Living TV has finally released the rights to Most Haunted back to Karl Beattie and Antix Productions. This means Karl could now take the show to another TV station.
The statement from Living TV said: “We have decided not to recommission Most Haunted and will be giving Antix Productions the right to take it to another channel if they wish,” Sky Living said. “We would like to thank Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie for all of their hard work and commitment over the years.”
The statement continued: “Like every commercial TV channel, Sky Living is constantly developing new ideas. We recognise our customers’ appetite for paranormal programming and have recently aired a series about popular psychic Sally Morgan and original scripted drama Bedlam, which proved to be the channel’s most successful commissioned series in its history.
“As well as paranormal, the channel will build on other successful genres, from scripted comedy to real-life relationships, which we know our customers also enjoy.”
The news was posted on Karl Beattie’s Facebook and in the Sun Newspaper.
Karl Beattie posted on his Facebook on 12th August 2011
Hi Guys Just wanted to give you the official news. SkyLiving has decided not to re-commission MH which is sad news, however, we have been given our rights back, so we can go to other broadcasters with it. I think that a new home and better investigation techniques will move MH into the next phase making it bigger and better than ever. We are very excited about MH’s future, so onwards and upwards my paranormal friends. xx
The Sun 13th August
GHOST-busting show Most Haunted has been axed by Sky Living – a year after Yvette Fielding quit.
The channel will return the programme rights to production company Antix, run by Yvette, 42, and husband Karl Beattie.
A spokesman said Sky Living will focus on other paranormal TV, including psychic Sally Morgan’s show and drama Bedlam.
On 27th October 2011, Karl Beattie announced via his Facebook profile;
“Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to get a programme sorted for halloween, getting all the rights back took much longer than first thought. But we are back now, next year we will be looking to go bigger and better than ever before and we will take halloween back.
We are about to sign a very exciting deal with a very large company to take Most Haunted to the next level. So watch this space. And thanks for all of your support and undying loyalty, which in this industry is a very rare thing indeed, thank you all it means so much.”
Yea,I saw the Robbie Williams thing about wanting to do his own ghost show as he has openly admitted to seeing ghosts and even as a child he would see things others didn’t…apparently.
@Ryan L..I would like to think Most Haunted wouldn’t fake anything because if they do what is the point in it all.Plus if they were to fake anything wouldn’t it have come out by now.So many old crew have gone and so many still come and go,So surely someone would have come out by now and said parts of it are fake.All we have are a few disgruntled mediums….Maybe because they were being pushed to hard sometimes.
I would love to see David Wells make a return,Simply Because he appeared to be the most genuine medium on there.I liked the way he stood his ground with the crew when they became demanding for a name and his reply would be “I can give you a name like Joe Blogs if you like ,But its not what im getting atm” ,He was the best ,Plus I always got the impression that Ciaran really liked David too.
And now all we need is for MH to make a return.This kills me to say it ,But I think I can go this year without them,Just as long as they post soon that at some point next year they will be back bigger and better than before.I mean..on the live event things were really beginning to hot up…was loving them weird sounds they were getting.
@caroline
hmm your saying to me MH have never faked a thing?
Hi peeps hope we get good news with most haunted! hopefully 8 of us are going to berry pomeroy castle in Torbay on halloween can’t wait.
I went there just once before and my k2 e.m.f meter was almost constantly lit could’nt believe how active it was, also the people i went with before were scared sh*tless lol i was’nt but was very sad we could’nt stay longer but now more of us are going they won’t be scared this time.
The more i investigate the paranormal the more i like it.
@Jason, yes there must be places with wheelchair access where you can go ghost hunting.
@RyanL – god I hope you’re joking about Robbie Williams wanting to do a paranormal show. I cannot bear him.
@Claire – Yes I noticed Cath was quite the sex kitten on here for some people, lol. I’m sure she’s lovely but for god’s sake put a sock in it Kath.
I’ve long been irritated by the camera work on MH, and I think Chris Burton is the worst yet. I know the camera men are following the director’s instructions but ffs (as Claire says), less shots of Yvette’s face and more of the table, glass, or the rooms themselves where stuff is ACTUALLY happening?
Just watched the first live episode of MH Live 9 that I got in the post the other day and am LOVING it. Bodwellyn Castle (sorry for spelling) is the first one I’ve watched and it was great. Lots happening, Chris Conway seemed a lot less shy and there wasn’t so much rude interupting when he was speaking. Not sure which order these were filmed in, but in Series 14 he was interupted constantly and seemed extremely ill at ease, whereas in this first live episode he was more confident. What a fantastic location this was.
We had the table move again in the cellar, but it wasn’t as dramatic OR as frightening as when they first went to the Castle a few years ago. Richard, Stuart and Karl were terrified when that table moved and it far leapt across the room.
Have looked at the tv listings for 31st October online, and there’s not much scheduled is there 🙁 (bear in mind I can’t get Living tv, so if there are any repeats of MH on halloween, I won’t see them , boo).
Hope everyone is well.
@ Rayn why would they fake it ?? I dont think so do you ?
