''A Discovery of Witches'' is a British fantasy television series based on the
All Souls Trilogy
''A Discovery of Witches'' is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after findin ...
by
Deborah Harkness
Deborah Harkness (born 1965) is an American scholar and novelist, best known as an historian and as the author of the All Souls Trilogy, which consists of ''The New York Times'' best-selling novel ''A Discovery of Witches (book series), A Disc ...
, named after the
first book in the trilogy. Produced by
Bad Wolf
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and
Sky Studios
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, it stars
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Mary Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career with roles in '' Bedtime Stories'' (2008), ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (2010), '' Take Me Home Tonight'' (2011), and '' I Am Number Four'' (2011). She r ...
and
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), f ...
as a witch and a vampire who must learn about and fend off magical creatures.
Edward Bluemel,
Louise Brealey
Louise Brealey (born 27 March 1979), also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played Molly Hooper in '' Sherlock'', Cass in ''Back'', Scottish professor Jude McDermid in ''Clique'', Gillian Chamberlain in ...
,
Malin Buska,
Aiysha Hart,
Owen Teale
Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series ''Game of Thrones''.
Early life
Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and ...
,
Alex Kingston
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, and
Valarie Pettiford
Valarie Pettiford (born July 8, 1960) is an American stage and television actress, dancer, and jazz singer. She received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the broadway production '' Fosse''. She is also known for her role as "Big Dee Dee" ...
are also featured.
The eight-episode first series of ''A Discovery of Witches'' premiered weekly in the UK on
Sky One from 14 September 2018. In November 2018, Sky One renewed ''A Discovery of Witches'' for a second and third series. The ten-episode second series was initially released in its entirety on 8 January 2021, and aired weekly on Sky One. The third and final series was also initially released in its entirety on 7 January 2022 and aired weekly on
Sky Max
Sky Max is a British pay television channel which launched on 1 September 2021 along with Sky Showcase. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a subsidiary of Comcast.
The channel was announced on 28 July 2021 to replace Sky One, which had been ...
.
The programme received generally positive reviews, with praise for the chemistry between the main characters, and it received a nomination for Best New Drama at the
National Television Awards
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.
Premise
Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant
witch
Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have us ...
, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's
Bodleian Library. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by a mysterious geneticist and
vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deat ...
Matthew Clairmont. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires, they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world.
Cast and characters
Main
*
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Mary Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career with roles in '' Bedtime Stories'' (2008), ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (2010), '' Take Me Home Tonight'' (2011), and '' I Am Number Four'' (2011). She r ...
as Diana Bishop,
DPhil
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, a witch and tenured historian at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
, studying alchemy and science at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
*
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), f ...
as Matthew Clairmont, a vampire and Professor of Biochemistry
*
Edward Bluemel as Marcus Whitmore, Matthew Clairmont's vampire son and lab colleague
*
Louise Brealey
Louise Brealey (born 27 March 1979), also credited as Loo Brealey, is an English actress, writer and journalist. She played Molly Hooper in '' Sherlock'', Cass in ''Back'', Scottish professor Jude McDermid in ''Clique'', Gillian Chamberlain in ...
as Gillian Chamberlain (series 1), a fellow witch and academic alongside Diana at Oxford
*
Malin Buska as Satu Järvinen, a Finnish witch and a Congregation member
*
Aiysha Hart as Miriam Shephard, vampire and Matthew's scientific colleague at Oxford
*
Owen Teale
Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series ''Game of Thrones''.
Early life
Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and ...
as Peter Knox, a high-ranking witch and a member of the Congregation
*
Alex Kingston
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...
as Sarah Bishop, Diana's aunt
*
Valarie Pettiford
Valarie Pettiford (born July 8, 1960) is an American stage and television actress, dancer, and jazz singer. She received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the broadway production '' Fosse''. She is also known for her role as "Big Dee Dee" ...
as Emily Mather, Sarah's partner
*
Gregg Chillin as Domenico Michele, a vampire and Congregation member
*
Elarica Johnson
Elarica Johnson (; born 21 August 1989) is an English actress and model, best known for playing Hailey (aka Autumn Night) in ''P-Valley.'' Johnson also starred in ''A Discovery of Witches'', in which she played Juliette Durand. She played Kylie ...
as Juliette Durand (series 1), a vampire, daughter of Gerbert
*
Greg McHugh
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Early life and education
Greg McHugh ...
as Hamish Osborne, a daemon and friend of Matthew
*
Trevor Eve
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as
Gerbert d'Aurillac
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, an ancient vampire and a Congregation member
*
Daniel Ezra
Daniel Ezra (born 15 December 1991) is a British actor best known for his role as Spencer James on '' All American''.
