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A Discovery of Witches (TV Series)

A Discovery of Witches

2018

Sarah Walker, Alice Troughton ...

Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Valarie Pettiford, Malin Buska ...

5.9

718

TV Series. Romance. Drama. Fantasy TV Series (2018-2022). 3 Seasons. 25 Episodes. “A Discovery of Witches” is described as a contemporary love story set against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, but in a world where witches, vampires and demons live and work unseen amongst humans. Palmer stars as an historian and reluctant witch, denying her heritage, whose discovery of a manuscript throws her into the heart of a dangerous mystery and into the path of an enigmatic ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Cass Clarke CBR	"[3rd Season Review]: [It] offers a compelling look at Diana and Matt's evolution as a couple (...) What Season 3 does best is show how their confrontations reverberate through their families"
		Huw Fullerton Radio Times	"[3rd Season Review]: Overall, this third and final series will deliver what fans have been waiting for (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jack Seale The Guardian	"[3rd Season Review]: It isn’t funny, sexy or scary, not because it fails at those things but because it refuses to attempt them. It also doesn’t think fantasy should be a gateway to anywhere (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Greg Wheeler The Review Geek	"[3rd Season Review]: Although it does feel a bit rushed at times and the story could have done with a big, epic showdown between the different races, this is a decent send-off for this entertaining fantasy romance."
		Rosie Fletcher Den of Geek	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] is epic and sumptuous in its cinematography and settings and does just as much globetrotting too (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Harry Fletcher Metro	"[2nd Season Review]: [It] is back to provide the kind of time-hopping escapism we could all use right now (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jack Seale The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: There’s sex and death and fire and blood! It should be stirring stuff. But, er, it isn’t. (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Ed Power Telegraph	"[2nd Season Review]: The real headline though was that 'Discovery of Witches' had lost none of its ludicrous qualities in the long wait between seasons (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Huw Fullerton Radio Times	"[2nd Season Review]: Compelling, escapist fun – and addictive (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Greg Wheeler The Review Geek	"[2nd Season Review]: While the individual episodes are a fun ride in the moment, there’s also nothing here that really stands out as memorable or meaningful when you’re done with it.
		Euan Ferguson The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer are eerily masterful"
		Mike Hale The New York Times	"[It] lays out its world and characters briskly and intelligibly, and the early episodes invest the fantasy clichés with some elegance and picturesqueness"
		Euan Ferguson The Guardian	"This reworking of Deborah Harkness's books is absolutely grand, as far as it goes."
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] isn't even the slightest bit scary (...) Qualitatively, the series (...) occupies that space between 'Twilight' and 'Outlander'."
		Sam Wollaston The Guardian	"[It] is kind of 'Harry Potter' and 'Morse' boiled up together with eye of 'Twilight' and toe of 'Being Human' tossed in, too. If historical fantasy is your thing then I imagine you’re in heaven. (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Catherine Pearson Digital Spy	"There's a little magic on show, but not enough to sink our teeth into."
		Aliya Whiteley Den of Geek	"[It] is obviously not looking to give us the groundbreaking. It’s aiming for highly watchable, and I do feel the pull to watch the next episode, mainly because it’s reminding me of a lot of stuff I’ve already enjoyed."
		Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"Elegant and satisfying (...) It has a winning stateliness matched by the actors' underplaying"
		Lucy Davies Telegraph	"Despite the hammy dialogue, this fantasy drama is worth sticking with (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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