Britain’s Young Witches

1 x 20 mins for BBC iPlayer

Offline/Online and Grade for Wisebuddah

Alice Levine investigates the growing number of young people in the UK getting involved in witchcraft. With a rise in witchy YouTubers, online courses for witchcraft and trending hashtags like #witchesofinstagram, you could say being a witch is very in right now.

So why are some young people today drawn to witchcraft? How different is this new generation of witches to previous ones? Alice meets people who are practising witchcraft to find out what part it plays in their lives, and how the Internet is helping them further their craft.