The Witchfinder

- Season 1

(2022)

A failing witchfinder arrives in an East Anglian village in search of work. Desperate for the wealth and fame a big trial could bring, all he finds is an uncouth local woman accused of killing a pig. While he makes the most of this trivial case, an opportunity presents itself that could change his fortunes forever.

Bannister must travel to Chelmsford with Thomasine to put on a show trial for the Witchfinder General. But his captive is the worst possible travel companion and threatens to make a straightforward journey a life-changing ordeal.

Thomasine's interventions have taken them wildly off course, and Bannister has to plot a route through Dedham Vale on foot.

Bannister fears Thomasine might not make it to Chelmsford alive, and she's no good to him dead.

The Deadham 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.

Thomasine and Bannister arrive in Chelmsford but no longer as travel companions.