THE LAST WITCH Using court transcripts, this film dramatised Helen Duncan's 1944 trial for witchcraft - the last such trial ever to take place in Britain. It was a cause célèbre in wartime London. A number of prominent people testified that they were convinced that she was an authentic medium but Duncan was barred by the Judge from demonstrating her alleged powers as part of her defence against being fraudulent. Duncan was jailed for nine months. After the verdict, Winston Churchill wrote a memo to Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, complaining about the misuse of court resources on the "obsolete tomfoolery" of the charge.

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Year of Production 2007

Broadcaster
Channel 4

Running Time
60 mins

Number of Episodes
1

Executive Producer
Claudia Milne

Contact Info
Peter Casely-Hayford
0207 284 2020
pch@twentytwenty.tv

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