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The Pendle Witch Child (2011)
Directed by Ros Ereira
Documentary, History · 1h 00m
The extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in the trial in 1612 of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours and, thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged.
Cast
Simon Armitage
Crew
- Director
- Ros Ereira
- Writer
- Ros Ereira
- Director of Photography
- Brendan Easton
- Editor
- Andrew Philip
- Producer
- Ros Ereira
Details
- Release date
- 2011-08-17
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Wingspan Productions, BBC Four