Yvette Fielding

Who Is Yvette Fielding?

Yvette Fielding is an English television presenter, producer and actress. She is also a writer and a paranormal investigator. Many people know her for her work on shows about ghosts and mysteries. She has a warm and friendly style that makes viewers feel at ease.

She first became famous as a presenter on a popular children's programme. Later she helped create and host shows that explore haunted places. Her career spans many different kinds of TV programmes.

Early Life and Background

She was born on September 23 1968.

Career and Claim to Fame

Yvette started her TV career at a very young age. In 1987 she became the youngest presenter on the BBC programme Blue Peter. This made her a well known face on British television. She later cocreated and presented the series Most Haunted with her husband Karl Beattie. The show was made by their own production company and it explored real haunted locations.

She also presented Ghosthunting With.. In addition she has appeared on other programmes such as The Wright Stuff and I am a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!. Her work mixes entertainment with a love of the unknown. Website httpsen.wikipedia.orgwikiYvetteFielding

Birthday, Age and Zodiac

Yvette's birthday is September 23 1968. She is currently fifty eight years old. Her zodiac sign is Libra.

Libra people are known for being balanced and fair. They like harmony and often enjoy working with others. They are social and like to keep peace in their surroundings.

Fun Facts and Legacy

Yvette Fielding is an English television presenter, producer and actress who was born on September 23 1968. She is fifty eight years old and her zodiac sign is Libra, a sign that values balance and fairness. She first became famous as the youngest presenter on Blue Peter and later made a name for herself with Most Haunted and other ghost hunting shows. Her friendly style and love of the mysterious have left a lasting impression on many viewers.

Yvette Fielding - Quick Facts

Profile Overview of Yvette Fielding

Yvette Paula Fielding (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer, actress, writer and paranormal investigator. In 1987, aged 18, she became the youngest presenter on the BBC television programme Blue Peter. With her husband Karl Beattie, she co-created and presented the Most Haunted series on the Living channel, via their own production company, followed by Ghosthunting With.... She has appeared in a wide range of other programmes, including The Wright Stuff and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

This profile of Yvette Fielding covers Early Life and Family Background, Early Career and Breakthrough, Blue Peter and beyond, Presenting the paranormal and Personal Life.

Early Life and Family Background of Yvette Fielding

Fielding was born 23 September 1968 in Stockport, Cheshire, North West England to Angela and Alan Fielding. She grew up in Bramhall where she attended Pownall Green Primary School and Bramhall High School. She attended Stockport Convent, Hillcrest Grammar School, Davenport and Dane Bank College in Crewe.

As a teenager she worked as a hotel cleaner in Wilmslow, and a barmaid in Cheadle Hulme and Macclesfield.

Early Career and Breakthrough of Yvette Fielding

Fielding's first major role came in 1983 when she was cast in the children's BBC series Seaview. The comedy-drama show centred around a teenage girl called Sandy Shelton (played by Fielding), growing up living at her parents' guest house in Blackpool. The show ran for two series. Fielding later made a guest appearance in an episode of Juliet Bravo.

Blue Peter and beyond

In 1987, Fielding became a presenter on the BBC children's show Blue Peter. To date Fielding holds the record of being the youngest presenter on Blue Peter, starting on 29 June 1987 three months before her 19th birthday. While on the series Fielding also had an acting role in Last of the Summer Wine (making an appearance in the series while making a Blue Peter report on the show). During her time on the show, Fielding won the SOS Award for the Most Popular Woman on Television, competing with Cilla Black, Victoria Wood and Kylie Minogue.

Years after Fielding left Blue Peter, her trip on a rollercoaster with fellow presenter Mark Curry was voted the Favourite Blue Peter moment of all time by viewers. After five years of Blue Peter, Fielding co-hosted What's Up Doc?, a Saturday morning children's show on ITV. The series ran for three years.

