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The Witchfinder
Overview
A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
Episodes
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.
Episode 2
Bannister must travel to Chelmsford with Thomasine to put on a show trial for the Witchfinder General.
Episode 3
Thomasine's interventions have taken them wildly off course and Bannister has to plot a route through Dedham Vale on foot.
Episode 4
Bannister fears Thomasine might not make it to Chelmsford alive and she's no good to him dead.
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.
Episode 6
Thomasine and Bannister’s arrive in Chelmsford but no longer as travel companions.
Top Cast
Tim Key
Gideon Bannister
Daisy May Cooper
Thomasine Gooch
