The Paranormal Channel is Coming... Prepare to be Scared!

The Paranormal Channel is Coming... Prepare to be Scared!

MANCHESTER, England, May 27/PRNewswire/ --

- Most Haunted's Yvette and Karl Launch New 24x7 Dedicated TV Viewing

- With Photo

Paranormal purveyors of scariness Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie will launch a new TV phenomenon on Monday 9th June 2008 - The Paranormal Channel. The Channel will first broadcast from 18:00 hours on 9th June and show a petrifying mix of original programming shot on location, exclusive re-runs of British science-fiction author, inventor and futurist Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, through to sci-fi and horror movies.

The Paranormal Channel is the brainchild of Fielding and Beattie, with a high proportion of the original programming being made by their successful Manchester-based production company, Antix.

Executive Producer and face of The Paranormal Channel Yvette Fielding says: "Karl and I have worked towards launching this channel for many years. Our Most Haunted devotees have told us in person and online, that they've always wanted a dedicated channel for all things paranormal. From ghosts, UFOs, aliens, mythical monsters to doppelgangers and poltergeists, The Paranormal Channel will cover every possible phenomenon."

Fellow Executive Producer and Presenter Karl Beattie adds, "The Paranormal Channel is a light look at the dark side: we'll use drama, documentaries and even comedy to explore anything and everything that is unexplained. But viewers shouldn't underestimate the scariness rating: The Paranormal Channel will take them to unparalleled heights of fear -they'll be scared witless."

Original and interactive programming includes "Whines and Spirits", which will take viewers on a hunt for the most haunted pub in Britain, with Beattie as chief ghost hunter, giving them the casting vote for the winner. Viewers will be invited to submit ten minute VTs of their paranormal experiences, while budding and fearless-film-makers encouraged to create and air their own scary movies on the Channel. And "Three Screaming Banshees" will follow the paranormal perils of Fielding, Cath Howe and Lesley Smith up and down the country in a less-than-luxurious camper van; as dictated by a controlling, ghoulish and ghastly voice emanating from a 1960's reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Major sponsorship deals for The Paranormal Channel are in the final stages, and further details will be published once confirmed. Although, says Beattie, additional sponsorship opportunities will always be open for discussion.

So far, celebrity presenters include Paul Ross who will be telling the scariest-ever stories before bedtime in "Big Black Book of Horror", and viewers can also expect to see many famous - and terrified - faces being taken through their paranormal paces over the coming months. Occasionally, the channel will feature guest mediums.

Beattie concludes: "We're formidably taking the paranormal into unchartered territory, but equally, in close collaboration with our industry regulator Ofcom. So is there something out there? You bet. Tune in 9th June."

How to view

The Paranormal Channel will be available through Sky TV receivers.

Additionally, The Paranormal Channel web site will be available online from 9th June at http://www.theparanormalchannel.co.uk.

          Notes for Editors      - View a trailer from The Paranormal Channel online before launch, by       emailing karen@hamedia.co.uk to claim your personal link and password        to view.      - For interviews with Yvette Fielding and Karl Beattie, and/or original       photography and further information on The Paranormal Channel, its        presenters and programming schedule, please contact:        Karen Irvani, HA Media karen@hamedia.co.uk,       +44(0)208-289-6216 (main office) / +44(0)7799-892839 (Mobile)        Elizabeth Heron, HA Media elizabeth@hamedia.co.uk, +44(0)208-289-6216  

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

Source: The Paranormal Channel

Karen Irvani, HA Media karen@hamedia.co.uk, +44(0)208-289-6216 (main office) / +44(0)7799-892839 (Mobile); Elizabeth Heron, HA Media elizabeth@hamedia.co.uk, +44(0)208-289-6216

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