The fourth in a series of five original inquiries into the truth behind famous mysteries and popular stories. Investigated by Bob Symes.
The Doomsday Prophecies The End of the World shall come
In nineteen hundred and ninety-one.
So runs the final prophecy of the Yorkshire wise-woman, Mother Shipton. Her fellow seer, St Malachi. puts
Doomsday as close as the reign of the next pope but one; Nostradamus specifically says July, 1999.
Could the prophets be right? Producer ROBIN BOOTLE (R)