The Witch Craze (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Revisit the dark days of the European Witch Craze when one book turned the world upside down and a disgruntled patriarchy murdered thousands of innocent women. Greg Jenner's guests are comedian Cariad Lloyd and historian Prof Suzannah Lipscomb.

Produced by Dan Morelle Script and research by Emma Nagouse, assisted by Eszter Szabo and Evie Randall Radio edit by Cornelius Mendez

A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Greg here.
0:01.0	Hope you're doing all right.
0:02.4	We are making Series 3 right now.
0:04.2	In the meantime, we've been making these radio 4 versions of the previous episode.
0:08.3	We are putting them in the feed here permanently.
0:10.3	They will be alongside the long versions.
0:12.5	So make sure you scroll down and choose which version you want.
0:15.6	So you can have the shorter, punchier, swear free versions.
0:19.2	Or the long, rambling, sweary versions.
0:21.4	Up to you.
0:22.4	Thanks very much for listening.
0:23.4	Take care.
0:24.4	Bye.
0:25.4	BBC Sounds.
0:26.4	Music Radio Podcasts.
0:30.1	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the History Podcast for everyone.
0:33.2	For people who don't like history, people who do like history, and people who forgot
0:37.0	to learn in the at school.
0:38.5	My name is Greg Jenner.
0:39.5	I am a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC Comedy
0:43.9	Show Horrible Histories.
0:45.6	You might also have heard my Radio 4 series, Home School History, although that one's
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