The Witchfinder

TV Series
2022
30m

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6.6/10

2.2K

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Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper in The Witchfinder (2022)

A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he has to deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the country gripped by civil war, famine and plague.

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A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he must deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the co... Read allA failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he must deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the country gripped by civil war, famine, and plague.A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he must deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the country gripped by civil war, famine, and plague.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.2K

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Tim Key

Gideon Bannister

• 2022

Daisy May Cooper

Thomasine Gooch

• 2022

Jessica Hynes

Old Myers

• 2022

Daniel Rigby

Hebble

• 2022

Tuwaine Barrett

Cumberlidge

• 2022

Michael Culkin

Lord Salisbury…

• 2022

Dan Renton Skinner

Beekeeper

• 2022

Rosie Cavaliero

Mrs. Jennings

• 2022

Dan Mersh

Minister Jennings

• 2022

Vincent Franklin

Topcliffe

• 2022

Joplin Sibtain

John Stearne

• 2022

Michelle Greenidge

Landlady

• 2022

Ellie White

Karen

• 2022

Sharlene Whyte

Catherine

• 2022

Karl Theobald

Fake Stearne

• 2022

Matt Green

Father

• 2022

Sammy Kamara

• 2022

Katy Wix

Martha Pleased

• 2022

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8mrjolly1

Good Fun

It's nice for a new comedy to make our TVs that's not American. It has a touch of Monty Python about it. I really enjoyed it. Good comedy actors and good script.

7jerknting

Brilliantly Produced Funny

A very good take on the mockery of witch-hunting back then anyway. It's witty and funny. You can see the plot will thicken as you warm to the characters. Good comedy for adults which is great. Looking forward to more episodes 😀

7aluntaylor

Expected more but still worth watching

"Hunderby" it's not but it has its moments and the cast is top notch. Certainly worth watching. It's truly astounding how many reviewers here seem to get bent out of shape by the number of black and Asian actors in the cast. What a nasty little biggoted country the UK has become.

nick4

Double standards?

In a 2020 period drama set in India, the BBC trumpeted the fact it had an all Asian cast playing the Asian characters. (No white actors) When it comes to period dramas/comedies set in Britain, the BBC is quick to change the ethnicity of the characters.

This is inconsistent and a double standard.

Personally, I love realism in period dramas/comedies with appropriate settings, casting and costumes for the period and location.

I notice one person calling people they disagree with "idiots" - a typical "cancel culture" response. Please remember, everyone is entitled to their own view.

7Soeli2

An amusing little comedy

I watched it in one evening and it didn't send me to sleep.

I'm still very much awake. A state of being which appears to be of importance to some other reviewers.

I can't wait for IMDb to catch up with who appears in each episode, since I'm useless at remembering names of actors and the names of other stuff I've seen them in. Definitely a few from Ghosts, at least one League of Gentlemen, and I'm sure I spied a Kurrupt Fm player in there too.

Overall, a pleasant evening. Thanks BBC.

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Reunites Reese Shearsmith and Julian Barrett who starred together in another 17th Century English set period piece that also concerned demonic possession in 2013's 'A Field in England'