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Most Haunted Live! is a spin-off of the reality TV show Most Haunted and is also produced by Antix Productions. It features the same team investigating many purportedly haunted locations in one area, broadcasting live as the investigation happens.

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.

The team

Name	Function
Yvette Fielding	Presenter & Investigator
Paul Ross	Presenter
Brian Shepherd	Medium & Psychic Artist
Patrick Matthews	Guest American Medium
Dr Ciarán O'Keeffe	Parapsychologist
Karl Beattie	Director/Producer & Investigator
Stuart Torevell	Lighting Rigger & Investigator
Cath Howe	Hair and Makeup & Investigator
Iain Cash A.K.A. Wigan	Assistant Cameraman
Geoff Adams	Director of Photography
Lesley Smith	Historian
Julian Clegg	Interactive Host

Themes

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 Dick Turpin, William Shakespeare, Jack the Ripper and Dracula. In these shows the team attempts to find the reputed ghosts of these people. The shows make use of an audience and feature psychic experiments, psychic art and remote psychometry.

The hub

"The Hub", as it's known, is the centre of communications, where the audience and main studio is set up. The live presenter, Paul Ross, works from here, as does the interactive team and their leader, Julian Clegg, along with the historian Lesley Smith who is on hand to verify and support the crew's findings. The hub is also the location of the gallery and production offices.

Notable events

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 residual energy. 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.
   Most Haunted Live returned on Saturday 5 May 2007 to Monday 7 May 2007 where the team visited Bristol to investigate the legends of the ghostly pirates from the city's past.
   In June 2005, the Most Haunted team visited the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Here, Yvette 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 as the crowd seemed stunned and shocked.
   Also in Wakefield at the National Coal Mining Museum, Derek Acorah was supposedly pulled down the mine shaft by a spirit, much to the amazement of the cast and viewers. Most Haunted Live in Wakefield was the most watched programme on television that night .
   On Friday June 1, 2007 Most Haunted Live joined forces with 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 Saturday morning. Because of the time differences the show wasn't broadcast in the UK and viewers in the USA were the sole target audience. Most Haunted Live - USA, returned on 19 October 2007, from the Winchester Mystery House, however wasn't aired on UK television until 12 February 2008. Antix Productions then broke all previous records by going out live for 5 nights for their Most Haunted Live at 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.
   Antix Productions have confirmed they've set the 29th-31st August 2008, as the dates for the next Most Haunted Live.

Episodes

As of January 2008 Most Haunted Live has broadcast 71 live episodes in 27 live events. 25 have been broadcast for a UK audience and 2 to a USA audience.

2002

31 October, 200222 December, 2002

#	Airdate	Location			Theme
Dudley Castle.	Dudley, West Midlands		Halloween
Dover Castle.	Dover, Kent		Christmas

2003

21 June,200331 October, 2003 6 30 December, 200331 December, 2003

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

2004

7 29 February,2004 810 April,200411 April, 2004 920 June, 200421 June, 2004 1012 September, 200413 September, 2004 1131 October, 20041 November, 2004 1213 December, 200414 December, 2004

#	Airdate	Location
28 February,2004	Avon Riverbank, Falstaff Experience Museum, New Place.	Stratford-Upon-Avon	William Shakespeare
Hall’s Croft, Clopton Well.		Stratford-Upon-Avon	William Shakespeare
9 April,2004	Graveyard of St. Nicholas Church, Crossroads.	Canewdon, Essex	Matthew Hopkins
Seafield Bay, The White Hart, Manningtree Green.	Manningtree, Essex
Mistley Towers, The Thorn Hotel, Mistley Pond and Hopping Bridge, Church Ruins.	Mistley, Essex
19 June, 2004	House of John Flamsteed, The Silk Mill, The Old Dophin Inn.	Derby	Summer Solstice
McClusky's Nightclub, Derby Gaol, The Friary.
Elvaston Castle.
11 September, 2004	Maes Artro Heritage / RAF Llanbedr.	Llanbedr, Gwynedd	Series 5 Countdown


30 October, 2004	Clitheroe Castle, Church Brow, Trinity Youth Centre.	Pendle Hill, Lancashire	Halloween
Lower Well Head Farm, Bull Hole Farm, Tynedale Farm.
Waddow Hall.
12 December, 2004	Blackpool Pleasure Beach.	Blackpool	Christmas
Blackpool Tower.
Winter Gardens Theatre.

2005

1313 March, 200514 March, 2005 147 May,20058 May,2005 15 20 June, 200521 June, 2005 163 September, 20054 September, 2005 1729 October, 200530 October, 200531 October, 2005 1810 December, 200511 December, 2005

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

2006

196 May, 20067 May, 2006 2025 June, 200626 June, 2006 2130 October, 200631 October, 2006

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

2007

2224 February, 200725 February, 2007 236 May, 20077 May, 2007 24 28 October, 200729 October, 200730 October, 200731 October, 2007

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

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. 1 June, 200719 October, 2007

#	USA Airdate	UK Airdate	Location			Theme
25 December, 2007	Eastern State Penitentiary.	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Death Row
12 February, 2008	Winchester Mystery House.	San Jose, California		Mystery House

2008

25 27 March, 200828 March, 200829 March, 200830 March, 2008

#	Airdate	Location
26 March, 2008	San Pietro in Vincoli	Turin	Satan's City
Lucedio Abbey Church & Priest's House
Lucedio Abbey Monastery
Pietro Micca Tunnels
Moncalieri Castle

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