From 1995 Fielding made a transition from children's television to broadcasting for an older audience. After leaving What's Up Doc? Fielding presented The Heaven and Earth Show, The General and City Hospital for the BBC. She was a regular host of Karaoke Challenge and contributed weekend continuity for Challenge TV. Fielding also appeared in the ITV game show Win, Lose or Draw in 1995 and 1996. Fielding briefly returned to children's television in 1997, appearing in two episodes of the CBBC drama series Byker Grove, playing the role of Samantha Fuller.

From 1998 to 2000, Fielding appeared as a regular alongside Fred Dinenage and Toyah Willcox on a property-pricing based game-show called Under Offer made for Meridian Television. In 2003, Fielding appeared as a guest on the Channel 4 chat show Richard & Judy.

In 2004, Fielding was named 'Multichannel personality of the year' at the Variety Club Showbusiness awards. In 2005, Fielding appeared as Annie Lennox in a celebrity special of ITV's Stars in Their Eyes, and also appeared as a guest panellist on Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff (Fielding made further guest appearances on the show in 2008 and 2009).

In 2007, Fielding appeared as a guest on the ITV chat show Loose Women, and appeared as a contestant in the ITV2 reality television programme Deadline, finishing second. Later on in the year she appeared as a guest on That Antony Cotton Show. In January 2008, Fielding appeared as a contestant on the BBC quiz show Celebrity Mastermind, with her specialist subject being Henry VIII.

Fielding and her husband were the celebrity subjects of a one-hour documentary for Living called Living With Yvette & Karl which aired on 1 November 2008. A sequel documentary entitled In Bed with Yvette & Karl which aired on Living on 17 January 2009, charted Fielding's hysterectomy operation and recovery. A full-length series of In Bed with Yvette & Karl, was then commissioned, and aired on Living during June and July 2009. In October 2009, a further documentary entitled Yvette & Karl: Life begins at 40 was broadcast. From February to March 2009, Fielding appeared in the ITV1 variety TV show Saturday Night Takeaway.

On 21 May 2009, Fielding appeared for a fourth time on The Paul O'Grady Show, and a day later, she appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. In May 2009, Fielding appeared as a guest on the ITV talent show spin-off Britain's Got More Talent. In July 2009, Fielding was a celebrity panellist in an episode of the Channel 4 comedy show 8 out of 10 Cats. In November 2009, Fielding appeared as a celebrity contestant in an episode of Come Dine with Me, finishing third. In May 2010, Fielding appeared as a guest on the Channel 5 chat show Justin Lee Collins: Good Times. In December 2011, Fielding appeared as part of a celebrity team on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads.

Presenting the paranormal

In 2002, Yvette Fielding and her husband Karl Beattie established their own television production company, Antix Productions. Their first production was Most Haunted for the British TV channel Living. In the show, Fielding and paranormal experts investigate various supposedly haunted locations around Britain, in the hopes that paranormal activity may be documented by the crew. In 2006, Fielding presented and produced Ghosthunting With..., a paranormal show for ITV2 which shows Fielding leading various celebrities around haunted locations.

Fielding has made many appearances and interviews in the British media in connection with her paranormal investigations and programmes, including guest appearances on The Sunday Night Project (Channel 4), The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1) and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One). Furthering her paranormal franchise, in 2008 Fielding made her first move into radio broadcasting, hosting Yvette Fielding's Fright Nights on Kerrang! Radio. Fielding left the radio station a few months later but due to other work commitments.

In 2008, Fielding and Beattie formed a new company called Monster Pictures to operate the Paranormal Channel. Fielding acted as anchor to the channel and presented original programming on the station. The channel was later renamed the Unexplained Channel in 2009. In October 2009, a two-part documentary featuring Fielding with Paul O'Grady aired on Living entitled Death in Venice. The documentary saw the pair investigating claims of ghost and vampire sightings in Poveglia, Italy.

Source: adapted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Fielding), text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.