Karl Beattie

Karl Beattie
Beattie in 2014
Born (1963-04-02) 2 April 1963
Guildford, Surrey, England, U.K.
Known for Director/Producer on Most Haunted
Spouse(s) Yvette Fielding (1999-present)
Children 1
Website https://www.twitter.com/realkarlbeattie

Karl Beattie (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer and cameraman. Beattie and wife Yvette Fielding co-own and run Antix Productions.[1]

Career

Karl Beattie's documented life has references to him teaching martial arts within the US. In 2002, Karl Beattie and Yvette Fielding, established their own television production company, Antix Productions. Their first production was Most Haunted for the British TV channel Sky Living, along with a number of spin offs including Most Haunted Live!. In 2006 he created, produced and directed Ghosthunting With..., a paranormal show for ITV2 which features Yvette Fielding leading various celebrities around haunted locations. In 2008 Karl and Yvette Launched The Paranormal Channel later known as The Unexplained Channel which ran for 2 years.

Controversy

In 2004, Beattie was the subject of media attention when he claimed to be the only living samurai outside Japan, as one of only eight foreigners to have ever been awarded the title, which many sources have refuted. [2] The samurai class was officially abolished in 1868 and has never been revived.[2][3]

There were claims of fakery and stunts being used on the 2015 Live by viewers but the claims have been rejected by Beattie on Twitter.[4] Three days after the live show Beattie staged a reconstruction to attempt to explain what some viewers claimed was faked.[5]

Personal life

Karl Beattie met Yvette Fielding while they were working on What's Up Doc? and then again on City Hospital. They have a daughter Mary-Lea, 18 and a step-son, William. They live on a farm in Sandbach, Cheshire.[6] He is a vegetarian and is a Freemason.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlands, Nicola (2005-12-15). "Town Hall is host to ghost show". icSeftonandWestLancs.co.uk. Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  2. 1 2 Brophy, Barry (2004-02-03). "'Real' last samurai fights for attention". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  3. ↑ "The Stockport Samurai". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. 2004-01-21. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  4. ↑ Dr. Karl Beattie [@realkarlbeattie] (1 November 2015). "Well that was intense! Just to let you know the 'rope' was a camera cable which is attached to the belt to stop a camera snagging x" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-yLUIeRMM
  6. ↑ "Sandbach Directory". sandbach.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
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