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Lois the Witch

Episode 4 of 5

An English girl, fresh to Salem in Massachusetts, faces the malicious accusations of a Puritan family. Stars Elizabeth Spriggs.

Newly arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, a Warwickshire girl finds herself drawn into a Puritan family's world of visions, malice and - apparently - demonic possession...

Elizabeth Gaskell's collection of intriguing "true" tales dramatised by Sally Hedges.

Mrs Gaskell ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Lois ...... Carolyn Backhouse
Grace ...... Sandra Berkin
Prudence ...... Amy Draper

With Heather Emmanuel, Susan Jeffrey, Richard Avery, Jonathan Wyatt, Andrew Harrison, Stephen Tomlin and Anna Keene.

Producer: Nigel Bryant

An Armada production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 1998.

45 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 May 202100:00
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