BBC reveals haunting first look and further casting for The Witch Farm
The BBC has unveiled first-look pictures from The Witch Farm, a new ghost story and mystery set in the Welsh countryside, coming soon to BBC iPlayer and BBC One in a co-commission with BBC Cymru Wales. Starring Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest, Black Doves), and Michael Socha (The Cage, Showtrial) the series is written by Danny Robins – creator of hit BBC paranormal podcast and TV series Uncanny, docu-drama podcast The Battersea Poltergeist and the West End play turned global phenomenon 2:22 - A Ghost Story. The Witch Farm is inspired by first-hand accounts, theories and real events explored in Danny’s original BBC podcast of the same name.
Alongside first-look pictures, further casting has been revealed including Lewin Lloyd (His Dark Materials), Sian Gibson (The Power of Parker, Peter Kay's Car Share), Robert Pugh (Game of Thrones, The Tuckers), Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey), Edward Holcroft (Industry, The Agency) and Roger Evans (Northern Lights, House of the Dragon).
South Wales, 1989. Bill [Socha], Liz [Creevy] and their teenage son Jonathan [Lloyd] leave London for Heol Fanog, a remote modern farmhouse in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons, determined to make a fresh start. At first, the isolation feels like freedom. But when frightening, inexplicable things begin to happen around the house and a strange figure begins to appear, the family starts to feel increasingly scared.
What follows is a steady escalation of the chillingly uncanny - unexplained disturbances and an unsettling sense that they are not alone. As Bill and Liz begin to investigate, the house draws them deeper into a history that refuses to stay buried. And as the land yields its secrets, so too does their marriage - testing the limits of trust, belief, and what they’re willing to deny in order to survive.
The Witch Farm (4x60’) is written and created by Danny Robins, directed by Stacey Gregg, and produced by Megan Ott. The executive producers are Simon Barnard, Stacey Gregg and Danny Robins, James Gandhi and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, and Nawfal Faizullah and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC. Mammoth Screen’s Creative Director Rebecca Keane has overseen the development of the series. Additional funding support has been provided by the Welsh Government via Creative Wales, the series is produced in association with and distributed internationally by ITV Studios. The original podcast was a Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4.
