The British Man Who Pioneered Modern Witchcraft

The extraordinary story of one of Britain's fastest-growing religious groups Wicca, and its eccentric creator - an Englishman called Gerald Gardner.

The modern pagan witchcraft of Wicca was born in 1930s Britain in a nudist colony in Dorset. Wicca rapidly grew from a small New Forest coven to a worldwide religion in the space of just 70 years.

British historian and leading expert in Pagan Studies, Professor Ronald Hutton, explores the unlikely origins of modern pagan witchcraft and experiences first hand its growing influence throughout Britain today.

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