A STATELY home best known for being the set of period drama Brideshead Revisited has highlighted its Halloween-themed fireworks display by using a 30ft-tall model of a character in the 1980s film Ghostbusters.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man visited Castle Howard to launch its fireworks event, to be held on Saturday, November 1.

The display will be synchronised to a themed music track and be followed by an outdoor cinema-style screening of the supernatural movie.

The event will also feature fire-glow jugglers, a spooky Sparkler Park for children, story-telling, pumpkin carving, headless horsemen, the ghost of Guy Fawkes and a Fright Night funfair.

Activities run from 5.30pm to 10pm, with the fireworks display starting at 7.30pm.

For tickets, costing £12.50 for adults and £10 for children, under 16s, students and senior citizens, visit kaboomyork.com