1 March 2022
A Discovery of Witches S1-3
Adapted from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy, A Discovery of Witches is a vampire meets witch story of forbidden love, starring Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey and The Crown) and Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, I Am Number Four). In Season 2, the star-crossed lovers time walk from the present back to 1590, to hide from the Congregation while Diana learns to control her magic.
In the third and final season, Matthew and Diana return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy at Sept-Tours. They must find and piece the Book of Life back together, as their enemies gear up against them.
Season 1 was nominated for Best New Drama at the 2019 National Television Awards and as Best Horror Series by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, after becoming Sky One’s most-watched series of 2018 and the most successful series in the history of Sundance Now.
It has an 87% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus praises the leads’ “infectious chemistry” and the show’s “visual splendor.” James Purefoy (Rome, The Following) and BAFTA nominee Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten) join the cast this season.
The whole series, Seasons 1-3, are on Showmax.
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