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of the spectrum

to actual, full-blown

visual apparitions.

Now, we've got

our own BBC scanner here

but what are you

using it for exactly?

Well, we've got

a remote video camera

mounted in every room.

Erm...

We have our image analysis

equipment linked in,

the tape is timecoded.

And atmospheric condition

and temperature

are logged onscreen

by sensors.

Those are like

the little burglar alarms

-with the red lights.

-Right.

Except,

they're triggered by cold

instead of heat.

Erm, intense cold spots

are a secondary phenomenon.

We also want to detect

low and high frequencies.

Basically,

any aberration at all

could be a signal or a clue.

Well, we hope you get lots

of both of those.

-We'll leave you to it, Alan.

-Okay.

And, we'll go back outside

where I'm going to be able to

introduce you to

two of the very

important people

who are at the frontline

of this vigil,

as psychical researchers

call it.

Now, the first person

is actually standing

right behind the camera,

and if he hands over to me,

you'll notice two things.

First of all,

that his hand

is a lot steadier than mine,

and secondly, that he bears

a remarkable resemblance

to Mike Gatting.

Yes, you do. (LAUGHS)

-Chris Miller.

-Hi.

SARAH:
Now, Chris, does this

camera differ in any way

from the sort of camera

you'd normally use

on an outside broadcast?

Well, it's a normal

lightweight mobile camera,

but in this case,

it's been adapted

so we can use infrared

as well.

-SARAH:
Can we see

how that works, Chris...

-Yeah, sure.

...if I hand this

back to you?

SARAH:
What's the best way

to demonstrate it?

CHRIS:
Well, if we can

kill the lights...

SARAH:
Okay, Clive, can we

pop the lights down now?

CHRIS:
There you go.

SARAH:
Wow. How's that?

-CHRIS:
I can see you

quite clearly now.

-Oh, look.

Yeah, so can I, on a monitor.

I'm quite close to you though.

I mean, what about

the people down here?

If we move down here...

How fast can you move

with that thing

on your shoulder, actually?

-Quite fast.

-It's not bad.

Who needs a Steadicam

when you got Chris Miller?

That's what I say.

Oh, yes, there they are.

CHRIS:
There they all are.

(SARAH LAUGHING)

CHRIS:
Somebody wants to

get in the frame.

SARAH:
Funny, they can see

what they look like.

I'll tell you what though,

this means for us, doesn't it,

that nothing can lurk

in the shadows.

CHRIS:
That's right,

there's no hiding place.

Absolutely.

Erm, right, let's have

the lights back up again then.

Okay, now,

we've got our vision back.

I think it's time to

meet sound.

Man of sound mind here,

Mike Aiton.

Not only can

this gentleman hear

an ant scratching

its back legs at 50 yards,

he's also

the unofficial chairman

of the Adrian Edmonson

Lookalike Society.

Right on.

SARAH:
So, if you're not

scared of ghosts,

you're scared of that.

How are you feeling

about tonight?

Are you a bit nervous at all?

We will see.

Erm, how about you, Chris?

I'm okay.

-Are you ready to go in then?

-Yeah.

Okay.

Well, we'll see you later.

And... (CHUCKLES)

(ALL CLAPPING)

It's time to go

once more into the breach.

-Do I have to go first?

-CHRIS:
After you.

Yeah, typical.

Come on then, chaps.

Hello?

Here we are.

Hi, Pam.

Now, oh, look here we are.

This is the burglar alarm that

Alan Demescu

was talking about.

Can we make ourselves at home?

Kim, Suzanne.

Can I join you for a bit of

apple bobbing, do you think?

Well, we'll let Sarah

and her jolly team

settle down there

for the night.

I wonder if they'll remain

as jolly as that

all evening.

We shall find out.

Er, Dr Pascoe, let me ask you,

why did you first of all...

Why did you choose

that particular house?

Well, it was a decision we

made over many weeks really.

What happened is that

we ran a computer programme

of all the haunted locations

in the UK,

and then we did a census of

all the various investigators,

and they were all

unanimous that

Foxhill had more tangible

phenomena on record than...

I was gonna say any place

in the world,

but certainly

any place in the UK.

We'll see evidence of that,

of course, later on

in the programme.

What's the chance,

do you think,

of us seeing anything tonight?

I don't honestly know.

Sometimes

we saw nothing for weeks,

and then, other times

things were coming through

thick and fast,

I mean, so much so that

we had difficulty

logging it all.

I mean,

some nights it was like, er...

(EXHALES) Being in a circus

or a war zone or something.

-"A war zone"?

-It was that bad.

What about Halloween?

Will that make any difference,

do you think?

Yeah, I think it will.

Certainly, there were

more reports on Halloween

than almost any other night

of the year.

But maybe that's because

people expect to see things.

-I'm taking out no bets.

I'm hopeful.

-(CHUCKLES)

All right.

Yes, we're all hopeful.

Let's take a phone call.

Mike Smith,

what you got for us?

This is Emma Stableford,

and she's from Slough.

Thank you. Emma? Emma, hello.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Hello?

-Yeah.

EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

I did have a story,

but there's actually

something else I'd like

to say to Dr Pascoe.

-MICHAEL:
Go on.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

But I feel a bit foolish.

Oh, don't worry

about that, Emma.

Never worries me.

EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

Well, you know,

at the beginning

when you showed

the real footage

of that haunted bedroom?

Well, I know it was dark,

but I was sure I could

see a figure standing behind

against the wall,

just by the curtain.

Very, very faint,

but definitely a figure there.

A woman.

A person's body, at least.

Standing there

in a black dress.

Emma, I've examined

that particular piece of film

many times

and so I'm not sure...

MICHAEL:
I'll tell you

what to do, Emma,

if you can actually spot up

the specific point

on that tape

where you saw this figure...

Tell one of our operators,

we'll actually spool it

back to the point

where you tell us,

and then I'll get

Dr Pascoe here

to have a good look at it.

Okay?

-Great.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Yeah.

All right. Thanks for calling.

Before you go, Emma,

could you give

a full description of

what you thought you saw

to somebody manning the phones

please? Can you do that?

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

Yeah, I will.

-Great.

-MICHAEL:
Okay, Emma,

thanks a lot.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Bye.

I tell you what we'll do.

While we search

for that piece of tape,

let's find out

what Sarah's up to.

MIKE:
Sarah,

did you hear that?

Somebody thinks they've seen

a presence in the house.

-Today?

-MIKE:
You've not noticed

anything this evening,

-have you?

-No, nothing to

report from here yet,

except how absolutely useless

I am at apple-bobbing.

Come on, girls.

Yes, you've done it,

I can see.

(KNOCKING)

-Who's that?

-(KNOCKING)

Can you hear that?

Can you hear this?

Are you hearing...

(KNOCKING)

It's coming from in...

-(GROWLING)

-(SCREAMING)

You...

(ALL LAUGHING)

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