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It’s been a year and a half since the first season of A Discovery of Witches aired on AMC and BBC America. A premiere date for season two has been announced but it’s not returning to regular television. In the United States and Canada, season two will stream on AMC Networks’ streaming services Sundance Now and Shudder beginning Saturday, January 9, 2021.
Season two stars Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode with Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Lindsay Duncan, Edward Bluemel, Aiysha Hart, Daniel Ezra, Aisling Loftus, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Gregg Chillin, James Purefoy, Steven Cree, and Adelle Leonce.
The 10 new episodes find Matthew (Goode) and Diana (Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London. Here, they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life.
The highly anticipated supernatural thriller returns
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, Season 2Exclusive North American Premiere on Sundance Now and Shudder on Saturday, January 9, 2021 — one day after the UK Premiere, with a new episode premiering every following Saturday.
Starring Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge) and Emmy-nominated Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey)
Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London – here they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life.
Featuring stunning lead performances from Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge) and Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey), the most successful series in Sundance Now’s history, supernatural thriller A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, Season 2 makes its highly-anticipated US and Canadian premiere on AMC Networks’ streaming services Sundance Now and Shudder. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and one of Sky One’s biggest dramas, A Discovery of Witches, Season 2 will be available to stream exclusively on Sundance Now and Shudder, including their offerings within the AMC+ bundle, beginning Saturday, January 9, 2021, just one day after its UK Premiere, with a new episode available every following Saturday. Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ All Souls trilogy, the 10-part second season finds Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London – here they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Sundance Now is AMC Networks’ premiere streaming service for engrossing true crime, heart-stopping dramas and fiercely intelligent thrillers from around the world. AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural.
In Elizabethan London, Matthew and Diana’s romance faces a barrage of new threats. Diana’s unleashed magic takes a dark and frightening turn, while Matthew struggles to re-inhabit the dangerous life he led over four centuries ago. They must overcome deep personal fears and jealousies, baring their darkest secrets to one another if they are to stay alive, stay together and find a way back to present day.
While Matthew and Diana hide out in Elizabethan London, back in present day, Diana’s beloved aunts, Sarah (Alex Kingston, Doctor Who, ER) and Em (Valarie Pettiford, Half & Half), must take shelter with notorious witch hunter Ysabeau de Clermont (Lindsay Duncan, The Honourable Woman) at her ancestral home, Sept-Tours. Meanwhile, in Oxford, Marcus (Edward Bluemel, Killing Eve) and Miriam (Aiysha Hart, Line of Duty) take on Matthew’s mantle to protect daemons Nathaniel (Daniel Ezra, All American) and Sophie (Aisling Loftus, War & Peace), whose pregnancy is advancing. And Gerbert (Trevor Eve, Waking the Dead), Knox (Owen Teale, Game of Thrones), Satu (Malin Buska, The Girl King) and Domenico (Gregg Chillin, Da Vinci’s Demons) are determined to hunt down every clue they can to Diana’s and Matthew’s disappearance, and the secrets their allies are keeping from them.
Also starring James Purefoy (Rome, Pennyworth), Steven Cree (Outlander), and Adelle Leonce (Black Mirror) as new characters introduced in Season 2.
Made by Bad Wolf Productions, A Discovery of Witches has been adapted for screen by Pete McTighe (Doctor Who) and Susie Conklin (The Musketeers), who are also executive producers. The co-founders of Bad Wolf, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, and Lachlan MacKinnon are executive producers along with Deborah Harkness and Farren Blackburn. Farren Blackburn (The Innocents), Philippa Langdale (Harlots) and Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) are the directors. Filming took place in South Wales and on location in Oxford and Venice.
What do you think? Have you seen the first season of the A Discovery of Witches TV series? Do you plan to watch the second season?
No plans on watching. I lived the 1st season but I am sick and tired of these stations moving shows to streaming and having to pay extra.
I pay enough now!
This is an all around bum deal. PUT THE SHOW BACK ON TV.
Shame on AMC NETWORKS for being greedy and taking this off of tv! You got viewers hooked on to a great show so you expect them to follow you over to your app where they’ll have to pay to watch it! I already pay for your channel with Directv. Not that you even care, but you should be ashamed of yourselves for your corporate greed. I guess this is a great show that I’ll have to let go of because I’m not going to go broke subscribing to every app for every show I’m interested in when I already pay… Read more »
You hit the nail on the head! I am tired of this happening all the time. They can shove their streaming…I am no paying extra for any TV show.
I was looking forward to watching season 2 and now I find out it’s only on a steaming that I can’t use because I live in the country and can’t get unlimited data. I also can’t afford to pay for a streaming service on top of my Dish bill! Why can’t it be shown on the AMC channel I already pay for?!
I watched the entire first season of Discovery of Witches and I was looking forward to season 2. However, I will not be able to continue watching because it is only available by streaming.. which I cannot do in my location.
I have been waiting forever for this show to come back! Now I see that I will not be able to watch it on amc, that I already pay for through my tv provider. More money more money! I can’t afford to pay for my cable and streaming too! Not fair!
I’m so anxious for the next season. Great entertainment!
Why do they keep doing this. I still have my cable because my mom can work it. I don’t stream. Hopefully they will put it out on dvd and I can catch up with it that way. That’s what I do for Outlander and The Handmaid’s Tale.
Loved the first season of A Discovery of Witches and have been anticipating the second season. Am really heartbroken that AMC has decided to lock it behind a pay wall, though, I’ve been expecting this to happen with them too. Not buying into another streaming service (we got Sling to keep AMC/BBC America when we cut the cable) so this AMC fan is going to say ADIOS to them just like I did with CBS and NBC. Well at least we’ll save another $45 a month by cutting Sling out.
I am soooooooo ready to watch this program!!!! Not sure I have the sundance channel but going to have to look and pray to God it is not too expensive if I do not have it!!!
I can’t believe that AMC gets all of us hooked on A Discovery of Witches and then changes to streaming like all of will just jump over to pay for yet ANOTHER streaming services. Too bad, that won’t be happening to this family. Up yours for being insensitive for the almighty dollar. I guess I won’t watch. Some year the show will end and someone will play it. I’ll wait.
Disappointed that this series won’t be returning to AMC. I don’t subscribe to streaming services. I am in my 60’s and limit my watching to cable. I am sure there are many others like me
I can’t afford to pay for more video channels . So I hope that the discovery of witches will eventually come back to amc and bbc America.
I enjoyed the first 4 episodes last year (on AMC after Killing Eve).
However, even more content hidden from broadcast/OTA & basic cable. How many standalone streaming services must we consumers buy?!?! (don’t get me started on “FX on Hulu”)
Watching season 1, it is horrible, same teen story.