The Witchfinder
The Witchfinder
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The Witchfinder

6.5 / 10
2022
1 season
6 episodes
Comedy

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

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  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    08-03-202229m

    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

    2.Episode 2

    15-03-202229m

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

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    22-03-202229m

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

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    29-03-202230m

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

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    05-04-202230m

    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.

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    12-04-202229m

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

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