Most Haunted is a British paranormal television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity. It is shown on the satellite and cable channels Living, Living2 and Virgin 1 (Formerly Ftn), primarily for the UK market. It is also shown in the United States on the Travel Channel and on the W Channel in Australia. It is produced by Antix Productions, led by Yvette Fielding and her husband Karl Beattie. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Reality (disambiguation). ... Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ... Ciarán OKeeffe is a UK parapsychologist who was employed at Liverpool Hope University lecturing in Psychology with a parapsychology component. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Paul John Ross (born John Ross on December 31, 1956 in Leytonstone, London) is an English journalist, television editor, and media personality. ... Official Most Haunted logo Most Haunted is a British television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity produced by Antix Productions for satellite and cable channels Living. ... Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ... Living is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Paranormal television is a genre of popular television broadcasting. ... Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Cable TV redirects here. ... Living is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... Living2 (formally LIVINGtv2) is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... This article is about the television channel. ... For other uses, see FTN. Ftn (Flextech Television Network) was a television channel from Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. ... The Travel Channel is a cable television network that features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. ... Antix Productions is a television production company founded by Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie in 2001. ... Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

The show started its tenth series on 19th February 2008. ^[2]

Production

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Photography

The photographic style of the series has changed considerably since series 1. In the first series many elaborate shots were set up with an almost 'theatrical' style, with illuminated windows and dry ice. Locations were often illuminated outside at night time, with blue and green colours. From series 1 - 3 there was extensive use of the steadicam, which provided gliding shots during Yvette's ghostly tales or for general views. In series 8 the team introduced a camera crane or 'jib' system for elaborate aerial shots of both Yvette and the locations. Most of the photography in Most Haunted focuses on 'general views' of a location and its surroundings. Most Haunted is filmed with both broadcast Sony DVcams and Sony PC120 miniDV cameras with night vision facility.

Editing

The original editor, Neil Haggerty, is said by many fans^{[citation needed]} to be responsible for the creation of the original Most Haunted look. Neil created intricate edits, using a wide range of visual effects such as dust and scratchings and luminescent transitions. He also used many other devices such as slow or sped-up images from the steadicam to create gliding shots, imposing and superimposing and many other effects resulting in the show looking sophisticated edit wise. The show was edited at 422 in Manchester from series 1 - 5 and from series 6 has been edited on Antix' own edit suites. Neil left after series 4 and was replaced by an 'edit team'. This resulted in a different editor for almost every episode. The style of editing has changed considerably with less visual effects used now and more 'edit' effects, such as lens darkening and light play used.

Music

Most Haunted's music score has been composed by Alan Clark; however much of the score is composed of straight copies of loops and samples from the Spectrasonics sample libraries Distorted Reality, Metamorphosis and Biazzare Guitar, which are mixed together to form the overall flowing soundtrack.

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Sister shows

• Most Haunted Extra: runs directly after premiere episodes, documenting behind-the-scenes antics of the cast and crew on that night's location.
• Most Haunted Unseen: re-release of complete series one but with added footage bringing the duration of the programme from half an hour to an hour.
• Most Haunted Live!

Main article: Most Haunted Live!

• Most Haunted Live: Access All Areas: similar to Most Haunted Extra. Features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the team.
• Most Haunted Midsummer Murders: Eight part series where Most Haunted investigators try to solve murder mysteries in normal English villages. Hosted by Most Haunted Live historian Lesley Smith. The series commenced on a weekly broadcast from 2007-06-19 to 2007-07-31 and the team visited (in order of broadcast) Stoney Middleton, Nantwich, Castleton, Pluckley, Ruthin, Tutbury Tarvin and Bakewell.
• Most Haunted: Recurring Nightmares: Series which the presenters tell and recall their most feared visits.

