When nine Huntingdonshire people were accused of witchcraft in 1646, during the English Civil Wars, their accusers knew who to turn to for help - Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins. The six women ...

Keith Kahn-Harris reviews Michael Hann’s *Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal* and revisits his long-lost NWOBHM past Last year marked the 50th anniversary of ...

England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by ...

Wallington tells how a supposed coven of witches was found in the Essex village of Manningtree. Manningtree is the home village of Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, notorious for his brutality ...

Bannister must travel to Chelmsford with Thomasine to put on a show trial for the Witchfinder General. But his captive is the worst possible travel companion and threatens to make a straightforward ...

Bannister can't let someone else try her before he reaches Chelmsford and the Witchfinder General. When he attempts to get her back he discovers the man putting her on trial is none other than Matthew ...

A failing witchfinder has a chance to change his luck - he just has to get his suspect to her trial. Simple, right? Historical, hysterical comedy with Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper.

A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ABC We ...