The Witch Farm first spine-tingling clip and premiere date revealed

As a special Halloween treat, the BBC has confirmed the premiere date for its haunting new drama The Witch Farm, a ghost story and mystery filmed and set in the Welsh countryside, alongside the first clip from the series. The first two episodes of The Witch Farm will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am Sunday 22 November, with episodes one and two airing at 9pm on BBC One and BBC One Wales on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 November, respectively.

Starring Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest, Black Doves), and Michael Socha (The Cage, Showtrial), The Witch Farm 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 clip teases unsettling events in the four-part series, set in the South Wales in 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 also stars 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), Suzanne Packer (Casualty, The Bay), Roger Evans (Northern Lights, House of the Dragon) and more.

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 in a co-commission with BBC Cymru Wales. 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.

When can you watch The Witch Farm?

• The first two episodes of The Witch Farm will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am Sunday 22 November  
• The Witch Farm begins 9pm, Sunday 22 November on BBC One with episode two airing 9pm, Monday 23 November
• Episodes three and four will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Sunday 29 November
• BBC One airs episodes three and four at 9pm, Sunday 29 and Monday 30 November respectively

• Listen to The Witch Farm podcast on BBC Sounds

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