How old is Yvette Fielding, when did she host Most Haunted with CBB’s Derek Acorah and who’s her husband Karl Beattie?
GHOST hunting is back in vogue after Derek Acorah brought some spookiness to the Celebrity Big Brother house.
But Most Haunted host Yvette Fielding has been the first lady of the paranormal for years - having worked with the reality star at the beginning of his career. Here's the lowdown on ghost hunter Yvette...
Who is Yvette Fielding?
Yvette Fielding is a TV presenter famous for her antics researching all things paranormal - especially for her work as host of Most Haunted.
She has visited some of Britain's most terrifying haunted locations in the name of working out whether ghosts really exist.
She also hosted Ghosthunting With..., taking celebrities to haunted buildings to investigate paranormal activity.
She claims she was initially sceptical about the existence of the paranormal but is now certain that there is life after death.
Yvette is also famous as the youngest ever presenter of BBC children's show Blue Peter, having landed the gig when she was just 18 and making a name for herself in children's television before moving on to entertain older audiences.
Her trip on a rollercoaster with fellow presenter Mark Curry was voted audiences' favourite Blue Peter moment of all time.
When did she host Most Haunted with Derek Acorah?
Yvette hosted Most Haunted with Derek Acorah as the lead medium on the series from 2002-2005.
Her time with Derek created some of the show's most memorable scenes, including the psychic being possessed by a monkey, and by a saucy female spirit named Mary who professed her love for Dick.
However she slammed the TV psychic when he was booted from the programme after revelations that he had been dishonest about being possessed by spirits. : "We tell people everything is real, then it turns out he was a fake, so he had to go."
Derek had claimed to be possessed by two made-up people who were suggested to him by others working on the show.
Yvette has continued to host Most Haunted since Derek's departure. At first she used other psychics but since its 2014 revival on Really, the show just uses presenters to look at supposedly "haunted" locations, after telling radio host James Whale that she believes there are too many mediums faking their skills.
Who is Yvette Fielding's husband Karl Beattie?
Yvette's husband Karl Beattie is now her Most Haunted co-presenter.
The couple own a production company together which is focused on paranormal programming. As well as producing Most Haunted, Karl co-created Ghosthunting With...
The pair bring their bulldog Watson to hunt for spirits with them - and he's pretty good at sensing paranormal activity, growling when ghosts approach.
