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Scream Team
Scream Team
Genre Paranormal television [1] [2]
Directed bySimon George
Narrated byCrispin Redman
Composer Christian Henson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers Richard Woolfe (for LivingTV)
Jane Millichip (for LivingTV)
Ben Devlin
Nigel Leigh [3]
ProducerDavid Robb
Production companyMaking Time Productions [4] [5]
Original release
Network Living TV
Release13 September (2002-09-13) –
8 December 2002 (2002-12-08)

Scream Team (stylised as ScreamTeam) is a paranormal reality TV series, [1] [2] produced by Making Time, [4] [5] which was broadcast on Living TV in 2002. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Premise

A reality TV show in which six young people travelled around the UK in a large Silver campervan, investigating ghosts, folklore and supernatural locations. They were selected from over eight hundred hopefuls at auditions in the summer of 2001 in London. The team consisted of believers and sceptics of the paranormal. [10]

Scream Team was described by its creators as a cross between The Blair Witch Project and Scooby-Doo . [11] [12]

It's often repeated on British satellite and cable television channels Ftn and Living TV. [13] [14] [15] [16]

An introductory episode titled Meet the Team was broadcast on 13 September 2002. [17]

Cast

Episodes

Episode [20] TitleDescriptionBroadcast Date
Pilot [17] Meet the Team [17] Introduction to the team members.13 September 2002 [17]
Episode 1 [21] Witchcraft in Clapham Woods [12] [19] Is this East Sussex Wood really haunted?24 September 2002 [17]
Episode 2 [22] Blue Bell Hill [19] [23] The team investigate the case of ghostly hitchhiker, causing chaos on a dual carriageway in Kent.1 October 2002 [17]
Episode 3 [24] Bristol Poltergeist The team investigate a poltergeist in a Bristol family's home, and visit the Ram Inn, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.8 October 2002
Episode 4 [25] The Crying Boy [10] [12] The team investigate a legend of a cursed painting causing fires in Northern England.15 October 2002 [26]
Episode 5 [27] UFOs on Ilkley Moor [28] Alien abduction experiences come under scrutiny on Ilkley Moor.22 October 2002
Episode 6 [29] Animal Mutilation Cryptozoology provides the theme for this episode, in Loftus, North Yorkshire.29 October 2002
Episode 7 [30] Edinburgh Vaults Mary King's Close and the Edinburgh Vaults, beneath the Edinburgh streets, are investigated by the team.5 November 2002
Episode 8 [31] Robin Hood's Grave The team investigate Robin Hood's Grave at Kirklees Hall, in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.12 November 2002 [11]
Episode 9 [32] Woodchester Mansion [12] The team investigate a Gloucestershire mansion, which is reputed to be haunted.19 November 2002
Episode 10 [33] Jack the Ripper [12] The Devil's Pyramid in Brighton and Jack the Ripper are examined by the team.26 November 2002
Episode 11 [34] Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 1First part of The Best of Scream Team showing highlights from the series.3 December 2002
Episode 12 [35] Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 2Second part of The Best of Scream Team showing highlights from the series.8 December 2002

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