Joseph Fiennes and Alexandra Roach star in The Witch Farm

Written and presented by Danny Robins, creator of The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and West End hit 2:22 - A Ghost Story

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From the award-winning makers of hit BBC podcasts The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny comes The Witch Farm, a thrilling new eight-part podcast series. Using a genre-busting blend of drama and documentary, The Witch Farm re-investigates the true story of an ordinary couple in an extraordinary, terrifying situation, and a house that has had more exorcisms than any other in British history.

Launching on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds on Monday 17 October, The Witch Farm stars Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare In Love) and Alexandra Roach (No Offence, Utopia) with Owen Teale (Game Of Thrones), Reece Shearsmith (Inside Number 9, The League Of Gentlemen) and Tom Price (Torchwood) among the cast. The theme tune is written and performed by acclaimed 2022 Mercury Prize-nominated singer Gwenno, and is sung in Welsh.

It’s 1989 in rural Wales, and Bill (Joseph Fiennes) and Liz (Alexandra Roach) move into their new home, Heol Fanog, in the Brecon Beacons mountains. It seems idyllic, but soon they are plagued by strange and frightening phenomena and an electricity bill so impossibly huge it suggests that something is sucking the power from the house. Their dream home has become a haunted nightmare, but what is real and what is in their minds? Danny Robins arrives in the remote Welsh countryside to re-open this paranormal cold case.

Danny goes on a journey that takes him into the wild mountains of Wales to meet witches, druids, exorcists and the woman at the heart of the haunting: the real-life Liz, now in her 60s. The Witch Farm features parapsychologists Ciaran O’Keefe and Evelyn Hollow - the team of experts from The Battersea Poltergeist - who return to help Danny investigate.

As with Danny’s previous series, The Witch Farm will be uniquely interactive, encouraging listeners to become armchair supernatural-sleuths, diving into the real-life mystery behind the case in a bid to solve it.

Danny Robins says: “I’m thrilled to return to BBC Sounds and Radio 4 with a new real-life ghost story just in time for Halloween. Investigating The Battersea Poltergeist pushed me to the very edge of believing ghosts exist. Since then, I’ve been wondering if there’s another case that could tip me over the edge. Just, maybe, this is the one. The Witch Farm is unlike anything I have come across before, we have apparitions, poltergeist activity, alleged possession, physical injury and even threat to life. It’s going to be quite a ride - prepare to never sleep again…”

Rhian Roberts, Commissioning Editor, says: ‘This new series is stuffed full of the wicked mischief and terrifying twists we know listeners love. We look forward to welcoming everyone to a very haunted house and apologise in advance for jump scares and sleepless nights.’

The Witch Farm (8 x 30’) is a Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4. Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard. Mark Chadbourn, author of the book on the case, Testimony, is Consultant. It was commissioned by Rhian Roberts.

Podcast episodes will be available on BBC Sounds every Monday at 7am from 17 October, followed by a Radio 4 TX at 11pm

Source BBC Sounds

October 13, 2022 4:00am ET by Pressparty  

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