A New Future For Most Haunted ?

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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.”

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  • i bet when yvette is on the alan titmarsh show his tv ratings will get an extra 3 million watching i hope she breaks the news on what channel most haunted his on

  • Oooh thanks Jason, I’m going to pre order mine now.

    Don’t forget Yvette is on the Alan Titchmarsh Show today.

    Happy Halloween everyone ! 😀

  • just had a look on face book the most haunted dvd release date is 12 /12 /2011 but you can pre order it amazon play.com hmv places like that £10.99

  • @ Jason: I’m sure there will be a good few, don’t worry. 😉

    I’m sure some very kind soul will share it on YouTube so that we can all enjoy the festive spirits in the season of goodwill… 😉

    Happy Halloween to you too! 😀

  • Sorry Derek, I was cooking too !

    For the smiley faces you need to use the
    ; and then the ) or : ) but put them together with no space in between. I think that is right.
    More later xx

  • hello is there anybody there pardon the pun ha ha aha teas on know
    im lonely???hello i think i will go and scrape my pumpkin out

  • jason tut tut tut
    i will send you some dvds as a early christmas present SCROOGE????^^^^i have just read your last comment ha ha ha

  • hi derek me up to nothing prbley watch some horror flims and count the witches on there broomsticks lol have a good halloween derek

  • hello everybody whats everybody doing halloween yes i think i will charge for advertising. return to thunderbird yes that is a great episode
    jason hello what are you upto this halloween
    clair what made you get the joiners in day before halloween??
    the question about death in venice what a cool program that was with ogrady
    did anybody ever see ghost hunting with when paul ogrady was on when they went to the open grave and carini castle were a 2 year old child entomed in a catacobos in 1920very sad all of ghost hunting with is cool bar 1 the katy price one i have still not watched not a fan of hers
    anyway going to make tea son just come in from work 23 and wants feeding owow guess what i forgot to doi forgot to put my clock back last last night can some one explain how to put those smiley faces on the end of conversations we have

  • @vicki i hope theres a couple lives before the halloween next year i will buy the dvd im tight as well lol have good halloweenxx

  • @Jason: I don’t think anyone knows just yet, they might seal the deal with a Live show early next year, but they might broadcast the Christmas special on that channel first (not tremendously likely, but I hope they do because I’m too tight to buy the DVD 😉 ) Either way, according to Karl, we’ll get a Halloween Live next year.

    @ Nikki: Well you’re in a good mood! 😀
    Who knows… [Shakes head]
    Oh well, Have a wonderful Halloween! 😀

    @ Tracey: You and me both, should be very interesting… 😉

  • @derek – you should start charging for doing all that advertising for MH ! 😉 Good on yer.
    I’m a big fan of Dead Famous too. I’ve watched most of the series on YouTube. I mentioned up there ^^^ somewhere a few weeks back about some of the best EVP’s I have heard on Dead Famous and put a link up. It was on their Return to thunderbird lodge episode. Really scary.
    Cannot WAIT for tomorrow and the Yvette interview/confirmation of the MH news.

    Have a great rest of the weekend, lovelies 🙂

  • HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII one more day people yessss!!
    cant wait
    @jason good luck with the joiners get them to clear up after themselves
    @derek keep up the good work of advertising well done!!spred the word
    @vicki it just makes you wonder what the hell is going on sometimes re MH n crew
    @claire no more silver shamrocks!!
    everyone i’ve missed have a super Halloween big up the MH fan site posse!!!! xxx

  • i wonder if paul ross we still host it or will it be out with old and in with new i guess just have to wait see have good halloween every one take care xxx

  • @ Jason: So someone *did* hear my angry shout of “WHAT!?! NO CIARAN!?! DX” 😉

    @ Claire: [Bows]
    On Facebook, Fred apparently said it was filmed last week, and this is backed up by MH Info saying last week (on 22nd October) that the team were filming something in a top secret location. I don’t know what Ciaran’s engagements were for then, but it knocks the show for six, I think, as he’s very popular with the mob and it does not reflect well on them if it appears that they dis-count what the fans want and press ahead regardless.

    One of my favourite films is Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the film has the right mix of horror, romance, dark fantasy, great actors, and Canoe Reeves (Awh, only joking! ;-p ), and proper *Gothic* Vampires, not the twinkly-twinkly-in-the-sunlight Vampires (I’m not normally such a purist, but I’m surprisingly strict about Vampire, Werewolf and other supernatural mythology. It has an established canon, why twist it?)
    I don’t care that the whole sub-plot with Vlad/Mina wasn’t in the book, it is a beautiful thing and I liked it a lot. (^_^)

    You too! Have a spooky one! :-F

  • Hi All

    @ Nicky quite right re love\ hate think fond off would really sum up my true feelings lol dont wanna come across all i’m your no 1 fan eke eke eke (btw that was meant to be knife stabbing sound effects) woeful i know.

