in the night Sally investigates and meets the ghost of Yetta Feldman,a Jewish former occupant of the house who choked to death on a chicken bone twenty-one years earlier and has seen off seventeen previous sets of house-holders. Pete and Tammy cannot see Yetta and think that Sally is hallucinating after a tiring day - but David can.

After speaking to Mr Bloom from next door Peter realises that the ghostly Yetta does exist and starts seeing her but when he and Sally decide to ignore her she fades away. However when Bunty,Sally's snobbish,disapproving mother turns up Yetta's reappearance comes in very handy for getting rid of her. When Bunty has gone Yetta and Mr Bloom explain to the Rokebys that Carole,Yetta's daughter,ran off with her boyfriend just before Yetta's death and Yetta's ghost will only be able to rest in peace after Carole has been located for a reconciliation.

When shoe manufacturer Kevin Sandy calls on Peter requesting an advertising slogan for his firm Yetta proves her worth with her invisible presence overhearing Sandy's gripes and presenting Peter with a solution. David brings his friends home to meet his 'Auntie Yetta',giving them a hair-raising experience but Tammy,as the one family member who cannot see Yetta,is not happy.

Yetta tells the Rokebys that she will depart if Carole is found so they bring in a young rabbi to help. Yetta recalls him from his childhood and to Peter's annoyance they discuss old times. Tammy is still feeling left out of things as Yetta criticizes her boyfriend but Sally tells Peter that she wants Yetta to stay as she regards her as a confidante.

Sally is pregnant and confides in Yetta,who breaks the news gently to Peter. Peter's friend Jim arrives from New York. He is engaged to be married and Sally quizzes him like a Jewish mother. Ultimately though he has inadvertently found Carole for them,along with the band member,or 'hooligan' to quote Yetta,with whom she ran off all those years ago.

Posing as a documentary maker and his P.A. the Rokebys call on pop star turned music agent Jack Dawlish and his wife - Carole. Ultimately they explain their true reason for visiting and persuade Carole to come home with them where she meets Yetta and tells her that she is pregnant. Yetta is delighted and her ghost seemingly laid to rest for she disappears,much to Peter's great relief though David and Sally are disappointed.

Sally has given birth to baby Daisy and Yetta has returned to watch over her. At Christmas the Rokebys invite gloomy Mr Rose and Jack and Carole Dawlish with their baby,Sam,for dinner though Yetta's efforts to soothe Sam to sleep via levitation and the supposed presence of some of her ghostly friends do not endear her to the company. However,despite his supposed antipathy to his dead mother-in-law Jack has arranged a Christmas treat for her, a visit from her singing brother-in-law Greville whom he has flown in from Miami.