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Julian Fawcett
Title(s)	MP (Member of Parliament) The Right Honourable
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Family	Margot Fawcett (wife) Rachel Fawcett (daughter) Other illegitimate children
Biographical information
Era	Windsor (1990s)
Born	9 May 1945
Died	Thursday 18th March 1993 (aged 47)
Cause of death	Heart attack; caught in flagrante (i.e. illicit affair) having drunk sex
Status	Deceased
Abilities	Can interact with physical objects (if he concentrates hard enough)
Physical description
Species	Ghost
Gender	Male
Distinguishing features	No trousers
Portrayal information
Portrayed by	Simon Farnaby
Series	Ghosts
Season(s)	Series 1 • Series 2 • Series 3 • Series 4 • Series 5

Julian Fawcett is the trouser-less ghost of a Conservative MP who died at Button House in 1993. He has the ability to move objects slightly, which he used to try and scare Alison by pushing her out of the window which granted her the ability to see and communicate with the ghosts.

Biography

History

Julian was born on May 9, 1945, at his family's holiday home in Tillington, West Sussex. His mother was a "humble greengrocer's daughter" who had a "national chain of stores that went on to become Britain's biggest supermarket brand" and his father was a "humble ear and nose surgeon at London's largest private hospital". His family had 4 other homes besides the one they lived their daily lives in.

Julian attended Harrow School where he claims he was confident and not nervous at all on his first day. He was studying at the University of Cambridge in July 1969, during the first Apollo Moon Landing. At the time, he was experiencing "his own Moon Landing", meaning his first threesome, and missed the real one.

He was elected MP for the Conservative Party, which didn't make him nervous at all as many other MPs studied at the same schools he went to. As MP he was confident, sleazy, egocentric, and hypocritical, touting his defense of traditional values with his slogan "Family, Family, Family" while abandoning his own family in favor of constant sex escapades and partying, which he would come to regret in the afterlife. His only recognized daughter, Rachel Fawcett, was born in 1988, and Julian missed all Christmas Days with her before his death. He had other illegitimate children.

On April 15, 1989, Yassin Bint Abu Talin, the deputy aide to Muammar Gaddafi. He talks about how they enjoyed themselves in London, and how England will provide certain "pipe equipment" and "computer systems" to work the "pipe equipment". Yassin writes how Julian will talk to the right people to provide the technology for the Libyans. They also mention how they have a great interest in "tanks for storage".

On February 20, 1990, after Julian was suspended from the Commons he would review 4 cars that ended up in a article in The Daily Despatch. He reviewed the Mazda MX-5 which he liked very well. The Kewet 1 electric citicar that he didn't like as he found it too small. The BMW 5 series touring which he thought was good. Finally the Red Lotus Espirt Turbo SE which he thought was okay because of the uncomfortable seats.

At some point in 1991, Julian would send out election campaign leaflets talking about if he is elected MP and representative, everyone will get money more easier. He also planned to make health care universal, ban private schools, and keep the railways nationalised. Other promises includes, lower taxes, introducing a two car pledge, bringing oil tanks back for homes, banning unions, and raising the national speed limit. With such slogans like "Like being poor? Though not." and "Keep it Fawcett. Keep it conservative.". Or "Everything is fine trust me. I've got this" and "Money, it does, will, and can trickle down.". The leaflets asking readers to vote for Julian on the 9th of April 1991. He would make 2 election speeches. One for when he wins and the other when he loses. The speech where he wins praises the voters while the one where he loses chastises the votes.

On June 19, 1992, Julian would be interviewed by members of the Allowances Select Committee Inquiry for fraudulent expense claims relating to the execution of ministerial business. The reason why he was being interviewed because he built a pool in his garden with it being filed as a business expense through Julian's constituency office, claiming it was a community pool.

On August 12, 1992, Julian would has an article about his vacation to the Aeolian Islands of Sicily with his family written in Weekend Travel newspaper called Not So Plain Sailing. Sponsored by the Jolly Sailor Yachting Company. His vacation consisted of rich people food like oysters all washed down with alcohol and visited volcanoes. It is applied that his wife Margot didn't want to go and that her and Julian's 3 year old daughter Rachel stays with Margot's mother for a few days rather often.

