Witching Time

A 17th-century witch uses her craft to transport herself to the 20th century. She brings spine-chilling terror to the present-day occupants of the old farmhouse in which she lived. She puts her mark on the man now living in the farmhouse, while his wife tries to save him.

Production Details

Jack Gill Presents “Hammer House of Horror” Copyright MCMLXXX
Chips Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved
A Cinema Arts International Production in association with Hammer Films for ITC Entertainment – An OCC company.

UK Transmission Date 13th Sep 1980

Location:

Missenden Road, Little Hampden, Buckinghamshire – Woodstock Farm
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire – Mary talks to vicar

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Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew – Verified complete

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	Hidden	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Assistant Art Director	Bob Bell	Yes	62	21 Mar 1918		6 Jun 2009	91	13		13
Assistant Art Director	Richard Rooker	Yes	36	1944	01/01/1944		81	13		13
Assistant Director	Ken Baker	Yes						23		23
Camera Operator	Neil Binney	Yes	49	1 Jun 1931			94	17	10	27
Casting Director	Eileen Garstka	Yes						13		13
Continuity	Lorely Farley	Yes	41	1 Apr 1939			86	23		23
Costume Supervisor	Laura Nightingale	Yes						35		35
Designer	Carolyn Scott	Yes						23		23
Director	Don Leaver	Yes	50	27 Sep 1929		13 Dec 2015	86	2		2
Director of Photography	Frank Watts BSc	Yes	51	13 Jun 1929		5 Mar 1994	64	16		16
Dubbing Editor	Bryan Tilling	Yes	51	1929		19 Feb 2011	82	13		13
Dubbing Editor	Jack Knight	Yes	50	9 Aug 1930		7 Nov 1993	63	15		15
Dubbing Mixer	Ken Scrivener	Yes	61	19 Jan 1919		16 Jun 2006	87	2		2
Editor	Chris Barnes	Yes	42	1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	13	34
Executive Producer	Brian Lawrence	Yes	60	1920		2004	84	26		26
Executive Producer	David Reid	Yes	42	1 Mar 1938			87	13		13
Gaffer	Steve Birtles	Yes	65	12 Nov 1914		2003	88	14	15	29
Hairdresser	Daphne Volmer	Yes	52	15 Aug 1928		11 Jan 2006	77	17		17
Make-up	Eddie Knight	Yes	55	14 Mar 1925		27 Aug 1996	71	31		31
Music Composer	James Bernard	Yes	54	20 Sep 1925		12 Jul 2001	75	25	1	26
Music Editor	Marcel Durham	Yes	60	21 Jun 1920		Apr 2000	79	13		13
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	Yes	72	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Presenter	Jack Gill	Yes	61	1919				13		13
Producer	Roy Skeggs	Yes	46	Apr 34		29 Dec 2018	84	45	2	47
Production Assistant	Margaret Nicholas	Yes						13		13
Production Assistant	Mike Widd	Yes						13		13
Production Manager	Ron Jackson	Yes	45	1935		1993	58	34	1	35
Production Runner	Callum McDougall	No							13	13
Screenplay	Anthony Read	Yes	45	21 Apr 1935		21 Nov 2015	80	14		14
Sound Recordist	John Bramall	Yes	57	18 Aug 1923		13 Jun 2000	76	23		23
Special Effects	Ian Scoones	Yes	40	20 Feb 1940		20 Jan 2010	69	13	9	22
Story Editor	Anthony Read	Yes	45	21 Apr 1935		21 Nov 2015	80	14		14
Title Designer	Chris Wood	Yes						13		13
CAST
Charles	Ian McCulloch	Yes	40	18/11/1939			85	1		1
David	Jon Finch	Yes	38	2 Mar 1942		28 Dec 2012	70	3		3
Lucinda	Patricia Quinn	Yes	36	28 May 1944			81	1		1
Mary	Prunella Gee	Yes	30	17 Feb 1950			75	1		1
Rector	Lennard Pearce	Yes	65	9 Feb 1915		15 Dec 1984	69	1		1
Sister	Margaret Anderson	Yes	55	27 Aug 1925		6 Jun 2016	90	1	1	2

Footnotes

Prunella Gee appeared in the Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983).

Lennard Pearce is fondly remembered as Grandad in BBC TV’s hit comedy series Only Fools and Horses.

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