Skip to content
The Pendle Witch Child backdrop

The Pendle Witch Child

7.6Aug 17, 20111h 0mDocumentaryHistory

Directed by Ros Ereira

Written by Ros Ereira

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.

Watch Now

Cast

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Himself - Presenter

Screenshots