Barry Cunliffe presents the programme where the past speaks to the present. In August 1612 the Lancashire Assizes were the scene of a series of witchcraft trials. Rachel Hasted believes that the tragedy of the Pendle
'witches' was that they were caught up in the conflict of ideas about religion and state power in the 17th century.
Researcher FELICITY GOODALL Producers KATE MCALL and JOHN KNIGHT. BBC Bristol
0 See panel, page 85