Adam Painting

Adam Painting is one of the ghostly staff at the Rentaghost agency, a flamboyant spirit from a more elegant age who fancies himself an artist and a wit. He minces through hauntings with theatrical flourish, more interested in admiration and drama than in doing the job quietly.

Christopher Biggins plays him with such unashamed relish that every entrance becomes an event, all fluttering hands and wounded dignity. The writing gives him vanity as comedy rather than flaw, and Biggins turns a minor ghost into someone whose fussing and preening you look forward to.