John Lennon Séance Branded “Tasteless”

A SEANCE organized to contact the spirit of John Lennon has been vehemently defended by its producer, Paul Sharratt.

The psychic television programme, which will air on a US pay-per-view digital channel, has been criticised as "tasteless" by critics.

Sharratt, who made a similar psychic TV show in 2003 in order to contact Diana, Princess of Wales, defended ‘The Spirit of John Lennon’ as a "serious" broadcast.  Yoko Ono, the late former Beatle’s widow, has not given her consent for the broadcast and was not available for comment.
 

Obvious choice

The programme, which will be shown on the In Demand channel on 24 April, will charge viewers $9.95 (£5.67) to watch the programme.

Paul Sharratt, who heads the production company behind the show, said: "People say this is disgusting and I accept that criticism, but we're making a serious attempt to do something that many, many millions of people around the world think is possible."  The producer commented that he was sceptical about paranormal phenomena even after psychics had attempted to make contact with Diana.
"I didn't come out a total believer, but it was good for a lot of people as a tribute to Diana."

He added the singer’s widow, Yoko Ono and other people associated with the singer have been invited to take part in the psychic programme and that Lennon was the obvious choice for the next TV seance.
 

Spiritual World

"Lennon was very interested in the spiritual world. It's a natural follow-up to the Diana seance," said Mr Sharratt.

The TV show will include visits to various places frequented by Lennon, such as Capitol Records in Los Angeles where he recorded some of his songs, as well as a small town in India where he once attended a spiritual retreat.
A spirit reader who claims he can receive musical notes and lyrics from Lennon will also be featured.

The finale of the programme will be a 30-minute seance in a room containing infrared cameras.