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A spine-tingling TV programme that aired on Halloween left an entire generation of viewers so deeply disturbed that the BBC has never dared to show it again.

The one-off broadcast triggered such widespread alarm amongst audiences that the BBC's telephone system became completely overwhelmed, with regulators subsequently condemning the programme.

The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) later declared that Ghostwatch deliberately cultivated "a sense of menace." The watchdog ruled the programme was excessively upsetting and disturbing, broadcasting far too early following the 9pm watershed.

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The programme's presenters featured Sarah Greene, more familiar as a children's television host, alongside the late chat show legend Michael Parkinson, who pass

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