The Witchfinder (2022)

6.6 (19 votes)

1 Season

March 8, 2022

English

Comedy

Synopsis

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

Creator

Dave Lambert, Sarah Monteith, Rupert Majendie

Network

BBC Two

Episodes

Episode 1

Mar 8, 2022

29 min

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.

Episode 2

Mar 15, 2022

29 min

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

Episode 3

Mar 22, 2022

29 min

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

Episode 4

Mar 29, 2022

30 min

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

Episode 5

Apr 5, 2022

30 min

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.