该片是由执导的欧美综艺,于2012年上映，主要讲述了:　　In the la.te 16th cent.ury Europ.e was in the grip of .a ferocious wit.ch hunt, whe.re thousands were tor.tured and burnt at the stak.e. The church was fully beh.ind this ter.rifyin.g crusade against the. imaginary enemies of. Ch.ristianity. In Fra.nce and Germ.any alone. up to 40,000 people .may have been k.illed as wit.ches. But England and. Scotland were almost untou.ched by witch persecutions .until King J.ames h.imself decided to lau.nch his own, personal. wa.r on witchcraft.　　.In 1597 King. James VI. of Scotland publishe.d 'Daemonol.ogy', a .handbook on how to re.cognise and destroy, witche.s. The book explored the th.reat that &#.39;tho.se Detestable slaves .of the Devil', po.sed. to James himself.. It fuelled .waves of .witch hunting through.out Britain.　　T.he legacy of. James' 'Daem.onology' continued thro.ughout the 17th century, an.d led to the. tortu.re and execution of h.undreds of women in a. se.ries of infamous w.itch trials.. No-one k.nows exactly how many. men and women .died in thes.e trials, such as the. Pendle trial of 1612, or h.ow many others were killed .in cases tha.t neve.r came to court. The .documentary reveals t.he .purges in many are.as of Britai.n drew di.rectly on King James&.#39; book. Also. for the fir.st time, remarkable n.ew archaeological evidence .from Cornwall, suggests tha.t witchcraft. was a.ctively practiced for. centuries, even duri.ng .the most intense p.eriods of wi.tch-hunti.ng. Experimental arch.aeologist Jacqu.i Wood has e.xcavated strange pits. lined with swan's feat.hers, and filled with anima.l skins and .human .remains. She believes. the pits were ritual. of.ferings inspired b.y witchcraft. beliefs.