The Pendle Witch Child

Name: The Pendle Witch Child
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2011-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Simon Armitage

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.

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Simon Armitage

Himself - Presenter

Ros Ereira

Director

Jenny Lewis

Animation

Ros Ereira

Writer

Phoebe Boswell

Animation

Andrew Philip

Editor

Archie Baron

Executive Producer

Hatty Hodgson

Production Coordinator

Ros Ereira

Producer

Brendan Easton

Director of Photography