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Ghostwriter

  • 1992 – 1995
  • Canceled
  • Mystery · Kids · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • ~28m / ep
  • 4 seasons
  • 7.0/10

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.

Latest: Season 3 · 1994

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  1. E1. A Crime of Two Cities (1)

    Oct 2, 1994

    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.

  2. E2. A Crime of Two Cities (2)

    Oct 9, 1994

    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.

  3. E3. A Crime of Two Cities (3)

    Oct 16, 1994

    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.

  4. E4. A Crime of Two Cities (4)

    Oct 23, 1994

    The team tracks down where the author is reading a Sophie Madison book, and where the kidnapping is held. The kidnapper is Danny Winkler's brother.

  5. E5. Four Days of the Cockatoo (1)

    Oct 30, 1994

    Gaby finds a bird in a dumpster while looking for cans to recycle for her school. She makes a pact with her father to take care of the bird and keep it in her room.

  6. E6. Four Days of the Cockatoo (2)

    Nov 6, 1994

    Gaby finds a name tag on the bird and learns that its a palm cockatoo, and they nickname the bird Calypso. Casey still can't understand why she can't go home to her mother. Gaby decides to make some flyers for Calypso's real owner. Hawke finds one of them and makes a phony call pretending to be the bird's real owner. Just then Calvin arrives at Lenni's house and informs the team that palm cockatoos aren't permitted in the usa. The team realizes that Gaby is giving the bird to a smuggler,so they leave hoping to warn Gaby before it's too late.

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