    @Tracey hehe she was a cracker.
    Watched Michaela last night it is like a paranormal holiday programme Sussex looks beautiful will watch again. Get the feeling if it was an investigation Michaela would age even quicker hehe. I vaguely remember her having had some sort of illness in her life might be wrong but imo she is TOO thin know she was always slight but looks a little gaunt or tired dont mean to be cruel but.
    Yes absolutely agree about the big difference re old shows and new like a loss of innocence.

    @ Vikki
    “Sort of like being on a pogo stick in the middle of a minefield, eh?”
    lol yup!
    “Having said that, when I heard that their Christmas DVD would only have Yvette, Karl, Fred, Stu, Cath and Phil, my scream of “WHAT!?! No Ciaran!? DX” Could probably be heard three counties away. Seriously, what were they playing at? ”
    Absolutely makes me think this may have been made some time ago remember Ryan L said a while back that the crew had just flown to Italy was it??
    I do not know where the new Christmas dvd was filmed but it may explain Ciarans absence due to his prior engagements with Chris? Better than nowt suppose but….

    @Derek yes we were just talking about D\Famous great show there is one on S\Living every wed night with the same format. Think you can catch the repeats, Conversations with a Serial Killer.

    @ Jason i hope so Yvette will maybe let on 2morrow on Alan T about the next Live.

    Well guys i have drawn up me short list of dvds got me treats all i have to do is dust of my membership card and visit Blockbusters.
    G\Encounters
    The Rite
    Insidious
    Devil
    Let me in
    Not decided yet but popcorn is a definite.

    C U all later take care may not get online 2morrow joiners coming so have a spooky time xxx

  • i hope the dvd is out soon i see theres no cirran in the dvd perhaps hes been fired lol halloween tommrow roll on next year lol wonder if most haunted will do a live before next year hope so

  • I just found this page when looking for info on Most Haunted. Gutted another year has gone by and no MHL. I’m over the moon it’s likely to return to tv. I love spending all night watching it.

    I read some fairly unfair comments about the whole Derek Acorah stink. But I would love to see David Wells and Ciaran O’Keefe make a return with Yvette and Karl and Stewart were the best.

    I have experienced some weird phenomena when I was a teenager and other strange occurrences I would like to share.

    I used to feel presences in the house as a young teenager my bedroom door would move with no draft or windows open. I said come in and closed the door. I used to say it often when I felt it and sure enough the door would close, freaked my sister right out.

    My grandad on my dads side died on the day of princess Diana’s funeral and I had had an awful urge to visit him that day because the whole thing felt weird then the phone rang and I knew he had gone before my dad could even say a word. When I moved back for a short time the bedroom where he slept before going into the home was freezing and no amount of heating could warm it up. Then when my parents were moving out his death certificate fell out from behind their bed. Which is strange because my parents keep important documents locked away. It was like he was reminding them.

    My nana on my mams side of the family died in her bed. Since then my granda has had to move to another bedroom because of weird goings on like alarm clock going off with no alarm set in the middle of the night and lights switching on and off. He says he can feel her in there. I pointed out to my cousin when visiting the other week how cold it was in there compared to the rest of the house and she fully agreed she had felt the change in temperature.

    I have read comments that people claim the cast did things to enhance the show but sky+ means you can rewind and turn the volume up to the max on ya telly and to be honest some of those things noises etc cannot be explained. Hope it returns real soon.

  • Hi everyone, I have just read news about MH. I sincerely look foreward to the show returning to T.V. Like most people I have missed the team, the programme and the team have helped me some awful and horrendous times in my life. I would like to thank them for that. Also I have had acrap day and this news has really cheered me up.

  • hello vicki and everybody else just got back from manchester had my stickers advertising most haunted on my car windows
    had my jacket on t shirt on it felt great it was for reel again a few people asked me was it back said yes some people beeped there horns it really has got me advertising it in style .
    did any body watch dead famous when it used to be on thats what i am watching write know
    and tonight i am going to watch MH LIVE IN MANCHESTER ON DVD LIVE
    any body got any news take care xxx

  • @ Nikki: Bravo! [Standing applause]

    I agree with you on all fronts there, especially about bringing back David Wells, he’s such a sweetie! (^_^)

    @ Tracey: All very true.

  • @ Tracey: Thank you! (^_^)
    Yes, I have to admit, I’m not a fan of his.

