A Discovery of Witches: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford's Bodleian library, one that was thought by the creatures to be lost and could answer the mysteries of their existence, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery – and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont.

Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures' decline and extinction, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands – and their deepening relationship – threatens to violate age-old taboos and shake the fragile peace that exists between the species.

Series details

• Title: A Discovery of Witches
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2018-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-01-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Now
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 31339
• IMDb ID: tt2177461
• TVDB ID: 351291

Cast and credited roles

• Teresa Palmer — Diana Bishop
• Matthew Goode — Matthew Clairmont
• Alex Kingston — Sarah Bishop
• Trevor Eve — Gerbert D'Aurillac
• Owen Teale — Peter Knox
• Malin Buska — Satu Jarvinen
• Edward Bluemel — Marcus Whitmore
• Aiysha Hart — Miriam Shepherd
• Gregg Chilingirian — Dominico Michele
• Valarie Pettiford — Emily Mather
• Lindsay Duncan — Ysabeau de Clermont
• Tanya Moodie — Agatha Wilson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-14; final listed air date 2018-11-02; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-01-08; final listed air date 2021-01-08; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2022-01-07; final listed air date 2022-01-07; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

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