The Witchfinder is a British television sitcom created, written, and directed by the Gibbons brothers. The series is executive produced by Steve Coogan, and Christine Langan, and produced by Dave Lambert for Baby Cow Productions. It stars Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper.[1]
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Neil Gibbons Rob Gibbons |
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| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Production company | Baby Cow Productions |
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| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 8 March (2022-03-08) – 12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) |
Set in 1645, during the English Civil War, Cooper plays a suspected witch being escorted by Key across East Anglia for a witch trial. Key plays a failing, chauvinistic, pompous witchfinder for whom the seemingly simple journey risks becoming an ordeal.[2]
The series was commissioned for BBC Two in October 2019 by channel controller Patrick Holland and Shane Allen, Controller of Comedy Commissioning.[3] Filming ran from June to July 2021.[4]
In 2023 the BBC cancelled the show .[5]
On 9 January 2023 the show received a nomination at the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022.[6]