I love US ghosts, and I've heard good things about the Original UK ghosts, so I just watched a couple of episodes, and I'm happy to say, I'm now a fan! I did struggle with pop-culture context since I'm American, though, but I guess I should've expected that. When I talked about it with my mom, I recounted that the BBC possibly having a higher budget and more gritty(?) cinematography could be a factor in why I like it so much.
Sidenote, I looked at the wiki for S1, ep 3 of Ghosts UK, and realized that some information is missing, or the plot is shorter than I think. However, if anyone is considering editing it, perhaps draw parallels to Pete's death episode (Pat's ghosts US equivalent). I'm not sure if they line up well enough, but I think Pat deserves it. And spoiler! Pat Junior!