He acquired a luxurious house using parliamentary expenses. He also lobbied against an animal welfare bill despite owning a beagle and walking it himself.

On 18 March 1993 Julian attended a fundraiser at Button House, hosted by the owner Heather Button, where he drank champagne and phoned his wife to make up an excuse for his absence so he could sleep with another politician named Lindsay. He died mid-intercourse; though an ambulance was called, he could only be pronounced dead and his body was taken to the hospital. According to his autopsy on 21 March, he had a "yellow, pallid, enlarged, hardened, fatty" liver and an "enlarged, dilated" heart with "evidence of local necrosis". He died from "myocardial infarction" caused by "a combination of substance abuse and sudden exertion". As a result of his death during sex, Julian was left without pants or underpants, potentially for eternity.

The autopsy report says that Julian died wearing a pale pinstripe shirt, red and blue tie, navy suit jacket, black socks, black formal shoes, and Union flag sock suspenders. It mentions that he is 6'2 and has a swelling of the right rotator cuff. Possibly from golf. He tried to remove his wedding ring with his teeth and that his knees had minor abrasions and slight redness from 2–3 minutes of "light friction". It also reveals that Lindsay was wearing Chanel Cherry Passion lipstick. The report has found that Julian had caviar, champagne, marijuana, ecstasy, and cocaine in his system.

An obituary made for him reveals that he had many bench roles. Front, back-bench, and off bench. Many of them concurrent. He represented many constituencies such as journalism, finance, media, armaments, and pharmaceuticals. Correspondences to him would cover his desk unread and that he didn't show up to work often. He had campaigns such as "Are You REALLY Homeless?" and "Shop a Scrounger, Win a Lounger." and "A Dog is Just For Christmas" that addressed overcrowding in animal shelters but condemned by animal welfare charities as "short-sighted".

Death

Julian's first day as a ghost was very stressful for him. He was confused when he saw his own body being taken away, and by the fact that he could walk through walls, and sit on chairs but not touch or push them with his hands. His first reaction to meeting the other ghosts was fainting. He also tried unsuccessfully to talk to Heather Button and to leave the House one hundred times before admitting that he couldn't. Eventually Julian made his peace with being a ghost and was welcomed into the group after admitting his nature to them, to which they all clapped and congratulated him.

In 2019, he was present when Heather died in her bed at the age of 99, but unlike Julian she moved on and didn't stay behind as a ghost.

Sometime after his death, Julian gained the ability to push objects but only with his right index finger and by making a great effort with his whole body for a small distance. When Alison and Mike Cooper moved into Button House, Julian tried to scare them away by pushing a vase, but he was unable to do it in time for Alison or Mike to watch it. He then followed Alison and pushed her out of a window. The fall left Alison in a coma for three days, and after waking up she was able to see and hear ghosts.

Julian was the first ghost that Alison noticed after her return from hospital. She initially mistook him for the renovation's architect and asked him to put on a hard hat.

After Alison and Mike settled in the House, Julian searched his name on Google and was dismayed to find only references to his death in a sex scandal and none to his legacy or career as a MP. Mistaking Google for a digital encyclopedia similar to Encarta, Julian asked Alison to contact the "authors" and tell them to change the "entry" so it would reflect his political career instead, but Alison informed him that it was in the internet and therefore everywhere. As it dawned on him that the whole planet, including Alison, thought nothing of him except as "the weirdo MP who died in some sex scandal", he became embarrassed and tried to deny that it was indeed him.

When ghost hunters came to investigate Button House, he refused Alison's request to manifest his powers in order to attract visitors and become a money source. However, he intervened when Mike attempted to fake the movement of a cup, inadvertently making the incident more colorful as it caused the cup to fly away and break.