    I hadn’t seen that, I will be interested to watch it, though (I’m a Sussex dweller, so I’m fascinated by the county and its hauntings) perhaps I’ll YouTube it.
    Thank you for that! (^_^)

  • @ Claire: I’m glad you think so. 😉

    It was very difficult for him to put up with all that for so long, and as such it was difficult for the fans to see it happening. 🙁
    Yes, David told them to take protection, Karl and Stu don’t, next thing we hear, they’ve both collapsed. [Rolls eyes] I don’t blame Yvette for smacking Karl.
    Who knows what goes on with those people?
    It certainly raised my eyebrows.
    Yes, it doesn’t make any sense to me, but it obviously makes some sense to him soooo… [Shrugs]

    I was talking about Karl, but I suppose what I said applies to Fred to a degree too.
    This isn’t a personal attack on him, but I also found it strange that he had a go at Chris Conway about “integrity issues” (integrity encompasses the moral and ethical principles adhered to be a person) while Fred was the owner of a strip club, which, one could argue is not the most moral of professions.
    I was amused by trying to imagine what Germaine Greer would say to him. XD

    Couldn’t agree more re Karl, Claire. It reminds me of someone I know who is a lovely lady, but her husband doesn’t know when to stop making jokes about her, mind you, he’s no prize either. It’s not very nice to watch, and everyone shifts and looks at the floor uncomfortably.
    That show on Kerrang they did with Yvette, Karl, Fred and Stu where Karl was mouthing off about her Mum and Fred was on about snogging her, leading to a conversation about what their relationship would be like, Karl made some obscene comment and Fred told them that if he were to date her mum it would be a long term thing. I suddenly thought if he were to date Yvette’s Mum, then he’d technically be like a father figure to Yvette and, by virtue of that, a grandfather figure to Mary. Not to mention that if he were anything other than a gentleman to his friend and, on occasion, boss’ mother, it wouldn’t do that situation much good either. Sort of like being on a pogo stick in the middle of a minefield, eh?

    I’m exactly the same, I don’t know why, but I miss them and I can’t help but want them back!
    Having said that, when I heard that their Christmas DVD would only have Yvette, Karl, Fred, Stu, Cath and Phil, my scream of “WHAT!?! No Ciaran!? DX” Could probably be heard three counties away. Seriously, what were they playing at?

    ROFLOL! You’re Gran had some great quotes, by the sounds of things! XD
    I’m as guilty as you are on that front though! ;-D

  • @nikki – agree totally at the ganging up aspect. Check out early DVD’s of MH and later ones and there is a real difference in attitude.
    In earlier series both Karl and Stuart have a fair amount of humility, and Stuart borders on the shy !
    Now there is a real element of arrogance and cockiness about, though Stuart manages to inadvertently cancel a lot of this out within himself by falling over a lot. Snort 😀

  • Hello my fellow spooksters
    @tracey good lord hasn’t she aged i agree watched Autumn watch got bit fascinated with the tawny owls!
    @ claire fantastic gran comment (classic) sorry didn’t mean to haunt you with that song but it does get into your head dosn’t it ?
    @vicki yep good points made wether you like or dislike him (Karl) and i choose them words coz love or hate are strong words there’s an element of what your’e saying i agree with,just dont like the bad banter if you can call it that and the disrespect to mediums why have them on if that’s the way you feel about them ? we are all loyal fans that watch the show but i think quite a few of us can see or read between the lines with relations and formats etc i also agree that Yvette’s quest for the supernatural truth is genuine by her antics in transsylvania re karl n stu but there’s that bitchy feeling of ganging up or ridiculing someone that i cant shake off.I just love the old ones when this was their baby and everyone bonded and had a laugh as well as taking it seriously,there had been nothing like this show on tv before and people were glued but when credibility comes into it people switch off i believe they still have a huge fanbase and they need to keep it that way so come on guys less swearing more respect and i know it wont happen but bring back the darling that is all DAVID WELLS!!!!

  • @Claire, your Gran’s quote had me in stitches !! 😀
    Good to see you all on here. Special hello to Derek.
    Vicki, your last post was brilliant. Said everything I have always thought about Fred and the way he contradicts himself re Mediums, depending on the circumstances.
    Although we are all fans of the show, we DO have our criticisms, which I think is pretty healthy.
    Anyone see the Ghost programme on Channel 12? I’ve recorded it and will watch it later. I saw a tiny bit of it and there was a guide(?) at Michelham Priory that claims he’s seen the ghosts of a child and a cook and had conversations with them, as if they were living people. Hmm I shall wait until I see the whole thing before giving my verdict. It looked a pretty good programme but I was startled to see how badly Michaela Strachan had aged… Lordy.

