Lives in a Landscape: The Devils of Broughton podcast

St Peter's Church in Broughton

While Radio 4's documentary series Lives in a Landscape is off air, we're steadily making the archive available for download - and this week we're putting up a seasonal classic - The Devils of Broughton on the Lives in a Landscape podcast page.

Alan Dein reports on a curious midnight ritual in Broughton, Northamptonshire where, as Christmas approaches, the villagers beat out the devil in a din of pots and pans, milk churns and hip baths, drums and hammers, colanders and frying pans - anything that makes a noise in fact.

Elisabeth Mahoney in the Guardian wrote of a "beautifully produced" programme featuring "exquisite characters". It'll be available from Friday morning - we hope you enjoy it.

Laurence Grissell is one of the producers of Lives in a Landscape

• You can download The Devils of Broughton podcast as well as series 9 of Lives in a Landscape from the Radio 4 podcast pages.
• Read producer Sara Jane Hall's blog about making the first programme in series 9 on the aftermath of the Hackney riots.
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