Series synopsis
Ghostwriter is an American kids sci-fi & fantasy action & adventure television series that premiered on BBC Two on October 3, 1992. It ended on February 12, 1995. It was created by Liz Nealon. It stars Marcella Lowery, William Hernandez, Blaze Berdahl and Todd Alexander Cohen.
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 te ...
Premise
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.
Premise: Follow the clues. Discover the truth.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Marcella Lowery as Grandma Cece Jenkins
- William Hernandez as Hector Carrero
- Blaze Berdahl as Lenni Frazier
- Todd Alexander Cohen as Rob Baker
- Melissa Gonzalez as Gaby Fernandez
- Joe Herrera as Quincy Torres
- Sheldon Turnipseed as Jamal Jenkins
- Tram-Anh Tran as Tina Nguyen
Supporting cast
- Mayteana Morales as Gaby Fernandez
- David López as Alex Fernandez
- Lateaka Vinson as Casey Austin
- Daisy Fuentes as Galaxy Girl
- Richard Cox as Max Frazier
- Samuel L. Jackson as Reggie Jenkins
Guest cast
- Spike Lee as Special Agent Pete
- Wil Horneff
- Eugene Byrd
- Mike Jefferson as Manny Gite / Stoopdude
- Caroline Lagerfelt as Sally Lewis
- Dan Ziskie as Colonel Baker
- Shawn Elliott as Eduardo Fernandez
- Cordelia González as Estella Fernandez
- David Patrick Kelly as Double-T
- Lisa Arrindell as Special Agent Norma
- Yvette Hawkins as Aunt Whilemina (voice)
- Afi Bijou as Teresa
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 87 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 34 | October 4, 1992 | July 4, 1993 |
| Season 2 | 28 | September 12, 1993 | May 1, 1994 |
| Season 3 | 12 | October 2, 1994 | October 20, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 13 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ghost Story (1) Jamal sees some strange masked creatures in the park and finds a THABTO button where the masked creatures were. Also, Jamal's sister, Danitra, goes to college and leaves him her computer. On the first day he gets a weird message asking ""Where are the children, are they OK?"". Lenni Frazier, a school mate of Jamal's, is also contacted by the strange ghost-like creature. Who is this mysterious being? Meanwhile, elementary student Gaby Fernandez gets her backpack stolen on her way to school. |
October 4, 1992 |
| 2 |
Ghost Story (2) Jamal and Lenni learn that the mysterious being is a spirit that wants to be friends. With no memory of where it came from, they nick name it Ghostwriter. Jamal goes to see Alex Fernandez, a friend of Lenni's, to help decipher a coded message he found in his locker and in the park. Now, Ghostwriter decides to write to Alex, too. |
October 11, 1992 |
| 3 |
Ghost Story (3) Alex learns about Ghostwriter. Jamal and Alex figure out that the THABTOS, are who have been stealing backpacks (including Gaby's) and learn that these are the same kids Jamal saw at the park. Gaby, Alex's sister encounters the mysterious being. |
October 18, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Am I Blue? (1) Gaby is excited when she learns that her heroine, Galaxy Girl, is making a special show at Hurston. She wants to buy a Galaxy Girl costume to wear at the assembly but she doesn't have enough money, so she borrows some money from her parents cashier planing to return the costume and get a refund. At the show something goes wrong and the model spaceship is stolen. She can't return the costume because it was on sale. Gaby is heart broken when she doesn't get to meet Galaxy Girl. She becomes more worried when the team leaves to confront Calvin but is even more scared when she finds the space ship model in her toy chest. |
September 12, 1993 |
| 2 |
Am I Blue? (2) Alex and Rob confront Calvin and Jeffery but they say nothing about Gaby's purchasing the costume there. Gaby hides the model in her room making it look normal so no one will find it but someone breaks into the room and messes it up. |
September 12, 1993 |
| 3 |
Am I Blue? (3) The police connect the cup in Gaby's room to the missing spaceship. The costume is found in the toy chest. Gaby confesses that she got the money from the cashier, but has no idea how the spaceship got in her toy chest. However, no one believes her except Alex. Just as Alex confesses to the police that Gaby didn't steal the spaceship, The producer of Galaxy Girl rushes over to tell the police that he got a note from Galaxy Girl's #1 fans, and the police suspect Gaby again because she is Galaxy Girl's #1 fan. |
September 19, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Crime of Two Cities (1) Jamal and his family visit London. England. Jamal and his friends discover a plot to kidnap the son of a famous author. Jamal uses Ghostwriter to warn the team about the plot since the author is in New York. |
October 2, 1994 |
| 2 |
A Crime of Two Cities (2) Jamal finds out that the code was written by someone named Wise Rita. He tells his friends in New York about the mystery, and they get involved as well. |
October 9, 1994 |
| 3 |
A Crime of Two Cities (3) Jamal, Becky and Sam find out that the bicyclist's real name is Danny Winkler, and Wise Rita is his aunt. Then Becky and Sam discover something...They can see Ghostwriter! Jamal gets captured by Danny Winkler, and they read the Sophie Madison books for clues to solve the mystery. |
October 16, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loosing Bet | |
| 2 | For Art's Sake | |
| 3 | Flagrant Foul |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC Two |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 3, 1992 |
| Last aired | February 12, 1995 |
| Runtime | 26 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday |