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This week on the channel +896K views this week

Sian Eleri follows the hooded figure on BBC deepwatch

The Penyffordd Farm investigation brings witness accounts, a pub Ouija session and a psychologist's explanation into the same episode.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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  1. 3:25The case archive contains recurring reports of a hooded monk and Welsh writing appearing on walls.
  2. 8:29Eleri maps reported monk sightings along a historical pilgrimage route near the farm.
  3. 10:50A paranormal group conducts a Ouija session at the Britannia Inn.
  4. 17:00Psychologist Dr Malcolm Schofield explains how priming and expectation can shape apparently supernatural experiences.
  5. 23:03Adrienne Gower describes seeing a monk looming over her bed after returning from university.

A monk is the recurring figure in the Penyffordd Farm archive, but Sian Eleri also wants to understand what expectation can make people see. BBC deepwatch's most-watched upload of the week follows the Radio 1 presenter from reported sightings along a pilgrimage route to a University of Derby psychologist explaining priming.

"I investigated Life inside Britain's 'Most Haunted' House" has reached roughly 24,000 views. Originally broadcast in August 2023, the documentary follows Eleri as she reviews witness statements, attends a paranormal group's Ouija session at the Britannia Inn and interviews Adrienne Gower, who describes seeing a monk looming over her bed after returning from university. Dr Malcolm Schofield offers another way into the mystery: heightened expectation can shape how people interpret an experience.

The comments pick up that tension. Some viewers propose testing the board's supposed Welsh-speaking entity in Welsh; others discuss unconscious hand movements. One remembers the case from childhood and asks for more of Eleri's investigations.

Two of the channel's three uploads returned to Penyffordd Farm, including a separate Ouija-board extract. The other followed Tir Dhondy's investigation into sextortion scams in Nigeria. Her earlier documentary, "I infiltrated Nigeria's lethal sex scam rings", remains the channel's busiest video right now, attracting considerably more daily viewing than the farmhouse episode.

BBC deepwatch added nearly 900,000 views over the week, close to fellow documentary channel Wonder's weekly total. Subscribers were unchanged, while daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Within the Penyffordd series, the earlier visit to the farmhouse also continues to find viewers alongside Eleri's latest archive investigation.

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What viewers say

  • I remember this case from when I was young. I think I’ve watched this series 3 times now, it’s so well done, if you haven’t watched it, it’s on iPlayer - it’s fascinating. Also really loved the Witch one as well. So well done Sian, please can we have some more??
    @sarahpenhale13See it on YouTube
  • This was Brilltant can’t wait to watch the next one
    @garethmorgan7474See it on YouTube
  • Do you think the mysterious figure could have been an ancient monk? Or something else entirely...
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  • The use of a Ouija board could be compared to Table Turning, where a group of people put their hands on a table and it starts to rock and turn of its own accord. Michael Faraday (the scientist) debunked that - in 1853, Faraday demonstrated in The Times that the movements observed during table-turning were caused by unconscious small hand movements of the participants.
    @walliswizardSee it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on BBC deepwatch right now

Face to face with a Nigerian sex scammer1,574 views · 2026-10-25 Can this ouija board unlock some of the secrets behind Britain's 'Mos…494 views · 2026-10-30 I infiltrated Nigeria’s lethal sex scam rings365,316 views I visited Britain's ‘Most Haunted' House69,695 views
The facts
Subscribers
2,420,000
Channel views, last 7 days
896,277
Videos published this week
3
Video published
October 28, 2026
Video views so far
24,046
Views on its first day
15,477

The numbers

Here is how BBC deepwatch's week looks across views, subscribers and recent uploads.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Channel 5 with Andrew Cal…
6,324,292
Tommy G
5,023,709
British Pathé
2,303,450
Absolute History
1,690,447
Wonder
911,660
BBC deepwatch
896,277
Spark
795,291
Journeyman Pictures
293,406
Real Wild
225,368
subscribers
2,420,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
887,396,197
views per day
80,841
typical day: 108,300
first-day views of each video posted this week
I investigated Life inside Britain’s ‘M…
15,477
Face to face with a Nigerian sex scammer
880
Can this ouija board unlock some of the…
392
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Tommy G
3,800,000
Channel 5 with Andrew Cal…
3,730,000
Absolute History
3,700,000
British Pathé
3,650,000
Journeyman Pictures
2,610,000
BBC deepwatch
2,420,000
Wonder
2,320,000
Spark
2,000,000
Real Wild
1,900,000
As of November 1, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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