The BBC has released first-look images for its new ghost story and mystery set in the Welsh countryside. The Witch Farm will star Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest, Black Doves) and Michael Socha (The Cage, Showtrial) and will be arriving soon on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in a co-commission with BBC Cymru Wales.
Four-Part Series by Danny Robins
The four-part series is penned by Danny Robins, the creator behind popular BBC paranormal podcast and television series Uncanny, docu-drama podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and the West End production turned worldwide sensation 2:22 - A Ghost Story. The Witch Farm draws inspiration from first-hand testimonies, theories, and genuine events examined in Danny's original BBC podcast of the same title.
Alongside first-look images, additional casting has been announced 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).
Story Set in 1989 South Wales
The series is based in south Wales in 1989 when couple Bill (Michael Socha) and Liz Rich (Gabrielle Creevy) depart London for Heol Fanog, an isolated contemporary farmhouse in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons, intent on making a new beginning. The synopsis states: "At first the isolation feels like freedom. But when, in the midst of a traumatic home birth, Liz becomes convinced she's seen a ghostly figure in the bedroom they start to feel increasingly afraid."
"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."
