{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = Title_card_for_THE_ENFIELD_HAUNTING.png | caption = | genre = Drama/Thriller | writer = Joshua St Johnston | director = Kristoffer Nyholm | starring = [[Timothy Spall]]<br />[[Eleanor Worthington Cox]]<br />[[Juliet Stevenson]]<br />[[Matthew Macfadyen]]<br />[[Rosie Cavaliero]]<br />[[Fern Deacon]]<br />[[Simon Chandler]]<br />Sean Francis | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 3 | executive_producer = [[Jamie Campbell (documentary filmmaker)|Jamie Campbell]]<br />Joel Wilson | producer = [[Adrian Sturges]]<br />Kirsten Eller | camera = | runtime = 51 minutes (including adverts) | network = [[Sky Living]] | company = [[Eleven (company)|Eleven Film]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|05|03|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015|05|17|df=y}} }}
'''''The Enfield Haunting''''' is a British [[drama]] [[Horror fiction|horror]] series which was commissioned by [[Sky Living]] and first aired on 3 May 2015. Kristoffer Nyholm, who rose to fame after the hugely popular Danish series, ''[[The Killing (Danish TV series)|The Killing]]'', directed the three-parter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deans|first1=Jason|title=New Sky Living drama The Enfield Haunting to star Timothy Spall|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/11/sky-living-drama-enfield-haunting-timothy-spall|access-date=28 November 2014|work=The Guardian|date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
The series is based on [[Guy Lyon Playfair]]’s book, ''This House Is Haunted'' and is about a series of bizarre events around the phenomena collectively known as the "[[Enfield Poltergeist]]" that took place at a [[council house]] from August 1977 to 1979.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunt|first1=Debs|title=Cast announced for Sky Living drama, The Enfield Haunting|url=http://insidemediatrack.com/2014/09/cast-announced-for-sky-living-drama-the-enfield-haunting/|access-date=26 November 2014|publisher=Inside Media Track|date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
The drama draws upon recordings and witness statements to draw the audience in to the unfolding supernatural events.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Enfield Haunting' is nearly here|url=http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2014/10/05/the-enfield-haunting-is-nearly-here/|access-date=28 November 2014|publisher=On The Box|date=11 October 2014}}</ref> The series finished on 17 May 2015 after the third and last episode aired.
== Characters == [[Matthew Macfadyen]] played [[Guy Lyon Playfair]], an experienced but sceptical investigator, while [[Timothy Spall]] played [[Maurice Grosse]], an amateur paranormal researcher.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eames|first1=Tom|title=Timothy Spall, Matthew Macfadyen, Juliet Stevenson for The Enfield Haunting|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a596000/timothy-spall-matthew-macfadyen-juliet-stephenson-for-the-enfield-haunting.html#~oWTR1OjqgXyzRs|access-date=28 November 2014|publisher=Digital Spy|date=11 September 2014}}</ref> [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]-nominated [[Juliet Stevenson]] also joined the cast to play Maurice’s wife Betty Grosse in the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Enfield Haunting|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/show/the-enfield-haunting|website=Sky|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref>
== Cast and characters == * [[Timothy Spall]] as [[Maurice Grosse]] * [[Juliet Stevenson]] as Betty Grosse * [[Matthew Macfadyen]] as [[Guy Lyon Playfair]] * [[Rosie Cavaliero]] as Peggy Hodgson * [[Eleanor Worthington Cox]] as Janet Hodgson *[[Fern Deacon]] as Margaret Hodgson * [[Simon Chandler]] as [[John Beloff]] *Sean Francis as Ray *Charles Furness as Simon * [[Martin Hancock]] as Tony *Amanda Lawrence as Lindy Crane *Neal Barry as John *Sudha Bhuchar as Head of Psychiatry *Nigel Boyle as Graham Morris *Myah Bristow as Girl Patient *Karen Lewis as Dr. Anita Gregory *Peter McCabe as Alan Crane *Tommy McDonnell as Doug Bence *Steven O'Neill as Psychiatric Doctor * [[Susannah Wise]] as Sylvie * Ron Hedley as Terry
== Ratings == The three episodes were the highest-rated programmes on Sky Living. Previously, the highest-rated episode of a Sky Living programme was the sixth episode of the first series of ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' called "Gina Zanetakos" which aired on 8 October 2013 and garnered 1,197,000 viewers. But that record was shattered by the first episode of ''The Enfield Haunting'', which aired on 3 May 2015, and garnered 1,871,000 viewers. The second episode, which aired on 10 May 2015, garnered 1,302,000 viewers, and the third and final episode, which aired on 17 May 2015, garnered 1,262,000 viewers.
==Reviews== Michael Hogan writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' gave ''The Enfield Haunting'' four stars out of five saying "This Seventies-set chiller was scarily compelling".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11576618/The-Enfield-Haunting-like-The-Good-Life-with-ghosts.html | title=The Enfield Haunting: 'like The Good Life with ghosts' | work=Telegraph | date=<!-- 10:00PM BST --> 3 May 2015 | author=Michael Hogan}}</ref> while Ellen E Jones writing for ''[[The Independent]]'' called it "North London meets ''[[The Exorcist]]'' in eerie suburban drama"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-enfield-haunting-tv-review-north-london-meets-the-exorcist-in-an-eerie-suburban-drama-10222079.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-enfield-haunting-tv-review-north-london-meets-the-exorcist-in-an-eerie-suburban-drama-10222079.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=The Enfield Haunting, review: North London meets The Exorcist in eerie suburban drama - Reviews - TV & Radio | work=The Independent | date=3 May 2015 | author=Ellen E Jones}}</ref> while [[Grace Dent]] writing for the same paper wrote, "''The Enfield Haunting'''s poltergeist was about as scary as a drunk uncle"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/grace-dent-on-tv-the-enfield-hauntings-poltergeist-was-about-as-scary-as-a-drunk-uncle-10235618.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/grace-dent-on-tv-the-enfield-hauntings-poltergeist-was-about-as-scary-as-a-drunk-uncle-10235618.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Grace Dent on TV: The Enfield Haunting's poltergeist was about as scary as a drunk uncle - Reviews - TV & Radio | work=The Independent | date=8 May 2015 | author=Grace Dent | author-link=Grace Dent}}</ref> while Julia Raeside writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'' said, "This supernatural account of the famous 1970s London poltergeist is packed with genuine thrills and superb performances from a young cast."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/may/11/enfield-haunting-review-chiller-supernatural-1970s-poltergeist | title=The Enfield Haunting review: an outstanding chiller of gothic goings-on {{!}} Television & Radio | work=The Guardian | date=11 May 2015| author=Julia Raeside}}</ref>
==Broadcast== The show was broadcast in Canada and the United States on [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]]. It is also available as a streaming video on [[Shomi]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://vancouversun.com/technology/whats+netflix+canada+shomi+cravetv+october/11406225/story.html?__lsa=a06b-13d0| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160805130045/http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/whats+netflix+canada+shomi+cravetv+october/11406225/story.html?__lsa=a06b-13d0| archive-date = 2016-08-05| title = What's new on Netflix Canada, Shomi, CraveTV in October}}</ref> The three episodes were also broadcast in France and Germany on the public Franco-German TV network ''Arte''.
==See also== * ''[[The Conjuring 2]]'', a 2016 horror film based on a highly fictionalised version of the same event, The Enfield Poltergeist
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|http://www.sky.com/tv/show/the-enfield-haunting}} *[http://features.sky.com/enfield-haunting/ Features.sky.com] *{{IMDb title|id=4036886|title=The Enfield Haunting}}
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