He is
Early life
Ezra was born in Birmingham, England. Both his paternal and maternal grandparents were from Jamaica. Growin ...
as Nathaniel Wilson, a daemon, son of Agatha
*
Aisling Loftus as Sophie Wilson, a daemon, wife of Nathaniel,
and as Susanna Norman (season 2), a witch
*
Tanya Moodie
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* Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
* Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name
* Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946)
* List of Mortal Kombat characters#T ...
as Agatha Wilson, a daemon and Congregation member
*
Sorcha Cusack
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as Marthe, a vampire, housekeeper to Ysabeau
*
Trystan Gravelle
Trystan Gravelle (born 4 May 1981) is a Welsh theatre, film and television actor.
Life and career
Gravelle was born in the Welsh village of Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade. He was a member of the Llanelli Youth T ...
(series 1–2) and
Peter McDonald (series 3) as Baldwin Montclair, a vampire, brother of Matthew and head of the Congregation.
*
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Vere Duncan (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish actress. On stage, she has won two Olivier Awards (for ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and ''Private Lives'') and a Tony Award (for ''Private Lives''). She has starred in several plays by Ha ...
as Ysabeau de Clermont, mother of Matthew Clairmont and wife of Philippe de Clermont
*
Holly Aird
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as Françoise (series 2), a vampire
*
Tom Hughes as
Kit Marlowe (series 2), playwright and friend of Matthew
* Michael Lindall as
Walter Raleigh
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(series 2)
*
Sheila Hancock as Goody Alsop (series 2), a witch
*
Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) is a Welsh theatre, television and film actor.
Early life
Rhys was born in Neath to working class Catholic parents, Kathryn Ivory and her husband Richard Charles Rhys, a labourer. At fourteen, he bred and train ...
as Andrew Hubbard (series 2–3), a vampire
*
Steven Cree
Steven Cree (born 29 February 1980) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Murray in the Starz television series '' Outlander''. His other work includes the films '' Brave'' (2012), '' 300: Rise of ...
as Gallowglass (series 2–3), son of the late Hugh de Clermont and nephew of Matthew
* Adelle Leonce as Phoebe Taylor (series 2–3), a human who becomes involved with Marcus
*
Elaine Cassidy
Elaine Cassidy (born 31 December 1979) is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing DC Dinah Kowalska in ''No Offence'', Abby Mills in the American television series ''Harper's Island'' for CBS, Felicia in '' Felicia's Journey'', Runt in ...
as Louisa de Clermont (series 2), sister of Matthew
*
James Purefoy
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as Philippe de Clermont (series 2), husband of Ysabeau, father of Baldwin and stepfather of Matthew
*
Michael Jibson
Michael Jibson (born 16 December 1980) is an English actor, director, writer and voice over artist.
Jibson started his career in the theatre. He has been nominated for an Olivier Award twice, once when he was only 22 in 2003, for his work on ...
as
Rudolf II
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the Hous ...
(series 2), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia
* Olivier Huband as Fernando Gonçalves (series 3), a vampire, partner of the late Hugh de Clermont
*
Jacob Ifan as Benjamin Fuchs (series 3, guest series 2), a vampire
*
Ivanno Jeremiah
Ivanno Jeremiah is an English actor known for his role in ''Humans''.
In 2016, he appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series ''Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by C ...
as Christopher Roberts (series 3), friend of Diana
*
Toby Regbo
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as Jack Blackfriars (series 3)
** Joshua Pickering as young Jack Blackfriars (recurring series 2)
*
Parker Sawyers
Parker Sawyers (born May 24, 1984) is an American actor.
Career
His first leading film role was starring as a young Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th presid ...
as Ransome Fayrweather (series 3), a vampire
Recurring and guest
*
Adetomiwa Edun as Sean (series 1), an employee at the Bodleian Library
*
Sophia Myles
Sophia Jane Myles (; born 18 March 1980) is an English actress. She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in ''Thunderbirds'' (2004), Isolde in '' Tristan & Isolde'' (2006), Darcy in '' Transformers: Age of Extincti ...
as Rebecca Bishop (series 1–2), Diana's mother
* David Newman as Stephen Proctor (series 1, guest series 2), Diana's father
*
Chloe Dumas
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé (given name), Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root ...
as Meridiana (series 1), a witch
* Milo Twomey as Pierre (series 2), a vampire
*
Barbara Marten
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as
Elizabeth I
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(series 2), Queen of England
*
Adrian Rawlins
Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in ''The Woman in Black'' and James Potter in the ''Harry Potter'' films. In 2019, he starred in ''Chernobyl'' as Nikolai Fomin.
Early life
Rawlin ...
as
William Cecil (series 2)
* Adam Sklar as
Henry Percy (series 2)
*
Amanda Hale
Amanda Hale (born 2 October 1982) is a British actress.
