Help! My House Is Haunted

In the programme The Skirrid Inn, presenters Sandy Lakdar, Barri Ghai and Chris Fleming visit Wales’ oldest drinking establishment, a historic inn famed for its dark and turbulent history. They examine the building’s legacy and the stories that have shaped its reputation over centuries.

The Skirrid Inn is a television programme presented as an episode‑length feature. It falls under the broad category of a programme and is classed as an episode‑type offering, focusing on a single, self‑contained story rather than a serial format. In this instalment, presenters Sandy Lakdar, Barri Ghai and Chris Fleming travel to Wales to step inside the nation’s oldest drinking establishment. Their visit centres on the inn’s reputation for a dark and turbulent history, with the trio taking the audience through the building’s long‑standing presence in the local landscape. During the walkthrough, the three hosts examine the atmosphere that has accumulated over centuries, noting how the age of the inn contributes to its eerie reputation. Their commentary highlights the contrast between the welcoming façade of a traditional public house and the unsettling stories that have become attached to it over time. By the end of the episode, viewers are left with a clearer picture of why the Skirrid Inn remains a focal point of Welsh folklore. The programme’s concise format allows Lakdar, Ghai and Fleming to present the inn’s storied past without straying beyond the facts that define its dark and turbulent legacy.