This episode discusses the great and strange adventure of researching and writing Fairies: A Dangerous History. It then looks in detail at the seemingly incredible but widespread belief that babies and children really were 'stolen by the fairies.' Be advised: this discussion necessarily contains distressing material. This really did happen. We should, however, recognise that those seemingly deluded and superstitious people would probably be astonished to learn that, right now, right here in Britain, children routinely go hungry in towns and cities overflowing with food and with untaxed billions.