Ian Cashmore
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Ian Cashmore is a British television personality specializing in paranormal
phenomena.
Cashmore has been involved in investigating the paranormal since the early 1980s. More recently he has served as the presenter of the Discovery Channel
's Ghosthunters
programme, which was shown initially in the UK
and Europe
before being sold to worldwide networks. In 2004 he also helped pilot the US version of the show Ghost Hunters
.
Ghosthunters
is also currently aired in on Discovery's DMAX channel throughout Europe at differing times, and is shown in the UK on Discovery DMAX (SKY 144) on Friday nights at both 10pm and 10.30pm.
Ian also co-presented Live TV's The Why Files, originally shown in the UK and Europe, and now on re-runs on SKY TV's 'My Channel (ch.176)' four times a day at 7am, 9am, 3pm and 7pm.
Amongst his current roles he is also the paranormal expert for the Sally Jessy Raphaël
radio show in the USA, and a regular contributor for the BBC
in the UK, and independent television and radio. He also often doubles as a guest producer for BBC regional radio in the UK.
Ian's grandfather is Denis William Cashmore
who played professionally for Watford Football Club.
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
phenomena.
Cashmore has been involved in investigating the paranormal since the early 1980s. More recently he has served as the presenter of the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
's Ghosthunters
Ghosthunters
Ghosthunters was a British paranormal documentary television series that originally aired from 1996 to 1997 on the Discovery Channel. The four-season program was produced by Inca Productions of Covent Garden, London , hosted by Ian Cashmore, and narrated by William Woollard...
programme, which was shown initially in the UK
United Kingdom
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and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
before being sold to worldwide networks. In 2004 he also helped pilot the US version of the show Ghost Hunters
Ghost Hunters
Ghost Hunters is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on October 6, 2004, on Syfy . The program features paranormal investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson who investigate places that are reported to be haunted. The two originally worked as plumbers for Roto-Rooter as...
.
Ghosthunters
Ghosthunters
Ghosthunters was a British paranormal documentary television series that originally aired from 1996 to 1997 on the Discovery Channel. The four-season program was produced by Inca Productions of Covent Garden, London , hosted by Ian Cashmore, and narrated by William Woollard...
is also currently aired in on Discovery's DMAX channel throughout Europe at differing times, and is shown in the UK on Discovery DMAX (SKY 144) on Friday nights at both 10pm and 10.30pm.
Ian also co-presented Live TV's The Why Files, originally shown in the UK and Europe, and now on re-runs on SKY TV's 'My Channel (ch.176)' four times a day at 7am, 9am, 3pm and 7pm.
Amongst his current roles he is also the paranormal expert for the Sally Jessy Raphaël
Sally Jessy Raphaël
Sally Lowenthal , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American talk show host, known for the eponymous Sally talk show she hosted for two decades.-Early years:...
radio show in the USA, and a regular contributor for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in the UK, and independent television and radio. He also often doubles as a guest producer for BBC regional radio in the UK.
Ian's grandfather is Denis William Cashmore
Denis William Cashmore
Denis William Cashmore was a footballer for Watford Football Club, like his father George Cashmore before him. He played for the club from 1928 until 1932, but had to retire due to the onset of total deafness following a football-related accident.Cashmore spent most of his life in Aldenham, Nr....
who played professionally for Watford Football Club.