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	'''Karl Beattie''' (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer, and cameraman, best known as co-creator, director, and executive producer of ''[[Most Haunted]]''.		'''Karl Beattie''' (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer, and cameraman, best known as co-creator, director, and executive producer of ''[[Most Haunted]]''.<ref name="tribute">{{cite web \|title=Karl Beattie \|publisher=Tribute Most Haunted \|url=https://tributemosthaunted.co.uk/cast_crew/karl-beattie/}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Beattie began his television career as a camera assistant on the BBC's ''Parallel 9'', before training as a cameraman and working on a range of British programmes including ''Gladiators'', ''Blind Date'', ~~and~~ ''~~Robot Wars~~''.		Beattie began his television career as a camera assistant on the BBC's live children's show ''Parallel 9'', before training as a cameraman with outside broadcast company Visions and working on a range of British programmes including ''Gladiators'', ''Blind Date'', ''TFI Friday'', and ''Robot Wars''.<ref name="tribute"/>

	~~In 2002~~, ~~Beattie~~ and ~~his wife, [[Yvette Fielding]], founded [[Antix Productions]], whose first commission was~~ ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV. Beattie served as the show's director and executive producer throughout its run, and also appeared on screen during investigations, often handling technical equipment and filming alongside the rest of the team. He went on to create, produce, and direct ''Ghosthunting With...'' ~~for ITV2 in 2006, and in 2008 he and Fielding launched [[The Paranormal Channel]], later renamed [[The Unexplained Channel]]~~.

	In ~~2015~~, Beattie ~~publicly rejected claims from some viewers that a~~ ''[[Most Haunted~~#Most Haunted Live!~~\|~~Most Haunted Live!~~'' ~~broadcast had been staged~~, and later ~~filmed a reconstruction responding to the allegations~~.		In 2002, Beattie and his wife, [[Yvette Fielding]], founded [[Antix Productions]], whose first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV.<ref name="wiki-verify">{{cite web \|title=Karl Beattie \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Beattie \|publisher=Wikipedia}}</ref> Beattie served as the show's director and executive producer throughout its run, and also appeared on screen during investigations, often handling technical equipment and filming alongside the rest of the team. He went on to create, produce, and direct ''Ghosthunting With...'' for ITV2 from 2006, and in 2008 he and Fielding launched The Paranormal Channel, later renamed The Unexplained Channel, which ran for two years.<ref name="wiki-verify"/>

	== Martial arts and "samurai" ~~reports~~ ==		== Martial arts and the "samurai" claim ==
	Beattie holds dan~~-level~~ ranking in Ryukyu Kempo and Wado Ryu karate, ~~and has trained~~ in several other disciplines including Iaido and Wing Chun. In 2004, media coverage ~~described him as~~ "the only living samurai outside Japan," ~~a title he has since downplayed, though he~~ has ~~said~~ the distinction was passed to him informally by his ~~martial arts~~ instructor rather than through any formal ~~modern samurai class, which was abolished in Japan in 1868~~.		Beattie began martial arts training at age seven under instructor Otsu Maeda, training under him for close to two decades until Maeda's death in 1997, and holds a 4th dan ranking in Ryukyu Kempo and Wado Ryu karate, alongside training in several other disciplines including Iaido and Wing Chun.<ref name="tribute"/> In 2004, British media coverage reported Beattie's claim to have been awarded a "samuraiship" by his instructor — one of only eight such titles said to have been given to a foreigner — and to be, on that basis, "the only living samurai outside Japan."<ref name="tribute"/> The claim drew scrutiny: contacted for comment, Japan's Imperial Household Agency told ''The Japan Times'' it maintains no practice or system for granting such titles, and noted that the samurai social class itself was formally abolished in 1868 with the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.<ref name="tribute"/> Beattie has maintained the distinction was passed to him informally through his relationship with his late instructor rather than through any surviving formal institution.<ref name="tribute"/>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Beattie has been married to [[Yvette Fielding]] since 1999. They have a daughter ~~together~~, and Beattie is stepfather to Fielding's son from her first marriage. ~~They~~ live in [[Cheshire]].		Beattie has been married to [[Yvette Fielding]] since 1999. They have a daughter, Mary, and Beattie is stepfather to Fielding's son, William, from her first marriage.<ref name="wiki-verify"/> The couple live in Cheshire.<ref name="tribute"/>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Yvette Fielding]]		* [[Yvette Fielding]]
	* [[Antix Productions]]		* [[Antix Productions]]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}

			== External links ==
			* [https://tributemosthaunted.co.uk/cast_crew/karl-beattie/ Tribute Most Haunted — Karl Beattie]

	[[Category:TV Personalities]]		[[Category:TV Personalities]]
	[[Category:People]]		[[Category:People]]

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{{PersonInfobox
|name=Karl Beattie
|born=2 April 1963, [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]]
|occupation=Television director, producer, cameraman
|known_for=[[Most Haunted]], [[Antix Productions]]
|status=Living
}}

'''Karl Beattie''' (born 2 April 1963) is an English television director, producer, and cameraman, best known as co-creator, director, and executive producer of ''[[Most Haunted]]''.

== Career ==
Beattie began his television career as a camera assistant on the BBC's ''Parallel 9'', before training as a cameraman and working on a range of British programmes including ''Gladiators'', ''Blind Date'', and ''Robot Wars''.

In 2002, Beattie and his wife, [[Yvette Fielding]], founded [[Antix Productions]], whose first commission was ''[[Most Haunted]]'' for Living TV. Beattie served as the show's director and executive producer throughout its run, and also appeared on screen during investigations, often handling technical equipment and filming alongside the rest of the team. He went on to create, produce, and direct ''Ghosthunting With...'' for ITV2 in 2006, and in 2008 he and Fielding launched [[The Paranormal Channel]], later renamed [[The Unexplained Channel]].

In 2015, Beattie publicly rejected claims from some viewers that a ''[[Most Haunted#Most Haunted Live!|Most Haunted Live!'' broadcast had been staged, and later filmed a reconstruction responding to the allegations.

== Martial arts and "samurai" reports ==
Beattie holds dan-level ranking in Ryukyu Kempo and Wado Ryu karate, and has trained in several other disciplines including Iaido and Wing Chun. In 2004, media coverage described him as "the only living samurai outside Japan," a title he has since downplayed, though he has said the distinction was passed to him informally by his martial arts instructor rather than through any formal modern samurai class, which was abolished in Japan in 1868.

== Personal life ==
Beattie has been married to [[Yvette Fielding]] since 1999. They have a daughter together, and Beattie is stepfather to Fielding's son from her first marriage. They live in [[Cheshire]].

== See also ==
* [[Most Haunted]]
* [[Yvette Fielding]]
* [[Antix Productions]]

[[Category:TV Personalities]]

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