Mathew Baynton is one of the creators, writers and executive producers of Ghosts. He co-wrote the Series 1 episodes "Who Do You Think You Are?," "Free Pass" and "Getting Out." He also plays the role of Thomas Thorne in the series. He is well known for his role in Horrible Histories on CBBC. In the American adaptation of Ghosts, he guest starred in the episode "Dumb Deaths."
Baynton is from Southend and studied at Southend High School for boys. He supports the football team Tottenham Hotspur, as he mentions in the Inside Ghosts podcast, season 5 episodes 2 and 3.
Roles[]
Baynton co-stars in almost every episode of British Ghosts in the role of Thomas Thorne, an over the top, exaggerated character who is the ghost of a lovesick poet. Baynton also acts one of the Plague ghosts, Mick. This is a character who is quite odd, like the other plague ghosts, but also has a touch of someone who tries to be nice but failed, as Mick did when he tried to be nice by giving everyone furs from London, but realised they were infected with plague.
Other work[]
In December 2023, Baynton starred in Wonka, the Tinothee Chalamet led prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, followed by roles in BBC's Christmas adaptation of Murder is Easy, and a TV version of Holly Jackson's Young Adult novel A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. From January 2024, he appear as Bottom in a Royal Shakespere Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[1]
Sources[]
- ↑ Interview in i Newspaper (9 November 2023). Page 39