@Jason tbh it dosnt matter that you are disabled. for example if you choose a pub as an investigation most of the pub / hauntings would be down stairs. Or pick a hotel ( i know a few) they have lifts.
i just read a couple of years ago the Robbie Wiliams wanted to make his own Ghost show for ITV… wow lol
@ryan im in a wheelchair cant get up and down stairs my knees legs are knackerd thats why i love watching most haunted gives me somthing to look forward to hope you understand now cant wait till most haunted his back gone
@Caroline the prob is if they do go back people will expect things to happen. And then it be like if nothing does happen they would have to fake it then they would get caught :/
So its like Should they…
Personaly i would like to see Wooky hole Live..
amazing place
@Jason go ghost hunting yourself! :D…
gawd halloween looks like were getting nothing again not even pil lol that was better than nothing (sighs)
@Ryan L I agree with you Pendle Hill would be a good one to go back to.
Hi All hope your all ok
“Both very nice ladies, I’m sure, but god their screeching and Lesley’s prancing around like a skittish petrified pony does my head in.
Little wonder Yvette’s finding it more and more difficult to rein in her true feelings and is openly telling them to shut it. LOL.”
Lmao but yes things will have to change screeching is too much we cant hear anything and the camera in there own face while saying “do you see that down the end of the hall”
Gee point the freaking camera to it and let us see we all know yor pretty lol
Hey Trace Caths a sex kitten for the boys on here! dont yah know hehe
@Tracey cringe is dead right re Chris it was hard to watch must have been hard for him joining the family being that he was just too shy.
I have a guilty secret loved old Dek especially on a slow night lmao at his antics. Still think he was spot on at times too.
But David was the creme dela creme wish the MH crew would bend on there knees and ask him back.
Hope we get a good medium like David but….
Like your channel ideas even the wums e4 lol
Have a good weekend guys c u xx
Please please do NOT go to channel 5 or itv2 as we do not get these channels on proper tv here in Ireland and as a loyal fan and am sure there are alot of other loyal fans here in Ireland that would be dissapointed if you did not care for your fans elsewhere in the world.
lets put it this way .
If MHL is on this halloween on E4 there would be trailers by now plus
been on sites what tells you when everything starts
no MH or MHL.
Though one thing i do think
PENDLE HILL IS A MUST LIVE!
At the moment I think there is lots of rumours going around and the problem we don’t know which is false and which is right!
He’s taking the piss guys.
@Alan Please tell us were you got this information from ??. MH have not got a channel yet ( well we dont think they have) so there is no MH Halloween.
@Alan: We haven’t been told anything about a Live this Halloween.
May I ask where you heard/read this?
I’ve been told that their is a halloween Most haunted live and it’s on E4. They also said that the team are going back to Pendle. Is this Info right ???
btw … the Live9 is NOT Prague its the Live Series
You may be right Jason 🙁
Hello all, hope everyone is well. My copy of Most Haunted Live 9 appeared this morning so I shall be watching some tonight. I can’t get Living TV so have to wait for the dvd’s to come out.
It makes me laugh that some time ago Cath was telling the then newbie, Geoff, who was saying he was terrified, “oh yer get used to it after about fahhhhve series….” Please note Geoff (wherever you are), that Cath is now about 14 series in, and is louder, more jumpy, more arsey and screams longer and louder than anyone I’ve ever heard, which then sets Lesley off.
Both very nice ladies, I’m sure, but god their screeching and Lesley’s prancing around like a skittish petrified pony does my head in.
Little wonder Yvette’s finding it more and more difficult to rein in her true feelings and is openly telling them to shut it. LOL.
Have watched all of series 14 now. Cringing at the way Chris Conway wasn’t allowed to say much at all. Locations were brilliant though.
Can’t wait to start watching the Live that I’ve just bought.
As for everyone wanting David Wells back…. no chance (in my opinion). From the looks of the last series he was in, there was a great deal of disrespect shown toward him and his beliefs and he was starting to really lose it with Stuart and Karl in particular. David seemed like such a gentle person, wouldn’t stand for any nonsense but seemed hard to rile, so the fact he got quite angry with some members of the team, to me, showed how far he was being pushed.
He was a huge loss, and his shoes have never been filled since.
looks like theres no paranormal live on at all not even on sky living they normaly advertise by now what a load *************** lol
I also think that MH should come back on a channel that every body has got like channel 4 or 5 or itv 2. @ Nikki I agree David Wells is the best and would look good on MH again.I liked Derek, but i could not do with all that possession stuff.
hi everyone r u all ok? i personally would like to see them on channel 4 the viewing figures are gonna go like crazy when they come back on our screens!
@claire that would make mine and everybody else’s new year PLEASE PLEASE.
lesley is a card but i’m not sure about hair extensions oooh baad.Glad too ciaran is involved wouldnt be the same without him,please please bring back David Wells MH you never had it so good… we all miss him there’s a huge fan base out there that would agree whole heartedly he was the best,just neededthe respect he so deserved.
right that’s my rant over and done with im going to lie down in a cool dark room.xxxxx
Has anyone seen most haunted live 9 (just out) Yvette made me laugh she told cath and leslie to shut up calm down as cath went on her usual frantic screaming session and she starts leslie off.
