Most Haunted Live!

Most Haunted Live!
File:Most Haunted Live.JPG The Most Haunted Live! logo which is sometimes altered to reflect the theme of the event.
Created by	Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie
Starring	Yvette Fielding Lesley Smith Ciarán O'Keeffe Karl Beattie Paul Ross Julian Clegg Brian Shepherd
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	26 Events 3 Events (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie,
Producer	Mike Morrissey
Running time	Varies
Original release
Network	Living
Release	31 October, 2002 – present

Most Haunted Live! is a spin-off of the reality TV show Most Haunted and is also produced by Antix Productions. The show consists of paranormal investigations broadcast live over a period of one or more nights, usually with interactive sections that involve the viewer.

Origins

The first episode of Most Haunted Live was broadcast on October 31, 2002 from Dudley Castle and was produced jointly by Antix and Hanrahan Media. The next seven live events were produced by Hanrahan; however the eighth was produced by Antix, as Hanrahan had changed large amounts of the format, replacing the original Most Haunted music cues with their own versions and changing the styles of cameras and editing, making them inconsistent with the Most Haunted episodes. Antix's first solo production of Most Haunted Live was a grand affair with a large set, the original Most Haunted music and all the crew involved (Hanrahan only involved Yvette, Derek and Phil from the episode team).

The first Most Haunted Live show aired for only one night but now are usually broadcast over a period of three nights. The first exception was the Halloween 2005 show in London, which was broadcast for four nights. Since then there have been live shows which have lasted 5 Nights (Halloween 2007 & Turin) and 7 Nights (Halloween 2008).

The team

Name	Function
Yvette Whistler Fielding	Location Presenter/Lego hair Investigator
Paul Dross	Studio Host
Lesley Wiggy Smith	Historian/Investigator
Brian Fester Shepherd	Medium/Psychic Artist
Dr Ciarán O'Keeffe	Parapsychologist/Skeptic
Karl Olivier Beattie	Director/Producer/Investigator
Stuart Brando Torevell	Rigger/Investigator/Snoozer
Cath Windy Howe	Hair/Makeup
Iain Cash	Ex - Assistant Cameraman
Geoff Adams	Director of Photography
Julian Ears Clegg	Interactive Host
SAM	Resident Spirit

Format

The live events are based on specific paranormal themes, the two most common themes being Halloween and the summer solstice which are reputedly the two most paranormally active periods of the calendar. Some themes are based on well known historical figures such as The Muppets, The Smurfs, Magic Roundabout and Postman Pat. Other themes include The Munsters a live event which took place over a weekend in May 2007. For Halloween 2007, the team embarked on what was then the largest live event to date. They spent 5 nights instead of the usual 3 travelling to different parts of Northern England and Wales following the route of a crappentagram.

"The Hub", as it is known, is the centre of communications, where the audience and main studio is set up. The presenter, Paul Ross, and historian, Lesley Smith, work from as do the interactive team and its leader, Julian Clegg. The hub is also the location of the gallery and production offices.

The show is also interactive. There are 4 webcams that run live during the event which viewers can access online. Viewers can send in text messages or report happenings observed online which are read out by the host.

Notable events

In June 2005, the Most Haunted team visited the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Here, Fielding chose to do a lone vigil on the stage at Wakefield theatre, and whilst exiting the stage a series of large moans and groans were heard and Yvette suddenly broke down into tears on the stage.

Also in Wakefield at the National Coal Mining Museum, Derek Acorah was supposedly pulled down the mine shaft by a spirit. Most Haunted Live in Wakefield was the most watched programme on television that night.

On 23 February 2007, for the first time in a live programme, the team visited an overseas location. This investigation was held in Corvin's Castle in Transylvania, Romania. The team attempted to make contact with the spirit of Vlad III the Impaler thought to be the inspiration behind the legend of Dracula. David Wells did pick up on the entity of Vlad but however he said he only haunts the castle as a transvestite. Yvette Fielding also slapped her husband, Karl, live on air as she thought he was possessed and he was getting out of control. Over the three nights a small amount of activity was caught, even an apparent manifestation.

On June 1, 2007, Most Haunted Live joined forces with the Travel Channel in the USA to broadcast a live show from Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. The format was also changed from the usual three night, three hour format to be a one night special lasting seven hours through to the early hours of June 2. Because of the time differences the show was not broadcast in the UK and viewers in the USA were the sole target audience.

