{{Short description|British reality television series}} {{Distinguish|The Scream Team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox television | italic_title = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | native_name = Scream Team <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | genre = [[Paranormal television]]<ref name="Paranormal Living TV">{{Cite web|date=2004-04-01|title=Paranormal Living TV|url=http://www.livingtv.co.uk/paranormal/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401130507/http://www.livingtv.co.uk/paranormal/index.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2004|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref name="Living TV Paranormal">{{Cite web|date=2003-06-09|title=The Living Site Map - Paranormal|url=http://www.livingtv.co.uk/common/sitemap.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030609162135/http://www.livingtv.co.uk/common/sitemap.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2003|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref><!-- Must be reliably sourced --> | creator = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|work|author}} --> | developer = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = Simon George | creative_director = | presenter = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | starring = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | judges = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | voices = <!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list --> | narrator = Crispin Redman | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = [[Christian Henson]] | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_seasons = 1 <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info. --> | num_episodes = 13 <!-- Value is incremented when new episodes air. See template documentation for more info. --> | list_episodes = | executive_producer = [[Richard Woolfe]] (for LivingTV)<br>Jane Millichip (for LivingTV)<br>[[Ben Devlin (producer)|Ben Devlin]]<br>Nigel Leigh<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ruickbie|first=Leo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uS6fBAAAQBAJ|title=A Brief Guide to Ghost Hunting: How to Investigate Paranormal Activity from Spirits and Hauntings to Poltergeists|date=2013-08-15|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-78033-827-9|language=en}}</ref> | producer = David Robb | news_editor = <!-- Content editor or editors of a current affairs/political show such as Newsnight. --> | location = <!-- Nation the series was primarily filmed in, if different from the nation of origin. --> | cinematography = | animator = | editor = <!-- Film editors --> | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = Making Time Productions<ref name="Making Time">{{Cite web|last=Matthews|first=Andy|date=|title=Making Time Productions|url=https://www.castingnow.co.uk/andy-matthews|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Casting Now}}</ref><ref name="Making Time 2">{{Cite web|title=Andy Matthews – TV Presenter/Psychic Investigator/Writer|url=http://violetflame.ueuo.com/MGTEMP/Andy%20Matthews%20Full%20Biog2.html|access-date=2020-06-11|website=violetflame.ueuo.com}}</ref> <!-- Production companies only --> | budget = | network = [[Sky Witness|Living TV]] | released = <!-- {{Start date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | first_aired = {{start date|2002|9|13|df=y}} <!-- {{Start date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | last_aired = {{end date|2002|12|8|df=y}} <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | related = <!-- To be used only for remakes, spin-offs, and adaptations --> }} '''''Scream Team''''' (stylised as '''''ScreamTeam''''') is a [[Paranormal television|paranormal]] [[Reality television|reality TV]] series,<ref name="Paranormal Living TV" /><ref name="Living TV Paranormal" /> produced by Making Time,<ref name="Making Time" /><ref name="Making Time 2" /> which was broadcast on [[Sky Witness|Living TV]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|last=sposaro|first=Luciana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeGjBAAAQBAJ|title=The Paranormal Guide|date=2013-02-15|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-300-74333-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-10-12|title=Scream Team|url=http://www.livingtv.co.uk/screamteam/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021012115815/http://www.livingtv.co.uk/screamteam/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2002|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Media Credits – MJ Wayland Ghost Historian|url=https://mjwayland.com/media-credits/|access-date=2020-06-11|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="TV Ghost Investigator">{{Cite web|title=TV ghost investigator reveals the Doncaster building he believes to be the borough's most haunted.|url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/tv-ghost-investigator-reveals-doncaster-building-he-believes-be-boroughs-most-haunted-139518|access-date=2020-06-11|website=www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>
==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]].<ref name="Crying Boy">{{Cite web|date=2011-07-30|title=The Curse of the Crying Boy|url=https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/urban-legendary/the-curse-of-the-crying-boy/|access-date=2020-06-11|language=en}}</ref>
