Gender Biases, Ghoulish Visages and "Jazzy" Broaches: Director Lesley Manning on Ghostwatch 30 Years On

On Halloween night 1992, the BBC switchboard became inundated with an estimated one million phone calls related to a now-infamous TV broadcast. Convincingly filmed as a live news report--even featuring recognizable BBC presenters Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene and Mike "Smitty" Smith--Ghostwatch convinced a wide swath of the British populace (reportedly including Parkinson's own mother) that a real-life possession was unfolding in front of their eyes, and that a demonic entity was being channel...