The Witchfinder

6.5
2022•29m

A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.

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The Witchfinder 🧙🏻‍♀️| Trailer - BBC

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. Episode 1

A failing witchfinder arrives in an East Anglian village in search of work. Desperate for wealth and fame, all he finds is an uncouth local woman accused of killing a pig.

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2. Episode 2

Bannister must travel to Chelmsford with Thomasine to put on a show trial for the Witchfinder General.

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3. Episode 3

Thomasine's interventions have taken them wildly off course and Bannister has to plot a route through Dedham Vale on foot.

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4. Episode 4

Bannister fears Thomasine might not make it to Chelmsford alive and she's no good to him dead.

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5. Episode 5

The Dedham ordeal has softened his hostility but when Bannister indulges Thomasine by letting her go for a swim, she is snatched and dragged away to a ransacked church.

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6. Episode 6

Thomasine and Bannister’s arrive in Chelmsford but no longer as travel companions.

Cast

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Tim Key

Gideon Bannister

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Daisy May Cooper

Thomasine Gooch

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