''Scream Team'' was described by its creators as a cross between ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' and ''[[Scooby-Doo]]''.<ref name="Robin Hood">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2002-09-24|title=BBC - Nottingham Features - Scooby-Doo for 21st Century (Scream Team)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2002/09/scream_team.shtml|access-date=2020-06-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Sussex Spooks">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2002-09-19|title=On the hunt for Sussex spooks|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5124801.on-the-hunt-for-sussex-spooks/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=The Argus|language=en}}</ref>
It's often repeated on British satellite and cable television channels [[Ftn (TV channel)|Ftn]] and [[Sky Witness|Living TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandiramani|first=Ravi|date=2003-01-16|title=Living TV boss to oversee FTN launch|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-living-tv-boss-oversee-ftn-launch/168271|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610015826/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-living-tv-boss-oversee-ftn-launch/168271|archive-date=2020-06-10|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Campaign Live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2003-02-14|title=FTN - Scream Team|url=http://www.ftn.tv/programmes/screamteam.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030214230105/http://www.ftn.tv/programmes/screamteam.html|archive-date=2003-02-14|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2003-01-16|title=Ftn - Programmes|url=http://www.ftn.tv/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030116103554/http://www.ftn.tv/index.html|archive-date=2003-01-16|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-01-16|title=Ftn - TV Listings|url=http://www.ftn.tv/listings.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030116103720/http://www.ftn.tv/listings.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-01-16|access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref>
An introductory episode titled ''Meet the Team'' was broadcast on 13 September 2002.<ref name="Meet the Team">{{Cite web|last=Tudor|first=Sean|date=September 2002|title=Blue Bell Hill News|url=http://www.roadghosts.com/BBHNEWSarchiveGHOST.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814040927/http://www.roadghosts.com/BBHNEWSarchiveGHOST.htm|archive-date=2012-08-14|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Roadghosts.com}}</ref>
==Cast== * Phil Whyman (went on to become a paranormal investigator on [[Sky Witness|Living TV]]'s ''[[Most Haunted]]'')<ref name="TV Ghost Investigator" /><ref name="Robin Hood" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-10-01|title=October 2013 Paranormal Underground|url=https://issuu.com/paranormalunderground/docs/october_2013_paranormal_underground|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Issuu|pages=14 and 15|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609051622/https://issuu.com/paranormalunderground/docs/october_2013_paranormal_underground|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Becky Kitter * Sheyla Shehovich * Amy Jones<ref name="Robin Hood" /> * Dan Ainsworth<ref name="Sussex Spooks" /> * Sam Witcher<ref name="Big Scream">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2002-10-11|title=TV role is one big scream!|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5942144.tv-role-one-big-scream/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Lancashire Telegraph|language=en}}</ref>
==Episodes== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Episode<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025734/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ! Title ! Description ! Broadcast Date |- | Pilot<ref name="Meet the Team" /> | Meet the Team<ref name="Meet the Team" /> | Introduction to the team members. | 13 September 2002<ref name="Meet the Team" /> |- | Episode 1<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Witchcraft In Clapham Woods|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/witchcraft-in-clapham-woods-296633/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025749/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/witchcraft-in-clapham-woods-296633/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Clapham Wood|Witchcraft in Clapham Woods]]<ref name="Sussex Spooks" /><ref name="Big Scream" /> | Is this [[East Sussex]] Wood really haunted? | 24 September 2002<ref name="Meet the Team" /> |- | Episode 2<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Blue Bell Hill|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/blue-bell-hill-296634/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025735/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/blue-bell-hill-296634/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Blue Bell Hill]]<ref name="Big Scream" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vigar|first=John E.