Uncanny

Uncanny
TV Show · Documentary

Are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? Danny Robins brings his hit BBC paranormal podcast to the screen, investigating stories of bizarre, unexplained happenings. Was a young girl visited by the apparition of an Edwardian school teacher? Were a teenage boy and his family subjected to a vicious poltergeist attack? And were students preyed upon by a malevolent force? It's about to get weird.

2023 · 50m
Starring Danny Robins

Season 1

  • Case 1: Miss Howard
    EPISODE 1
    Case 1: Miss Howard
    Are ghosts real? Cate certainly thinks so, as she witnessed the apparition of an Edwardian school teacher called Miss Howard in her home in the 1970s. Paranormal investigator Danny Robins brings his hit BBC podcast to the screen and tries to get to the bottom of Cate’s story. Was this a legitimate haunting by an unhappy spirit? Or could there be a logical, medical reason for these experiences?
    50m
  • Case 2: The Bearpark Poltergeist
    EPISODE 2
    Case 2: The Bearpark Poltergeist
    As a teenager, Ian experienced phenomena that seemed to defy rational explanation. He believes his house was haunted by an entity which would shake drawers, ring bells and even flush the toilet. Paranormal podcaster Danny Robins investigates Ian’s story and tries to work out if there could be a scientific reason for the happenings or if the activity points to an unhappy spirit.
    50m
  • Case 3: The Oxford Exorcism
    EPISODE 3
    Case 3: The Oxford Exorcism
    In the early 1990s, three students at Oxford University are about to experience the house share from hell... Paranormal investigator Danny Robins meets Heather, who believes this house was haunted by a malevolent entity. In one of the most unsettling cases Danny has ever come across, he hears of an exorcism that goes disastrously wrong. What could be behind these strange happenings?
    51m
  • The Haunting of Hollymount Farm
    EPISODE 1
    The Haunting of Hollymount Farm
    Liam grew up on an idyllic, remote farm. But his happy childhood was marred by ghostly sightings of a little boy and an overbearing, oppressive presence, making him so terrified that, even as an adult, he refuses to go upstairs in his house alone. Danny Robins investigates the case and uncovers decades of hushed-up, terrifying testimonies. Who could this little boy have been?
    43m
  • The Charity Shop Poltergeist
    EPISODE 2
    The Charity Shop Poltergeist
    From the day she started working at the thrift store, Sybil felt a strange presence. Other workers also said they sensed someone in the shop with them. Then objects started to move in front of multiple witnesses, until the presence finally revealed itself to terrifying effect. Danny Robins does some digging into the building’s past and finds some extraordinary leads as to who could be responsible.
    44m
  • The Shadow Man
    EPISODE 3
    The Shadow Man
    Danny Robins is joined by Julian for what could be one of the scariest and most unsettling cases he’s ever investigated. After Julian’s family moved into a new house, tragedy struck his family on multiple occasions. Then, a malign presence taking the form of a towering, terrifying shadow man seemed to appear to him and many of his friends. Danny looks into who this horrifying figure could be.
    43m

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Cast & Crew

  • Danny Robins
    Host
  • J‌M
    Joe Myerscough
    Producer
  • B‌L
    Benjamin Leigh
    Producer
  • Danny Robins
    Producer

About

Uncanny

Documentary

Are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? Danny Robins brings his hit BBC paranormal podcast to the screen, investigating stories of bizarre, unexplained happenings. Was a young girl visited by the apparition of an Edwardian school teacher? Were a teenage boy and his family subjected to a vicious poltergeist attack? And were students preyed upon by a malevolent force? It's about to get weird.

Information

Studio
BBC Studios
Released
2023
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
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English (United Kingdom) (CC)

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