Synopsis
Lucy Worsley discusses the violence and interrogation women faced when being accused of witchery.
- Programme: Lucy Worsley Investigates
- Episode: The Witch Hunts
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2022
- History
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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