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The team

Most Haunted features a main presenter, a historian, a psychic medium and a parapsychologist. Essentially the latter two create an even balance between paranormal and scientific explanations for the various phenomena that occur with any information from the medium being either verfiried or otherwise by the historian. They are then supported by some of the production crew, who appear in the show and generally have some interactivity with various parts of the investigation whilst performing their normal crew role. Most of these on-screen crew members also take part in séances. A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see Historian (disambiguation). ... Mediumship is a form of relationship to spirits practiced in many religions, including Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo, Kardecism, and Umbanda. ... Early parapsychological research employed the use of Zener cards in experiments designed to test for possible telepathic communication. ... Look up séance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The show has also featured guest mediums. So far these have been Ian Lawman, Ian Shillito, Gordon Smith, Uri Geller, Kevin Wade and Bryan Shepherd. Some episodes have also included at least one celebrity. So far celebrities have included Vic Reeves, Nancy Sorrell, Gaby Roslin, Scott Mills, Mark Chapman, Simon Gregson, Sue Cleaver, Carol Thatcher, Paul O'Grady and Lee Ryan. For the series 10 episode of Coalhouse Fort the team were joined by Ryan O'Niel. Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ciarán OKeeffe is a UK parapsychologist who was employed at Liverpool Hope University lecturing in Psychology with a parapsychology component. ... Early parapsychological research employed the use of Zener cards in experiments designed to test for possible telepathic communication. ... Lesley Smith (born 1 November 1980) is a British journalist specialising in console gaming, anime, manga, Wicca and Japanese culture. ... For other uses, see Historian (disambiguation). ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Stuart Torevell (born 1 April 1974 in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is a camera operator and rigger working for television production company Antix Productions on shows such as Most Haunted. ... Rigger may mean: Rigger (modern usage), a person or company which specializes in the lifting and moving of extremely large and heavy objects A person in the film industry who rigs scaffolding for film sets and camera rigs. ... A Camera Operator uses a camera to capture moving images in events and scenes. ... A make-up artist is an artist who creates makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film and other similar productions including the modeling world. ... Cameraman redirects here. ... Uri Geller (‎, born Gellér György[1] December 20, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-British performer and celebrity famous for claiming to have psychic powers. ... James Jim Roderick Moir, more commonly known by the pseudonym Vic Reeves, (born January 24, 1959) is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer (see Vic and Bob). ... Nancy Sorrell is a model, best known for being the wife of comedian Vic Reeves. ... Gaby Roslin (born July 12, 1964) is a British television presenter. ... Scott Robert Mills, born in Southampton, Hampshire in 1974, is an English radio DJ. Mills currently presents the drive time show on BBC Radio 1, a national United Kingdom station with over 10 million listeners,[2] between 4pm and 7pm every weekday, which is called The Scott Mills Show. ... Has a little orange friend. ... Simon Gregory (television identity Simon Gregson) is a cast member of the British mega-soap, Coronation Street. ... Sue Cleaver is a British actress. ... Carol Thatcher (born 15 August 1953), styled The Hon. ... For the Australian soccer player, see Paul OGrady (footballer). ... Lee Ryan (born June 17, 1983 in Chatham, Kent) is a singer, songwriter, actor, and former member of the British boy band Blue and is now pursuing a solo career. ...

Former team members

The following is a list of former team and crew members who have had some significant input to the show so far.

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Episode locations

Main article: List of Most Haunted episodes

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Controversy

On several occasions the former "psychic medium" Derek Acorah was purportedly possessed by an entity, sometimes evil or sometimes "lost and confused". One such case which exposed Acorah was at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. Before the filming, Acorah had been fed misinformation about a non-existent ghost of Kreed Kafer by the show parapsychologist Dr. Ciaran O' Keeffe. During the investigation, which was later broadcast, he presented the information as fact and even behaved as though being possessed by the fictional ghost. O'Keeffe later revealed Kreed Kafer is an anagram of 'Derek Faker'^[3] in a national newspaper. Even though O' Keeffe exposed Acorah, the paper also claimed that O' Keeffe had exposed the rest of the Most Haunted team. O'Keeffe later reported that he had been grossly misquoted and misrepresented in the article, and produced a response outlining his version of the show based on his observations and findings, saying he had exposed Derek Acorah and not the entirety of Most Haunted. The show's presenter and executive producer, Yvette Fielding said in an interview that she believes it was a fake possession^[4]. Derek Acorah (also known as The Big Daddy) is the stage name of Derek Johnson (born January 27, 1950). ... Bodmin Gaol (alternatively Bodmin Jail) is a tourist attraction and former prison situated in Bodmin, on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Yvette Fielding (born 23 September 1968, Stockport, England) is a popular British television presenter. ...

Although not mentioned by O'Keeffe, the Mirror article also brought into question unedited footage which appeared to show Fielding and Karl Beattie faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks. Fielding denied the claims. ^[3] Thus far none of this footage has come to light. This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Further controversy centred on Derek Acorah again in the West Country, this time in Devon. On the first night filming "Terror in Torbay", Acorah mentioned a woman incarcerated by her jealous sister in the cellar of Lupton House, even coming up with the names Margaret and Eleanor. In this case, the facts were right, but the location was wrong. This is the well-known legend of Berry Pomeroy Castle which was to be the last night's location. On the final night, at Berry Pomeroy, Fielding reminded Acorah that he had mentioned the incarcerated sister two nights prior. Acorah glossed over his mistake and changed the subject. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south-western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... Berry Pomeroy Castle is a very late castle — or alternatively a country house — located halfway up a wooded hillside, looking over deep ravine and stream and situated in Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes, Devon, England. ...

An investigation was ordered by the Television Regulator in the UK, Ofcom, in which Most Haunted was cleared of any deception of its viewers, in which it stated that "Most Haunted is an entertainment show, not a legitimate investigation into the paranormal, and should not be taken seriously."^[5] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

References and notes

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External links

• The Official Most Haunted Homepage
• The Most Haunted Homepage - The Travel Channel (U.S.)
• Antix Productions - Production company for Most Haunted