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Rhianna Pratchett meets mythical creatures to discover what they reveal about us.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to find mythical creatures and uncover what they can tell us about our history, world and lives today.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land.  She uncovers what they can tell us about our history, our world and our lives today.

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Mythical Creatures: 4. Redcaps

4. Redcaps

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Rhianna Pratchett learns about the deadly Redcap, in her quest to meet mythical creatures.

Rhianna Pratchett learns about the deadly Redcap, in her quest to meet mythical creatures and discover what they reveal about us.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land.  She uncovers what they can tell us about our history, our world and our lives today.  

In this episode, Rhianna tentatively heads to Scotland, in search of a small but vicious castle-dweller, that soaks its cap in its victims’ blood – The Redcap.

She explores why stories of such violent creatures originated in a region with its own turbulent past, and finds out how their use has shifted over time. 

Storyteller: Graeme Johncock
Contributors: Icy Sedgwick, David C. Weinczok
Additional Voiceover: Neil Hutchinson

Presenter: Rhianna Pratchett
Producers: Lorna Skingley and Sarah Harrison 
Executive Producer: Mel Harris
Production Manager: Nikki Cannon
Original Music by Ben MacDougall
Sound Design and Mixing: John Scott

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