In life, Julian knew the neighbor of the late Lady Button, Barclay Beg-Chetwynde, and still can't stand him decades after his death. He helped Alison pressure Barclay to drop his pretension of extracting a fee for access rights through his land by revealing that he had an illegal offshore account in Fiji. Later on, he adviced Alison that Barclay appeared to be in poor health and should be kept out of Button House, lest he die in the property and they get stuck with his ghost.

Ghost Power

Julian has the ability to touch and move things in the real world. However, it is very difficult for him to move stuff so he only does it sparingly. The other ghosts don't seem to realize how much of an effort this is for him as they consistently ask him to use his power.

By the third season, Julian seems to have practiced his power enough to apply it consistently in small ways without it being too much of a difficulty. For example, he presses buttons such as those on the TV remote control and Mike's laptop computer.

Appearance

Julian is a tall, clean-shaven middle aged ghost with gray hair parted on the middle and gray eyes. He wears the top half of a blue business suitbut only garters, socks, and shoes under.

Personality

Julian is proud of his political career and election as a member of parliament, and is dismayed at not being remembered by anything other than his shameful death, as a result. He is egotistical, self-centered, and hypocritical, making "family values" the core of his political agenda while being unfaithful and neglecting his own family in life, or referring to all building contractors as "thieves" right after casually mentioning that he took public funds to fund the construction of his house. However, he's not entirely without care for others, nor remorse for his own faults. In The Ghost of Christmas, he was initially angered by having to share his room with Mike's sister and baby niece, but he took a liking to the baby and entertained her because she reminded her of his own daughter, Rachel. After this, he was happy to learn that Rachel had followed on his steps and become a MP, not being much annoyed by the fact that she was elected for the Green Party, on the opposite end of the political spectrum to himself.

Julian likes to prank the living, partly because his special power lends itself to it, and because he gets bored easily. He had been drinking champagne at the time of his death and as Thomas points out, he is always mildly "tipsy". Of all the other ghosts, he appears to be closest friends with Robin, playing chess with him on most occasions. When Julian died, Robin was the one who helped him most feel at home.

In life, Julian was skeptical about life after death and paranormal phenomena. This made it very difficult for him to accept that he was a ghost, as he had to be convinced first that ghosts existed. His skepticism still occasionally flairs up well after his death. For example, he laughed about the ghosts hunters's beliefs in The Grey Lady before he was reminded that he was a ghost himself.

Quotes

• "Actually known as a Moroccan tea party" (Who Do You Think You Are)
• "Just a couple of chaps in the library." (Happy Death Day)
• "Never did like cornflakes." (Free Pass)
• "It's not about the cheese! It's about the fun!" (Getting Out)
• "Order, Ordaaaahhhh!" (About Last Night)
• "Are you on drugs?" (Redding Weddy)
• "Well close the door then. I've had a hell of a day" (Bump In The Night)
• "Pinch on the bum, no harm done!" (Perfect Day)
• “Peepeepoopoo” (Redding Weddy)

Trivia

• His favorite food was a seafood platter.
• His favorite drinks was a assortment of alcohol.
• His favorite song is Glory of Love by Peter Cetera.
• His favorite sport is golf.
• His biggest regret was campaigning to join the EEC.
• His fondest memory was picking six winning numbers in the placepot at Ascot. He won enough to give himself and everyone in his corporate box a week long vacation to Morocco causing him to almost miss his wedding.
• His worst trait in his own words is his honesty.
• Words of wisdom includes "Never get caught with your trousers down."
• According to the website IMDb, Julian is based around the politician Stephen Milligan, his demise and the scandal that followed
• According to the book Ghosts: Brought to Life, Julian was first planned to wear leather trousers and have a gag in his mouth.
• His foreign counterparts are Trevor Lefkowitz (US), Roland Givorant (FR), Joachim (DE), and Joon (AU).
• On the day that he died Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets. Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig", starring Madeline Khan, opens at the Ethel Barrymore theatre, NYC for 556 performances. The Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Y12.2 billion.

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Promos

Series 1

Series 4

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The newspaper of his death