I miss derek acorah i use to love it when derek allowed himself to get taken over possessed by the spirit, I wish some of the new mediums would allow it.
@tracey yes i hope its itv 2 thats where she does ghost haunting or ch4 to go head to head with bb most haunted will smash bb in the tv ratings
I’m going for ITV2, if a channel does pick up MH.
Just been looking at Tutbury Castle website as I fancy a visit there. Lesley Smith is curator there and looks to have had some inadvisable long hair extensions 🙁
Apart from that, tutbury looks like a fantastic day/night out.
i hope ch5 dont get it or5* no lol thats where tv programmes die like bb home and away negiboours lol
noooooo 5* lol
iit has to be an main channel :/
ie C4,C% ITV1 or 2
But personaly i think Syfi coz they do all the american ones so why not here ? :/
Forgot to say re MH new channel i have a really strong feeling it will be 5 or 5*.
Just a feeling but ch5 were very keen and they are making a big deal out of Halloween on BBrother. May be leading up to something but then again maybe thats me wishful thinking again c u after b well x
OH J sorry for leading you a merry dance on Facebook re E\Haunting. The Moore Show said that they had a f\book page.x
Hi All
Righto Ryan L thanks i just thought you could click on syfy usa pretty pointless anyway without sound.
@ Nikki ooo yes USA in the fall, New England, Salem, dream holiday x
@ Jason wow! news thought they would have to spill some if she was going to mention it when being interviewed.
But still no news on medium maybe thats what they mean by new generation.
Hope not imo having a medium sets them apart.
Good to hear Ciaran is in the mix had me doubts must admit given that he has been consorting with the enemysssss. But he probably got VERY good terms anyway as they need him.
Lets hope they kick it all off with a New Year 2012 Live.
Now that would be a different way to see in the new. Ok Ryan L i hear you but one can but dream eh.
@ Boo Its James sounds like a plan, ok for some lol sound like a fun time will be had bound to be lots of spirits at the haunted pub hehe. Film looks a good un too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Vicky have a great day and hope all your Birthday wishes come true x
ive had my gripes about MH in the past but i have to say ive really missed you guys over the last year. Halloween just hasnt been the same without you. Heres hoping for a new beginning
unless yvette might not say anything till the new year keep us gussing lol but why would they say most huanted the new generation 2012
Oooh Jason, thanks so much for the information re Most Haunted 2012. Sounds like Yvette may have some breaking news to tell us on the 31st after all?
Hope everyone is well today 🙂
Yvette may tell us what channel when she is on the Alan Titchmarsh show on Halloween. Here’s hoping ?.
ps forgot about lesley sorry lol but didnt say what channel as yet
new picture on facebook today 2012 most haunted the new generation with karl stu yvette catk ciarran sorry for spelling
@Claire
Its in America.
i used to watch Bedlam aswell i think that’s coming back on the one with will young.I urge anyone who likes a bit of teenage american witchcraft to wash over them to purchase the secret circle books 1 and part 2 you get hooked!
hi peeps yes claire i recall its on halloween 2 or 3 love that song i wish i was in the usa at this time of year they just love halloween over there BIG buisness.maybe visit salem or maine to see autumn colours aswell fabo.Has anyone starting watching THE SECRET CIRCLE its on sky living wednesday nights @ 8.00pm? it’s quite good but not as good asthe books which add more depth as most books do
looks like paranormal activity 3 for me and the wife this halloween got a haunted pub near us might go there after film heard thay are having a ghost hunt should be good. still disapointed in most haunted mangement not telling us enything thay must read owe messages
I am so happy the the right are back in the Fielding Hand sod Livingtv, we find a new channel to air it good luck Karl and Yvette xx
@claire just had a look cant see anything about eh on there sighs hope your ok xxx
Might be jumping the gun here but i think we may have a live event this Halloween after all?
So far i have discovered that GH Live Halloween event will be broadcast online but without sound.
Whether we get it here or not i dont know but here is a link anyway. Just in case you wanna slum it with TAPS lol this Halloween.
http://www.syfy.com/ghosthunterslive
Hi All
Was that silver shamrock song not in 1 of the Halloween movies i am sure i have heard it somewhere??
Re E\Hauntings i think they have there own facebook page might be news there.
I am not on facebook so dont know if this will work but think this guy is involved with EH
http://www.facebook.com/malcolm.robinson2
If that is wrong sorry, but i do know for sure that they have there own FB page.
Jason your on FB have a looksee x
c u xx
Thank you, Nikki and Claire. (^_^)
Has anyone heard any news about Extreme Hauntings?
LOL 2 weeks and 3 days to halloween silver shamrock la la xxxxxxxxxx hehe i couldnt help it is it some sort of good luck saying. good to have a little fun.
lol maybe i should by my own ouija board and stir the spirts up aprt from the one im drinking lol
Nothing advertised yet…. (we live in hope Jason, lol).
looks like its going to be another exciting halloween again lol looke like there ne no live paranormal shows on at all nothing advertise sighs