Most Haunted: The official behind-the-scenes guide

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In series 8, the team introduced a camera crane, or ' jib' system, for elaborate aerial shots of both Yvette and the locations. Yvette Fielding and the team investigate ghostly phenomena at London's famous Theatre Royal,Drury Lane, which is said to be the home of several ghosts, including that of actor Charles Macklin.

Presented by Yvette Fielding, the first lady of the paranormal, together with Karl Beattie and the Most Haunted team, you will be taken on the darkest, most terrifying journey of your life. The team investigate the truth behind the story that, in the 14th century, the landlord and his wife were thought to have murdered 60 guests by hurling them into a cauldron of liquid. For Series two and three, Phil Whyman joined the show as a paranormal investigator, replacing the original investigator Jason Karl, as well as guest investigators David Scanlan and Vicki Purewal, who left at the end of the first series. Two of the final three episodes (at Bamburgh Castle and Chambercombe Manor) were broadcast at the end of Series 8 and the last, at Spitbank Fort, was broadcast as special on Boxing Day 2006.Presented by Yvette Fielding, the programme investigates purported paranormal activity in a range of locations, mainly within the United Kingdom. Originally O'Keeffe viewed the footage recorded during the investigations and analysed it, putting forward his own views and opinions, which usually included suggestions as to other possible causes for the phenomena encountered. From series 1–3, there was extensive use of the Steadicam, which provided gliding shots during Yvette's ghostly tales or for general views. O'Keeffe later revealed in the Daily Mirror that Kreed Kafer and Rik Eedles were anagrams of 'Derek Faker' and 'Derek Lies'.

During its broadcast on LivingTV, Most Haunted: Midsummer Murders was not counted towards the then existing series count. Featuring a celebrity guest team of Scott Mills, Mark Chapman, Laura Sayers and Neil Sloan from BBC Radio 1's afternoon show.Alone and in the dark they experience their worst nightmare yet as they try to find out who (or what) is haunting the manor. A pile of dog toffee, they got rid of Derek Acora, and that ddodgy get in a fat pinstripe suit, they are the types that put me off paranormal investigations. episodes, but does include the Midsummer Murders series as Series 10 and As-Live episodes from the revival series broadcast on Really. Leap Castle in Ireland is regarded as the most haunted castle in Europe and allegedly home to many ghosts. The team visit Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, which is known as Britain's most haunted castle.

citation needed] Series 14 aired in 2010 featuring 10 episodes with the opening episode at Speke Hall. Contrary to opening captions on broadcast versions of the programme, current episodes now display opening wording stressing the Most Haunted team stand by the findings of their investigations (as YouTube have no rules or regulations on the legitimacy of paranormal content on the platform) which has arguably led to more forgery and staging as the production crew are not beholden to the same standards and practices as they were on digital television channels. The number of episodes for Series 6 was originally intended to be 18, with the last 11 being part of Series 7.The series was broadcast every Saturday night and ran for 8 weeks, with each episode lasting two hours. The Most Haunted team has travelled not only in the United Kingdom but also Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania, the United States, Italy, and the Czech Republic, investigating paranormal activity for 24 hours at a time. For Halloween 2018, Really TV presented 13 nights of paranormal programming, which included Series 23 of Most Haunted. This took some of the pressure off Derek Acorah who had been the only medium in the first three series. Following the initial axing by LivingTV, Karl Beattie began a fan campaign to get the show back on the air.

The series concluded with an investigation of Michelham Priory on 17 September 2002, which was coincidentally the first episode to be produced. On several occasions the former spiritualist medium Derek Acorah was supposedly possessed by an entity, sometimes evil or sometimes "lost and confused". In July 2019, Beattie announced that Really TV would no longer be broadcasting any new episodes of Most Haunted. Alternating between series 12 and 13, Living broadcast on an episode from series 12 followed the following week with an episode from Season 13 also known as Most Haunted USA. However, reruns of these episodes have been re-edited to the full hour and titled Most Haunted Unseen.During the break in series, the team aired three live investigations, the third of which led into the second series on 8 April 2003. Four episodes into the series, new episodes became known as New Most Haunted in television listings and on-screen.