A Discovery of Witches Trailer - Premieres 1/17/19Season One
Official Trailer (Sundance Now and Shudder)Based on the bestselling and critically-acclaimed novel of the same name by Deborah Harkness, “A Discovery of Witches” is an enchanting modern-day love story set against the backdrop of Oxford academic life. Historian Diana Bishop (Palmer), a reluctant witch denying her heritage, accidently discovers a long-lost bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library, and is immediately thrown into the heart of a dangerous underworld. On her journey, she finds herself tossed into the path of enigmatic vampire and geneticist, Matthew Clairmont (Goode), who hides a dark family secret.
The series, filmed in the UK at Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford and Venice, was adapted for screen by writer
Kate Brooke (“Mr. Selfridge”), who also serves as executive producer. Co-founders of Bad Wolf,
Jane Tranter (“Doctor Who,” “The Night Of”) and
Julie Gardner (“Doctor Who,” “The Night Of”) and Lachlan MacKinnon are executive producers along with author
Deborah Harkness.
Juan Carlos Medina (
Painless) directs.
Below is a trailer from the first season episode of
A Discovery of Witches, "EPISODE."
A Discovery of Witches airs Thursdays on Sundance Now and Shudder. Check it out below.