  • Hi Gang

    @ Vicki
    “another way of putting this is that if you go to a priest, it’s your fault, but if you go to a psychiatrist, it’s your parent’s fault, etc…”
    Genius hehe
    You really know the ins and outs of it all which is great for us.

    I think that the last few Lives that David took part in were very hard for him. As the blatant disregard of his advice was just awful.
    Remember one of his last outings was Transalvania??? And it ended very stangely they were in a vault of some kind just below the alter of a church and Yvette was so sick and tired of Karls behaviour ie ignoring Davids advice and going without protection etc that she slapped him hard right in the chops.
    Now if Fred is the one influencing Karl and Stuart i am relived as they could change.
    You are so right about the contradicion re Karl and Stuart getting affected by spirits and us having to BUY that. And yet if a Medium is overcome by a spirit then it is fabricated. Reeks of double standards.
    With Fred, expecting us to believe the Knights Templar connection, but nothing else Derek says is just straight up bananas.

    Completely disgusted to hear about Fred bragging about his wealth, cars as he comes across on the Lives like butter wouldnt melt.

    I do trust Yvette i feel she is really driven to find the truth but i’m a bit hot and cold with Karl and Stuart because of the reasons i mentioned. Also with Karl the guy confuses me i love the way he loves Yvette its priceless really, well thats how he comes across. But hate the way he treats her Mum? He needs to stop trying to be one of the boys (macho man) and concentrate on his sensitive side more and lose the bully boy tactics imo.

    In saying all that i love and miss them all could make NO sense but well what can i tell you i’m a bit complicated lol
    (although i wouldnt miss Fred sorry but he sounds like a bad influence to me)

    ‘ Derek thanks i will try and find a clip on utube for you all x
    @ Nikki sounds like great fun 2 more sleeps til the silver shamrock you know since you mentioned that song its been haunting me lol x
    @ Tracey thanks for using the grey matter i’m beginning to think i imagined it lol No really it did happen. The woman that taped for me is saddly no longer with us so cant ask her x

    Well that was a rant and a half eh yikes! as me old Gran would say “i’ve got too much of what the cat licked its a*** with”

    c u all after b well xxx

  • Re last entry I was NOT taking the …. I don’t do that kind of language . I was merely asking if you knew if MH was on this Halloween as my friend thought it was ??calm down , have a cup of tea . Im a big MH fan and only asked ! ! Currently watching show on Yesterday channel , I think that what was meant . Is this show the replacement for MH ?

  • “Halloween Magic” You know thats music to my ears..So pleased the MH team will be back and may we say that its about time too…They’ve been AWOL for waaaay too long.
    Happy Halloween to you all..Stay safe and have fun 🙂

  • @ Vicky: Ok i hear you. @ Derek: nice to hear from you, Every body enjoy your Halloween weekend, Just think next Halloween what a party we are going to have with Most Haunted, Magic. Take care xx

  • hi jason and everybody dont forget
    GREAT BRITISH GHOST channel yesterday sky 537 virgin 203 and freeview 12 sounds creepy and cool cant give it 100pc only most haunted gets 1OO pc jason how are you are doing fine i am so excited about most haunted comming back hope i can forget the pain for a few hours when it is back on
    you and everybody else take it easy
    love is in the air for all MH fans out there
    tommorow i am in manchester i will be in my most haunted jacket t shirt and my car blue fiesta has new most haunted live stickers in the window i always park back of main post office in disabled bay in manchester hope one day to see all of you we will all have to get together for chinwag and sandwiches and ofcourse a little drinky
    all stay cool and safe best wishes derekxxx

  • @ Claire: Why thank you. (^_^)

    You’re right about David, he seems like a man who genuinely believes in who he is and what he’s doing. He stepped out of the TV spotlight to teach others and all I’ll say on the effects of fame is that I’ve never seen David take part in fly-on-the-wall documentaries about his home-life.

    He might have something to do with it.
    The way I see his role in MHL is that, like House said, “you pick your ‘expert’ you pick your problem” (another way of putting this is that if you go to a priest, it’s your fault, but if you go to a psychiatrist, it’s your parent’s fault, etc…) it’s the same on MH. While David was there, the theme of reincarnation came up a lot, when he left them, it was all suddenly “hogwash” and the word of a “comedium” and Karl and Yvette laid into him in the most blatant RetCon I’d ever seen. When Fred turned up, there was suddenly this ‘Jake’ character that was tailing them that had never been mentioned before, but was there now they had a ‘demonologist’ in tow.
    Again, you pick your expert, you pick your problem.

