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''Most Haunted Live!'' is a spin-off of the reality TV show Most Haunted and, likewise, is produced by Antix Productions . It features the same team investigating many proportedly haunted locations in one area and broadcasting it 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 7 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 only exception so far has been the Halloween 2005 show in London was broadcast for a record four nights. Antix Production have recently revealed that Most Haunted Live at Halloween 2007 will break all prevous records and go out live for 5 nights. Most Haunted Live, USA will return on October 19 from the Winchester mystery house THE TEAM 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 calender. 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 its 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 the 23rd 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 . 1 Most Haunted Live returned on Saturday, May 5 2007 to Monday, May 7 2007 where the team visited Bristol to investigate the legends of the ghostly pirates from the city's past. 2 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 was not broadcast in the UK and viewers in the USA were the sole target audience. 3 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 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, firmly putting Most Haunted Live and the city of Wakefield on the map. EPISODES As of May 2007 Most Haunted Live has broadcast 59 Live episodes in 23 live specials spacing over one to four nights. REFERENCES |
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