A Discovery of Witches TV: Season 2

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Clip of a full interview: Author Deborah Harkness discusses Season 2

Season 2 Trailer (official)

Sooo, you can read the official Sundance Now press release below, or you can get our take on Season 2; Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) jump back in time then change…into really cool clothes, while in search of The Book of Life.

Then…

Matt and Diana heat up – figuratively and actually – when Diana comes into her power and Matthew becomes all the rage *wink*.
Hottie Marcus (Ed Bluemel) gets even hotter when beautiful Pheobe (Adelle Leonce) enters the scene(s).
Christopher Marlow (Tom Hughes) is all in his feelings…a man born to have sense shaken into him!
Aunt Em (Valarie Pettiford) is pure magic.
Phillippe (James Purefoy) is…*sigh* keeping it PG
And Gallowglass (Steven Cree) … our beloved Gallowglass…in all his hair and badassness glory *swoon*.
Oh and beautiful sets, breathtaking locations, spine tingling baby-making music* (as if Rob Lane‘s isn’t emotive enough), and costumes that are out of this world (1590 to be precise).

*baby-making music (with a hypnotic video)we do not own the rights to this music (brunomajor.com)

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is marcuskitchen-2.png — As if Marcus (Ed Bluemel) isn’t sexy enough, they had to throw in this background music….have mercy.

Season 2

New Cast for Season 2

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This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is philipe.png — **James Purefoy is Philippe de Clermont** is a vampire. He was the husband of Ysabeau de Clermont and step-father of Matthew Clairmont (de Clermont).

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is cree.png — **Steven Cree is Gallowglass de Clermont,** a vampire (and badass), is particularly fond of and loyal to his uncle, Matthew.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is benfx.png — **Jacob Ifan is Benjamin Fox**, also known as Benjamin Fuchs, is a vampire made by Matthew Clairmont in the early twelfth century, after the First Crusade.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is chimiba.png — **Lois Chimimba is Catherine Streeter** is a fire witch and another of Diana’s teachers while she was in 1590. Both of Catherine’s parents were fire witches, a rare occurrence.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is louiseclm.png — **Elaine Cassidy is Louisa de Clermont** s Ysabeau de Clermont‘s vampiric daughter and sister to Matthew de Clermont.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is percy.png — **Henry Sklar is Henry Percy,** 9th Earl of Northumberland, is an English nobleman, and friend to Matthew Roydon (de Clermont).

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is walter.png — **Michael Lindall is Sir Walter Raleigh**, was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England. Walter is friends with Matthew Roydon (de Clermont).

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is queen.png — **Barbara Marten is Queen Elizabeth** who lives up to her historic reputation.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is francoise.png — **Holly Aird is Françoise,** longtime and loyal servant to the de Clermont family.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is adelle.png — **Adelle Leonce is Phoebe Taylor** is an employee at Sotheby’s auction house, who becomes Marcus Whitmore’s beloved. She is approximately 22 years old, petite, diplomatic, proper, polite, resolute and gentle.

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This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is jack.png — **.Joshua Pickering is Jack Blackfriars**, Diana and Matthew’s adopted son.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is tomhughes.png — **Tom Hughes is Christopher “Kit” Marlowe** – a daemon – was an English poet and dramatist during the Elizabethan era. He is Matthew de Clermont’s (Royden’s) best friend.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is pierre.png — **Milo Twomey is Pierre** – vampire – longtime and loyal employee of the de Clermont family.

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Sundance Now Press Release (official)

Season two 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. 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, bearing 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, Family Business), 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, Sex Education) 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, Sex Education), Steven Cree (Outlander, Cobra, The Little Princess), and Adelle Leonce (Black Mirror) as new characters introduced in Season 2. (Sundance Now press release)