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Maleficium

The terrifying outcome of suspected witchcraft drawn from actual accounts. Stars Clare Corbett, Siobhan Redmond and Freda Dowie.

Spells, charms and an imagined cursing.

Taking its title from the word for a malicious act of witchcraft, ‘Maleficium’ draws on actual terrifying accounts of confessions at witch trials, to create voices for three imaginary characters.

Alice, Margery and Jinnet - a farm hand, a farmer's wife and an elderly ‘cunning-woman’, are brought to the point of tragedy when two of them accused of witchcraft by the other.

Written by Liz Lochhead.

Alice …. Clare Corbett
Margery …. Siobhan Redmond
Jinnet …. Freda Dowie
The Skeptick …. Jon Glover
Willem Ladd …. Jon Glover

Producer: Robert Ketteridge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2001.

45 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Nov 202316:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Oct 201518:00
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  • Mon 12 Oct 201500:00
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  • Sun 19 Feb 201718:00
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  • Mon 20 Feb 201700:00
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  • Sat 30 Mar 201918:00
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  • Sun 31 Mar 201900:00
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  • Sun 3 Oct 202118:00
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  • Mon 4 Oct 202100:00
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  • Sat 18 Nov 202300:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 18 Nov 202316:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra