Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

Greetings, Ghostwatchers! Anyone familiar with the show's Wikipedia page will surely be aware of this quote: "... Sarah Greene had advertised the programme on her Saturday morning children's show Going Live . This had included a 'visit' to the location of the 'haunting' and gave the impression that she was taking part in a 'reality show' and not a drama." Recently, we were lucky enough to check out three full editions of Going Live! to verify this longstanding claim - dated, 24.10.92 (the week before transmission), 31.10.92 (the day the show went out) and 7.11.92 (the week after), but alas, no mention of Ghostwatch could be found. Unless anyone has any additional episodes of Going Live! available for viewing (if so, by all means, drop us a line), it appears as though yet another Ghostwatch -inspired urban myth has once again, potentially bit the dust (just wait 'til you hear what we've discovered about Blair Witch ...). Ev...

NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who took part! Greetings Ghostwatchers! To say thanks for all your continued support, we're offering you the chance to feature in the upcoming retrospective documentary, Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains ! If you have access to a camera/webcam, we'd like you to record your very own Ghostwatch Story to be featured in the completed doc! Entries should be under three minutes long, and as high quality as you can manage. Don't forget to send us your name/email address with each submission. The best way to submit your entry is to add it as a 'Video Response' to our most recent BtC trailer on Youtube. Feel free to talk about your personal experiences with the show - did you see it on the night of transmission, or perhaps later, on DVD? Whatever your thoughts, let us know! Also, if you'd like to feature in a 'Special Thanks To' section during the doc's end credits, all you have to do is email us your full n...

If Arfon Jones' wonderful ' Ghostwatching ' piece, from just a few days ago wasn't enough, now here's ' Pipes Is Coming For You... ' by artist, Kieran Madden . Great to see so much creativity stemming from Ghostwatch recently. Keep it up, Ghostwatchers!   ...And try not to have sleepless nights.

During the first part of Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House for BBC Radio 4, Ghostwatch was given a much-appreciated mention by the esteemed panel (made up of Reece , Mark Gatiss , Vic Reeves and Yvette Fielding ). As the programme is only currently available for a limited period on the BBC iPlayer, here is a transcript: REECE: A famous bard once wrote, "there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy". Maybe the BBC had this is mind when they, in 1992, presented, Ghostwatch - a wonderful, postmodern ghost story which has come to be known as a kind of hoax akin to Orson Welles' famous, War of the Worlds broadcast in 1938. It was a wonderfully produced documentary with all the trappings and the tropes of a live broadcast. Ghostwatch used a familiar cast of television presenters and it begins like this knockabout television investigation into the most haunted house in Britain, however before long, things start to go a bit wrong.  ...

After the recent explosion, popularity-wise, of the 'Reality Horror' sub-genre, the film series that helped bridge the gap between Hollywood and Indie film is now rumoured to finally become a trilogy . Co-creators of The Blair Witch Project , Dan Myrick and Ed Sanchez , are reportedly said to be closer than ever before to pitching their concept for Blair Witch III to Lionsgate , the studio who now own the movie rights. Intriguingly, the proposed third film in the series (at one point, set to be a ' The Village '-type endeavour, charting the rise and fall of Elly Kedward/The Blair Witch), may now be returning to its dark roots - acting as a straight sequel to the original, and bypassing the events of the critically-mauled second film, Book of Shadows altogether. Despite having met a grizzly end, presumably at the hands of the Witch herself, this could mean original stars, Heather Donahue , Joshua Leonard , and Michael Williams could also be returning, albeit in s...

Many thanks to Ghostwatch fan and Behind the Curtains supporter, Arfon Jones , for sending us this truly haunting piece of artwork depicting two of the main stars from the original film - Sir Michael Parkinson & Mr. Pipes. Any more Ghostwatch -themed artwork out there? If so, we'd love to see it! And don't forget... Tonight, BBC Four, 9.00pm.

On Tuesday night, the BBC is set to broadcast a one-off special entitled, Ghosts in the Machine just in time for Hallowe'en. You might have noticed in the upcoming TV listings that part of this spooky retrospective documentary (sound familiar?) will feature a short segment on Ghostwatch . A good sign for fans, surely. Especially when you consider Auntie's (until recently, it seems) long-assumed, steadfast reluctance to revisit the "legendary Hallowe'en Hoax", since it was first broadcast, now almost two decades ago. Who knows where this unexpected, new-found interest might lead? The first-ever repeat screening of the film, late one evening, perhaps? Or even the fabled 2-Disc Special 'BtC' Edition DVD arriving sometime in the not-too-distant future? ...We can only dream. In the meantime, as a special treat for the film's upcoming 17th birthday, here's a sneak peek at an early DVD menu design (as it happens, a Chapter Select screen). Any re...