    @ Claire and Tracey: And why poo-poo mediumship and claim that he can summon and banish demons pretty much at will? I won’t go into the Knights Templar thing in too much depth, but I did find it amusing that Derek comes out with it and he nods and claims that it backs his research up, hugs Derek and still claims it to be true now, even after ‘Kreed Kafer’-gate. I was a bit confused about why he’d do that, especially given the “99.9% of psychics are fake” motto. Very strange… :-/
    Another thing: If I turned up at Antix’s office with a ‘spirit photo’ I’d taken in my home and I said that I’d taken the picture myself in my own home which no-one can confirm because I live in it on my onesome, and I did smoke (I don’t but it’s an example) and burn joss-sticks, etc… and I think it’s a ghost, they’d say ‘stop wasting our time you stupid bint’ and send me on my merry way, so why was he different? :-/

    Sorry, I must sound like I have it in for him, but I’m just pointing out that that’s probably what would have happened had it been me.

    @ Caroline: Everything, really. His language, his showing off, his disrespectful treatment of psychics/mediums, the way he lays on the criticism once he’s got his mates/colleagues/legal team and the protection of a computer/TV screen between him and his target, his Retrospective Continuity (RetCons) about the series, all the cars he’s laughing about owning, while a lot can barely afford to put petrol in their one car, and a few other things. 🙁
    Oh, yes, and I also took exception to him running in front of TV cameras with his full moon out. I had to look away, not what you want to see with your midnight snack of Rice Krispies… :-/

  • hi everyone
    @vicki totally agree with you abt Karl n stew it’s too much swearing going on
    @claire yes got me outfit ready and house dressed spooky!!lol 3 more days to halloween silver bloody hurry up shamrock!!
    @derek is it an american film where it’s supposed to look like ghost H and MH and that and they get locked up in a asylumn if it is then i’m sorry i still thought it was naff but each to their own liking if it isn’t then i wonder
    i actually dont like horror movies with blood and gore i’m a bit of a wuss to say the least but supernatural then i’m your gal
    @jason are you ok?
    xxxxxxxxxx bye for now golden crew!!

  • TO NIKKI
    HELLO THE DVD I AM ON ABOUT IS NOT
    GRAVE HUNTERS IT IS CALLED GRAVE ENCOUNTERS CHECK ON IMDB TO READ UP ABOUT THIS MOVIE HOW ARE YOU GREAT NEWS ABOUT MOST HAUNTED COMMING BACK
    STAY SAFE BEST WISHES DEREKXXX

  • hi tracey and every body else a dvd to watch this halloween is grave encounters very spooky but it is a total rip of of most haunted ??stay safe once again we have done it back were it belongs i am going to have drink and butties tonight and going to watch devon MH LIVE BEST WISHES XXX

  • hi clair sorry not been in touch i cant believe this brilliant news talk about bees buzzing you asked about a MH live the only one i can think of is 2005 live in west yorkcshire wakefield
    how are you this is fantastic news and getting christmas present has well from MH

  • am so so excited that Most Haunted may be finally back, have missed it . Have watched some repeats on Livingit but to have the team back with some new and exciting stuff would be just GREAT !!!!!! :-). It doesn’t matter that it’ll be on a different channel either. love it !

  • Yvonne : Thanks for that fantastic news, I hope its a channel that every body has. @ Vicky : Whats got your goat with Karl ?

  • P.P.S. Am absolutely convinced that ITV have bought the rights to Most Haunted. Yvette appearing on the Alan Titmarsh show on the 31st – which is an ITV show and woul therefore like to advertise this fact – makes me think this.
    Ooooh excitin ! 😉

  • Hello all 🙂 Fantastic news from Karl Beattie (and ryan L) re the Christmas DVD, the deal with the “big tv company”, more MH next year and a Halloween special. Am really pleased.
    @Vicky – I’m no prude re swearing at all, but the constant swearing from Karl and Stuart on MH really needs to be addressed doesn’t it? The constant cussing on the DVD’s spoils the atmosphere completely because they bleep it out, and because of this, you miss up to five seconds of audibles, which kind of defeats the object. As you say, yes it’s a stressful situation they’re in, but comparing earlier versions of MH series to later ones, there isn’t half as much swearing.
    @Claire – to help out, I’ve been wracking my brains re the live where Derek ran through a table laden restaurant without bumping into anything and I cannot bring it to mind at all.
    Hopefully Derek can shed some light on it.
    Have a great weekend all, hope the sun shines on you !

    PS. Strange how Fred Batt poo-poohs people who claim they can speak to spirits, yet believes completely in the fact that demons exist. Meh.

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