Here’s our pick of upcoming Halloween-themed moments...

  1. Nasty Nick returns
    We’ve had a whole week of Nick Cotton being nasty again, but Friday’s Halloween EastEnders provides one hell of a shock for his poor old ma Dot as they come face-to-face at The Vic’s fancy dress party (BBC1, 8pm).
     
  2. Scary soap spin-off
    Drew Kirk (Dan Paris) is back from the dead in Neighbours: Zombies On Ramsay Street, a five-parter on the web (YouTube.com/Neighbours, from Mon).

    Ghost buster: Yvette Fielding (
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  3. Spooky scares
    Spend Halloween with the top ghost hunters like Yvette Fielding during all-dayer of Most Haunted episodes (Really, from 8am).
     
  4. Gong show
    Bradley Walsh hosts the Crime Thriller Awards as True Detective, Fargo, Sherlock and more compete for trophies (Mon, ITV3, 9pm).

    British singer Robert Smith leader of group The Cure performs in concert in the Benicasim International Festival in Benicasim,Castellon (
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    Getty)
  5. Dark arts
    The Beeb marks Halloween with an evening of bands such as The Cure and Siouxsie And The Banshees in Goth At The BBC (Fri, BBC4, 10pm).

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