简介：DocumentarychartingthehistoryofthesupernaturalonBritishtelevision,andhowghostshavebeenportrayedonthesmallscreen.FromHamlettoMostHaunted,theapparitionshaveabandonedtheirtraditionalhauntsofdramaandcomedyandcrossedoverintofactualandrealityTV. GhostsintheMachinecelebratesclassicghoststorieslikeTheStoneTape,andWhistleandI'llCometoYou.ItrevisitscontroversialshowslikeDerrenBrown'sSeanceand1992'sGhostwatch,whichconvincedthousandsofviewersthatMichaelParkinsonwaspossessedbyapoltergeist. Thefilmexaminestherecentexplosionofinterestintheparanormal.Howdidghostsgettheirowngenre,andhowdidtelevisionbecomethemediumofthemedium? ContributorsincludeDerrenBrown(Seance),JaneAsher(TheStoneTape),KennethCope(RandallandHopkirkDeceased),YvetteFielding(MostHaunted),MarkGatiss(CrookedHouse),SarahGreene(Ghostwatch),JonathanMiller(WhistleandI'llCometoYou)andBillPaterson(SeaofSouls).…