Fry turned down three offers to do a television programme before he finally accepted to make 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry in 2002. 6ixth Sense catapulted him to fame and made him a household name. It was the start of a successful run of TV shows for him on Living TV. IPM, the television company who made 6ixth Sense, said that they wanted to make a British version of Crossing Over with Fry working with an audience theatre-style and doing one-to-one sittings. Their interest in the genre was influenced by Living TV showing Crossing Over with AmericanmediumJohn Edward and Derek Acorah who had been on Psychic Livetime on Granada Breeze.