Antix Productions then broadcast live for 5 nights for their Most Haunted Live on Halloween 2007. The studio was set up in Tatton Park, Cheshire. The team visited multiple sites across the country beginning in Northern England and ending on Halloween in Wales with the locations plotted out to the 5 points of a satanic pentagram (one point down, 2 points up).

The 25th UK audience event also lasted 5 nights and was broadcast from Turin in Italy, starting on 26 March, 2008. It was the team's second event broadcast from an overseas location. The theme of the event was based on Turin's historic nickname of "Satan's City." With the departure of David Wells, Brian Sheperd a guest medium during series four/five of Most Haunted, served as medium for this show. An American medium, Patrick Matthews, also appeared in the hub to give more guidance and views.

On August 29, 2008, Yvette Fielding and the rest of the Most Haunted Live team went out to celebrate 15 years of LIVING. To do this, they went all out and conducted the first ever Continuous 3 day and 3 night paranormal, underground investigation this being the first event to ever be recorded in the history of television. The theme of the live event was Total Darkness and over the three day period, the team visited the London Tombs, Aldwych Tube Station (featured in Series 1, 2002) and finished off wrecking the Cabinet War Rooms.

The next Most Haunted Live event will be at Halloween. During a recent webchat, in reply to a question about the show going off air at midnight, Beattie stated: "We are looking at something special for Halloween as we want to do longer investigations in the UK"

This show will be their biggest show to date broadcasting from Saturday 25 October until Friday 31 October making it 7 nights long. They will be investigating the Denbigh Asylum in Wales where the Chuckle Brothers will be attempting to win a BAFTA award with their amazing acting skills.

-It has also been revealed that the team will be conducting a chilling 'Time slip' experiment on the first night where Karl and Stuart will be sat in two separate padded cells in straightjackets whilst Yvette and the rest of the team conduct a seance to entice the spirits to do to them, what they experienced in the physical body. The rest of the event will involve hunting the witches and evil entities said to roam the deserted hospital corridors, wards and attics before they move on to a separate chapel where it is said these entities were executed.

Episodes

As of October 2008 Most Haunted Live has broadcast 76 live episodes in 30 live events. 27 have been broadcast for a UK audience and 3 to a USA audience.

2002

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
1	31 October, 2002	Dudley Castle.	Dudley, West Midlands		Halloween
2	22 December, 2002	Dover Castle.	Dover, Kent		Christmas

2003

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
3	1 April, 2003	Midland Grand Hotel.	London		April Fool's Day
4	21 June,2003	Woodchester Mansion.	Gloucestershire		Summer Solstice
5	31 October, 2003	Beaulieu Abbey.	Hampshire		Halloween
6	29 December, 2003	Hampstead Heath, Spaniards Inn.	London		Dick Turpin
	30 December, 2003	Epping Forest.	Essex
	31 December, 2003	Knavesmire.	York

2004

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
7	28 February,2004	Avon Riverbank, Falstaff Experience Museum, New Place.	Stratford-Upon-Avon		William Shakespeare
	29 February,2004	Hall’s Croft, Clopton Well.
8	9 April,2004	Graveyard of St. Nicholas Church, Crossroads.	Canewdon, Essex		Matthew Hopkins
	10 April,2004	Seafield Bay, The White Hart, Manningtree Green.	Manningtree, Essex
	11 April, 2004	Mistley Towers, The Thorn Hotel, Mistley Pond and Hopping Bridge, Church Ruins.	Mistley, Essex
9	19 June, 2004	House of John Flamsteed, The Silk Mill, The Old Dophin Inn.	Derby		Summer Solstice
	20 June, 2004	McClusky's Nightclub, Derby Gaol, The Friary.
	21 June, 2004	Elvaston Castle.
10	11 September, 2004	Maes Artro Heritage / RAF Llanbedr.	Llanbedr, Gwynedd		Series 5 Countdown
	12 September, 2004
	13 September, 2004
11	30 October, 2004	Clitheroe Castle, Church Brow, Trinity Youth Centre.	Pendle Hill, Lancashire		Halloween
	31 October, 2004	Lower Well Head Farm, Bull Hole Farm, Tynedale Farm.
	1 November, 2004	Waddow Hall.
12	12 December, 2004	Blackpool Pleasure Beach.	Blackpool		Christmas
	13 December, 2004	Blackpool Tower.
	14 December, 2004	Winter Gardens Theatre.

