Name: Witches Of Essex
Released: 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Rylan Clark, Alice Roberts

TV Show · Documentary · History

Rylan and Prof Alice Roberts investigate the Essex witch trials. Using original court documents, experts, and dramatic reconstructions, they reveal the lives of the accused.

2025 · 43m

Starring Rylan Clark, Alice Roberts

Director Paul Olding

EPISODE 1

Hatfield Peverel

Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the witch trials of Essex, starting in 1566 with the accusation of a family of women from Hatfield Peveril who are tried before Queen Elizabeth’s own Attorney.
EPISODE 2

St Osyth

Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the St Osyth witch trial of 1582. A falling out between friends leads to accusations of witchcraft, whipped up by the local magistrate, which rips the village apart.
EPISODE 3

Manningtree

Rylan teams up with Prof Alice Roberts to investigate the rise of the self-styled Witch Finder General Matthew Hopkins. In 1645 he starts his reign of terror, arresting and torturing a disabled woman on a charge of witchcraft.

The Enfield Poltergeist

Rylan Clark

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Alice Roberts

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Paul Olding

Director
Dan Korn

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Paul Olding

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