Early career Fielding's first major role came in 1983 when she was cast in the children's
BBC series
Seaview. The comedy-drama show centred around a teenage girl called Sandy Shelton (played by Fielding), growing up living at her parents' guest house in
Blackpool. The show ran for two series. Fielding later made a guest appearance in an episode of
Juliet Bravo.
Blue Peter and beyond In 1987, Fielding became a presenter on the
BBC children's show
Blue Peter. To date Fielding holds the record of being the youngest presenter on
Blue Peter, starting on 29 June 1987 three months before her 19th birthday. While on the series Fielding also had an acting role in
Last of the Summer Wine (making an appearance in the series while making a
Blue Peter report on the show). During her time on the show, Fielding won the
SOS Award for the
Most Popular Woman on Television, competing with
Cilla Black,
Victoria Wood and
Kylie Minogue. Years after Fielding left
Blue Peter, her trip on a
rollercoaster with fellow presenter
Mark Curry was voted the
Favourite Blue Peter moment of all time by viewers. After five years of
Blue Peter, Fielding co-hosted ''
What's Up Doc?'', a Saturday morning children's show on
ITV. The series ran for three years. From 1995 Fielding made a transition from children's television to broadcasting for an older audience. After leaving ''What's Up Doc?
Fielding presented The Heaven and Earth Show, The General and City Hospital for the BBC. She was a regular host of Karaoke Challenge
and contributed weekend continuity for Challenge TV. Fielding also appeared in the ITV game show Win, Lose or Draw'' in 1995 and 1996. Fielding briefly returned to children's television in 1997, appearing in two episodes of the CBBC drama series
Byker Grove, playing the role of Samantha Fuller. From 1998 to 2000, Fielding appeared as a regular alongside
Fred Dinenage and
Toyah Willcox on a property-pricing based game-show called
Under Offer made for
Meridian Television. In 2003, Fielding appeared as a guest on the
Channel 4 chat show
Richard & Judy. In 2004, Fielding was named 'Multichannel personality of the year' at the
Variety Club Showbusiness awards. In 2005, Fielding appeared as
Annie Lennox in a celebrity special of ITV's
Stars in Their Eyes, and also appeared as a guest panellist on
Channel 5 show
The Wright Stuff (Fielding made further guest appearances on the show in 2008 and 2009). In 2007, Fielding appeared as a guest on the ITV chat show
Loose Women, and appeared as a contestant in the
ITV2 reality television programme
Deadline, finishing second. Later on in the year she appeared as a guest on
That Antony Cotton Show. In January 2008, Fielding appeared as a contestant on the BBC quiz show
Celebrity Mastermind, with her specialist subject being
Henry VIII. Fielding and her husband were the celebrity subjects of a one-hour documentary for
Living called
Living With Yvette & Karl which aired on 1 November 2008. A sequel documentary entitled
In Bed with Yvette & Karl which aired on Living on 17 January 2009, charted Fielding's
hysterectomy operation and recovery. A full-length series of
In Bed with Yvette & Karl, was then commissioned, and aired on Living during June and July 2009. In October 2009, a further documentary entitled
Yvette & Karl: Life begins at 40 was broadcast. From February to March 2009, Fielding appeared in the
ITV1 variety TV show
Saturday Night Takeaway. On 21 May 2009, Fielding appeared for a fourth time on ''
The Paul O'Grady Show, and a day later, she appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. In May 2009, Fielding appeared as a guest on the ITV talent show spin-off Britain's Got More Talent. In July 2009, Fielding was a celebrity panellist in an episode of the Channel 4 comedy show 8 out of 10 Cats. In November 2009, Fielding appeared as a celebrity contestant in an episode of Come Dine with Me, finishing third. In May 2010, Fielding appeared as a guest on the Channel 5 chat show Justin Lee Collins: Good Times. In December 2011, Fielding appeared as part of a celebrity team on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads''.
Presenting the paranormal In 2002, Yvette Fielding and her husband
Karl Beattie established their own television production company,
Antix Productions. Their first production was
Most Haunted for the British TV channel
Living. In the show, Fielding and
paranormal experts investigate various supposedly haunted locations around Britain, in the hopes that paranormal activity may be documented by the crew. In 2006, Fielding presented and produced
Ghosthunting With..., a paranormal show for
ITV2 which shows Fielding leading various celebrities around haunted locations. Fielding has made many appearances and interviews in the British media in connection with her paranormal investigations and programmes, including guest appearances on
The Sunday Night Project (
Channel 4),
The Chris Moyles Show (
BBC Radio 1) and
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (
BBC One). Furthering her paranormal franchise, in 2008 Fielding made her first move into radio broadcasting, hosting ''Yvette Fielding's Fright Nights'' on
Kerrang! Radio. Fielding left the radio station a few months later however, due to other work commitments. In 2008, Fielding and Beattie formed a new company called
Monster Pictures to operate the
Paranormal Channel. Fielding acted as anchor to the channel and presented original programming on the station. The channel was subsequently renamed the
Unexplained Channel in 2009. In October 2009, a two-part documentary featuring Fielding with
Paul O'Grady aired on Living entitled
Death in Venice. The documentary saw the pair investigating claims of ghost and vampire sightings in
Poveglia, Italy. Fielding announced on 25 June 2010 that she was to step down as presenter of
Most Haunted. In subsequent interviews, Fielding also indicated that she would finish presenting
Ghosthunting with.. and all other paranormal-based broadcasts in 2010. However, in May 2011, Fielding appeared in an episode of the UK version of the
Celebrity Ghost Stories series for the
bio channel, with the entire UK series of
Celebrity Ghost Stories being produced by Fielding's Antix Productions company. Then in September 2011 Fielding presented another episode of
Ghosthunting with... featuring the cast of
The Only Way Is Essex. In April 2012, Fielding appeared in an episode of
Olly: Life on Murs, in which she and
Olly Murs visited a haunted house. In October 2012, Fielding appeared on
BBC Radio 2 and
The Alan Titchmarsh Show on
ITV1 talking about the paranormal and her ghost hunting career. In these interviews Fielding stated that she will return to
Most Haunted in 2013. In 2014, Fielding once again returned to hosting
Most Haunted, when a new series was produced for the
Freeview channel,
Really. In March 2013, Fielding appeared in the
Peter Kay Sit down for Comic Relief comedy sketch as part of
Red Nose Day 2013. In June 2013 she co-hosted
Real Radio North West's breakfast show, with Glen Hunt, as a stand in for the regular co-host, Lorna Bancroft. As well as presenting
Most Haunted, Fielding also ran and co-owned a tea shop in Manchester called 'Propertea', near to
Manchester Cathedral until 2016 when she left to start her own tea shop. In 2015, Fielding was a celebrity homeowner in an episode of
Through the Keyhole. In November 2015, Fielding took part in the
ITV reality series ''
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' She finished the show in tenth place after being evicted on 30 November. ==Personal life==