2005

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
13	12 March, 2005	Lupton House.	Brixham, Devon		Terror at Torbay
	13 March, 2005	The Globe Hotel, Brixham Heritage Museum, The Smugglers' Haunt.
	14 March, 2005	Berry Pomeroy Castle.
14	6 May,2005	Elstree Film and T.V Studios.	Elstree, Hertfordshire		Nightmare on Elstree
	7 May,2005	Waggon and Horses, Allum Hall, Holybush Pub.
	8 May,2005	Gate Studios
15	19 June, 2005	Rutland Mill Complex.	Wakefield		Summer Solstice
	20 June, 2005	Wakefield Theatre Royal & Opera House.
	21 June, 2005	Caphouse Colliery.
16	2 September, 2005	Staircase House.	Manchester		The Asylum
	3 September, 2005	Barnes Convalescent Hospital.
	4 September, 2005	Brannigans Night Club.
17	28 October, 2005	Tower Bridge.	London		Jack The Ripper Halloween.
	29 October, 2005	Commercial Tavern.
	30 October, 2005	Clink Prison Museum.
	31 October, 2005	The Blind Beggar Pub.
18	9 December, 2005	Bluecoat Chambers.	Liverpool		Mayhem on Merseyside
	10 December, 2005	Royal Court Theatre.
	11 December, 2005	Wirral Museum	Birkenhead

2006

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
19	5 May, 2006	Wymering Manor.	Portsmouth		Panic in Portsmouth
	6 May, 2006	Southsea Castle.
	7 May, 2006	Royal Marines Museum.
20	24 June, 2006	Parc Howard Museum.	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire		Summer Solstice
	25 June, 2006	Llanelly House.
	26 June, 2006	Kidwelly Castle.
21	29 October, 2006	Blair Street Vaults.	Edinburgh		Halloween
	30 October, 2006	Niddry Street Vaults.
	31 October, 2006	Mary King's Close.

2007

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
22	23 February, 2007	Transylvanian Room, Desert Tower, The Hanging Gallery, Do not be Afraid Tower.	Corvin's Castle, Transylvania		Dracula
	24 February, 2007	Guards Passage Way, Old Gate Tower, White Tower, Bethlen Wing.
	25 February, 2007	Painted Tower, New Gate Tower, Torture Tower, Knights Hall.
23	5 May, 2007	Blackbeard's House.	Bristol		Pirates' Curse
	6 May, 2007	Redcliffe Caves.
	7 May, 2007	Llandoger Trow.
24	27 October, 2007	Wheler Priory. (Not Real Location Name)	Yorkshire		Inverted Pentagram Halloween
	28 October, 2007	The Leopard Inn.	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
	29 October, 2007	Towneley Park.	Burnley, Lancashire
	30 October, 2007	Bolsover Castle.	Derbyshire
	31 October, 2007	Plas Teg.	Flintshire

2008

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
25	26 March, 2008	San Pietro in Vincoli.	Turin		Satan's City
	27 March, 2008	Lucedio Abbey Church & Priest's House.
	28 March, 2008	Lucedio Abbey Monastery.
	29 March, 2008	Pietro Micca Tunnels.
	30 March, 2008	Moncalieri Castle.
26	29 August, 2008	London Tombs.	London		Total Darkness
	30 August, 2008	Aldwych tube station.
	31 August, 2008	Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms.
27	25 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum	Denbigh, Denbighshire		Village of the Damned Halloween
	26 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum
	27 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum
	28 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum
	29 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum
	30 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum
	31 October, 2008	Denbigh Asylum

Most Haunted Live! USA

The following were aired live in the USA only. Eastern State Penitentiary, whilst filmed in June 2007 was actually shown on UK television on 25 December 2007. Winchester Mystery House (filmed in October 2007) was shown in the UK on February 12 2008 on Living. This was a 2 hour heavily edited version of the 7 hour investigation achieved mostly through tight editing, removing parts of the show where little happened and removal of all interactive parts of the show. Most Haunted Live USA since returned in October 2008 from Gettysburg. It is so far unknown as to when the edited version will air here in the UK.

#	USA Airdate	UK Airdate	Location			Theme
USA 1	1 June, 2007	25 December, 2007	Eastern State Penitentiary.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Death Row
USA 2	19 October, 2007	12 February, 2008	Winchester Mystery House.	San Jose, California		Mystery House
USA 3	10 October, 2008	TBA	Gettysburg.	Pensylvania		Civil War

References and notes

General

• "Official Most Haunted Live Website". LIVING. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
• "LIVING: Most Haunted Live Locations". LIVING. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

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