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The Witches

Ian McKellen as Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's The Witches
19, Oct 1986
The Witches

In this short clip, author Roald Dahl instructs some children on the dangers of witches, as he drops them off at a school staffed by a coven including Ian McKellen in drag as Grand High Witch. The adaptation of his short story The Witches was broadcast in 1986. This clip is from a later ITV documentary.

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