Early life
Hale is one of four children born to Irish immigrant parents in northwest London. Her cousin is scientist Martin Glennie. She had been due to go to Oxford University to study ...
as
Mary Sidney
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(series 2)
*
Struan Rodger
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as
John Dee (series 2)
*
Anton Lesser
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as
Rabbi Loew (series 2)
*
Lois Chimimba as Catherine Streeter (series 2), a witch
*
Amy McAllister as Marjorie Cooper (series 2), a witch
*
Victoria Yeates
Victoria Natalie Yeates (born 19 April 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Sister Winifred in the period drama series ''Call the Midwife''. She also appeared in the film '' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' ...
as Elizabeth Jackson (series 2), a witch
*
Genesis Lynea
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as Geraldine Newcopse (series 3), a vampire
*
Shobu Kapoor
Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent.
Life and career
She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market trader Sanjay ( Deepak Verma), in the BBC soap opera ''EastEn ...
as Linda Crosby (series 3), a witch
*
Phaldut Sharma
Phaldut "Paul" Sharma, also known as Paul Sharma, is a UK-based actor and dancer. He is best known for his roles in Gavin and Stacey as Achmed and Eastenders as AJ Ahmed .
Career
Television and film
Sharma played Vinnay Ramdas in '' Casualty'' ...
as T.J. Weston (series 3), a daemon
Episodes
Series 1 (2018)
Series 2 (2021)
Series 3 (2022)
Production
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
purchased the film rights to ''A Discovery of Witches'' in 2011. The film was in the early stages of development, with few details released beyond the signing-on of playwright
David Auburn to pen the screenplay and producers
Denise Di Novi
Denise Di Novi (born March 21, 1956) is an American film producer and director.
Early life
The daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi, when Di Novi was three years old her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father made music f ...
and Allison Greenspan.
British entertainment channel Sky One bought the rights for the books, to adapt them into a television programme.
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Mary Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career with roles in '' Bedtime Stories'' (2008), ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (2010), '' Take Me Home Tonight'' (2011), and '' I Am Number Four'' (2011). She r ...
was cast as Diana Bishop and
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), f ...
was cast as Matthew Clairmont. After six months of filming, it was completed on 16 February 2018. Much of the work was filmed in Wales, on location and at
Bad Wolf Studios in
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
.
On 2 November 2018, Sky One renewed ''A Discovery of Witches'' for a second and a third series before the first series finale was broadcast. A first look at the second series was released in September 2019. In December 2019, it was announced that the filming for the next series was completed in the UK, and the rest of the filming would take place in Italy. During the
New York Comic Con
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History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
's virtual event in October 2020, it was reported that the third series was filming at Wolf Studios in Cardiff. A trailer for the third series was released in October 2021.
Release
The programme premiered in the UK on Sky One on 14 September 2018 with its first series of eight episodes. Streaming on NOW TV also started on that date after each episode was broadcast. The international distribution of the programme is handled by
Sky Vision
Sky Vision was a production and distribution company founded by Sky in 2002 as Parthenon Media Group and was acquired and rebranded by Sky as Sky Vision. The business had investments in nine production businesses in the UK and US: Love Productio ...
. From January 2019, the series became available on
AMC
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Film and television
* AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain
* AMC Networks, an American entertainment company
** AMC (TV channel)
** AMC+, streaming service
** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company
*** ...
's subscription services Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC Premiere.
It was announced by
AMC Networks
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AMC Networks owns and operates the eponymous cable channel and its siblings, IFC, We TV, and Sundance TV; the art house movie theater IFC Cen ...
at the
TCA press tour that the show would be making its American television debut on 7 April 2019 on AMC and
BBC America
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, being paired with ''
Killing Eve
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''s second season.
The second series was initially released in its entirety on 8 January 2021, consisting of ten episodes, and continued to air weekly on Sky One.
The third series is scheduled to be released on
SundanceNow,
Shudder
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*Shivering
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*Shudder (streaming service)
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and
AMC+
AMC may refer to:
Film and television
* AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain
* AMC Networks, an American entertainment company
** AMC (TV channel)
** AMC+, streaming service
** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company
*** ...
on 8 January 2022.
Reception
Critical reception
The programme received positive reviews from critics, who praised the adaptation, the production and the performances of the cast. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, 94% of 33 critics have given the first series a positive review, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''A Discovery of Witches'' smartly grounds its flights of fancy with a lived-in authenticity and harnesses the chemistry between its two star-crossed leads to make for a promising foray into the occult." For the second series, Rotten Tomatoes collected 21 critic reviews and identified 81% of them as positive, and the average rating is 6.8/10. The consensus states, "Grounded by Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer's infectious chemistry and a healthy dose of visual splendor, ''A Discovery of Witches'' sophomore season makes slipping eras look easy."
Metacritic
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, another aggregator, assigned the first series an average score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Accolades
In October 2018, ''A Discovery of Witches'' was nominated in the longlist for Best New Drama in the
National Television Awards
The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are vot ...
. In January 2019, it was announced as a nominee for the shortlist of Best New Drama series nominees at the
24th National Television Awards.
Notes
References
External links
*
''A Discovery of Witches''at
Sky One
''A Discovery of Witches'' TVat
Deborah Harkness.com (author)
*
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