|title=Broadcasting|url=https://www.johnevigar.com/broadcasting|access-date=2020-06-11|website=John E Vigar|language=en-gb}}</ref> | The team investigate the case of [[Phantom hitchhiker|ghostly hitchhiker]], causing chaos on a dual carriageway in [[Kent]]. | 1 October 2002<ref name="Meet the Team" /> |- | Episode 3<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Bristol Poltergeist|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/bristol-poltergeist-296635/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025731/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/bristol-poltergeist-296635/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: The Crying Boy|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/the-crying-boy-296636/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025739/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/the-crying-boy-296636/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[The Crying Boy]]<ref name="Crying Boy" /><ref name="Sussex Spooks" /> | The team investigate a legend of a cursed painting causing fires in [[Northern England]]. | 15 October 2002<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-02-27|title=TV and radio|url=https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/about/tv-and-radio/|access-date=2020-06-11|language=en|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025736/https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/about/tv-and-radio/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Episode 5<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: UFOs on Ilkley Moor|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/ufos-on-ilkley-moor-296637/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025731/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/ufos-on-ilkley-moor-296637/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Ilkley Moor|UFOs on Ilkley Moor]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Andy Matthews and the Cooneen Ghost|url=https://supernaturalmagazine.com/articles/andy-matthews-and-the-cooneen-ghost-the-other-1|access-date=2020-06-11|website=}}</ref> | [[Alien abduction]] experiences come under scrutiny on [[Ilkley Moor]]. | 22 October 2002 |- | Episode 6<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Animal Mutilation|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/animal-mutilation-296638/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025733/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/animal-mutilation-296638/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Loftus, North Yorkshire|Animal Mutilation]] | [[Cryptozoology]] provides the theme for this episode, in [[Loftus, North Yorkshire]]. | 29 October 2002 |- | Episode 7<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Edinburgh Vaults|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/edinburgh-vaults-296639/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025733/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/edinburgh-vaults-296639/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Edinburgh Vaults]] | [[Mary King's Close]] and the [[Edinburgh Vaults]], beneath the [[Edinburgh]] streets, are investigated by the team. | 5 November 2002 |- | Episode 8<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Robin Hood's Grave|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/robin-hoods-grave-296640/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025731/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/robin-hoods-grave-296640/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Robin Hood's Grave]] | The team investigate [[Robin Hood's Grave]] at [[Kirklees Hall]], in [[Brighouse]], [[West Yorkshire]]. | 12 November 2002<ref name="Robin Hood" /> |- | Episode 9<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Woodchester Mansion|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/woodchester-mansion-296641/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025736/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/woodchester-mansion-296641/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Woodchester Mansion]]<ref name="Sussex Spooks" /> | The team investigate a [[Gloucestershire]] mansion, which is reputed to be haunted. | 19 November 2002 |- | Episode 10<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scream Team: Jack the Ripper|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/jack-the-ripper-296642/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025807/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/jack-the-ripper-296642/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Jack the Ripper]]<ref name="Sussex Spooks" /> | The Devil's Pyramid in [[Brighton]] and [[Jack the Ripper]] are examined by the team. | 26 November 2002 |- | Episode 11<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Scream Team: Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 1|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/carry-on-screaming-the-best-of-scream-team-296643/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025734/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/carry-on-screaming-the-best-of-scream-team-296643/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 1 | First part of ''The Best of Scream Team'' showing highlights from the series. | 3 December 2002 |- | Episode 12<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Scream Team: Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 2|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/carry-on-screaming-the-best-of-scream-team-296644/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=TV.com|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611025731/http://www.tv.com/shows/scream-team/carry-on-screaming-the-best-of-scream-team-296644/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Carry on Screaming: The Best of Scream Team - Part 2 | Second part of ''The Best of Scream Team'' showing highlights from the series. | 8 December 2002 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{URL|https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scream-Team/dp/B07RCBK8N5|''Scream Team''}} on [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] * {{URL|https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/rf-watch-online/tv-shows/scream-team|''Scream Team''}} at [[MSN]] * {{IMDb title|id=0414768|title=Scream Team}}
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