Doctor Who Guide: The Witchfinders

Last updated 23 March 2024

The Witchfinders

Series Episode Number: 848

World Premiere: Sun 25 Nov 2018 - 6:30pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 25 Nov 2018 - 8:00pm EST [BBC America]
Running Time: 46 minutes 31 seconds

7.21 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 81 (UK)

Audience Share: 31.5% (UK)
Chart Position: 17 (BARB Week (Four Screen)) (UK)

The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive in 17th century Lancashire and become embroiled in a witch trial, run by the local landowner.

As fear stalks the land, the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt. But is there something even more dangerous at work? Can the Doctor and friends keep the people of Bilehurst Cragg safe from all the forces that are massing in the land?

Characters
The Doctor		Jodie Whittaker
Graham O'Brien		Bradley Walsh
Ryan Sinclair		Tosin Cole
Yasmin Khan		Mandip Gill
King James		Alan Cumming
Becka Savage		Siobhan Finneran
Willa Twiston		Tilly Steele
Old Mother Twiston		Tricia Kelly
Smithy		Arthur Kay
Alfonso		Stavros Demetraki
Stunts		Belinda McGinley
Stunts		Andrew Burford
Stunts		Claire Hayhurst

Production Team
Writer		Joy Wilkinson
Director		Sallie Aprahamian
Producer		Alex Mercer
Series Producer		Nikki Wilson
Executive Producer		Chris Chibnall
Executive Producer		Matt Strevens
Co-Executive Producer		Sam Hoyle
Executive Producer for the BBC		Ben Irving
Line Producer		Steffan Morris
Make-up Designer		Claire Pritchard-Jones
Costume Designer		Ray Holman
Production Designer		Arwel Wyn Jones
Director of Photography		Tim Palmer
Editor		Helen Murphy
Music		Segun Akinola
Casting Director		Andy Pryor CDG
Prosthetics		Millennium FX
Special Effects		Real SFX
Visual Effects		DNEG TV
Dubbing Mixer		Howard Bargroff
Sound Recordist		Delan Llyr Humphreys
Production Accountant		Laurence Parker
Post Production Supervisor		Ceres Doyle
Production Executive		Tracie Simpson
Head of Production		Radford Neville
Colourist		Gareth Spensley
Script Editor		Fiona McAllister
Series Script Editor		Sheena Bucktowonsing
Stunt coordinator		Crispin Layfield
Stunt coordinator		Dani Biernat
First Assistant Director		Seth Adams
2nd Assistant Director		Dalmi Thomas
3rd Assistant Director		Christopher J Thomas
Assistant Director		Lauren Pate
Assistant Director		Sion Eirug
Unit Driver		Sean Evans
Unit Driver		Paul Watkins
Unit Driver		Jolyon Davey
Supervising Location Manager		Iwan Roberts
Location Manager		Lyn Moses
Unit Manager		Jac Jones
Production Manager		James De-Haviland
Production Coordinator		Sandra Cosfeld
Assistant Production Coordinator		Jessica Elise Evans
Production Secretary		Jade Stephenson
Production Assistant		Alexandra Bahiyyih Wain
Executive Assistant		Caroline Cook
Assistaint Accountant		Helen Searle
Assistaint Accountant		Kate Barber-Williams
Art Department Accountant		Karen Evans
Camera Operator		Mark McQuoid
Focus Puller		Jonathan Vidgen
Focus Puller		Elhein De Wet
Camera Assistant		Gethin Williams
Camera Assistant		Drew Marsden
Camera Assistant		Cal Stephens
Grip		John Robinson
Assistant Grip		Ash Whitford
Script Supervisor		Nicki Coles
Assistant Script Editor		Hannah Mason
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Tom Shoring
Sound Maintenance Engineer		Christopher Goding
Gaffer		Mark Hutchings
Best Boy		Andy Gardiner
Electrician		Bob Milton
Electrician		Gawain Nash
Electrician		Andrew Williams
Electrician		Gareth Sheldon
Supervising Art Director		Dafydd Shurmer
Assistant Art Director		Lissa Lamona
Standby Art Director		Harry Trow
Set Decorator		Joelle Rumbelow
Production Buyer		Vicki Male
Petty Cash Buyer		Kayleigh Powell
Trainee Buyer		Georgia Reece
Set Designer		Julia Jones
Set Designer		Zsofia Ekler
Art Department Coordinator		Isabelle Kennedy
Storyboard Artist		Michael Collins
Props Master		Nick Thomas
Props Chargehand		Stuart Rankmore
Standby Props		Matthew Ireland
Standby Props		Carys Lewis
Prop Hand		Atiff Tahir
Prop Hand		John Thomas
Prop Hand		Tom Major
Storeman		Charlie Malik
Workshop Manager		Mark Hill
Workshop Assistant		Chris Slocombe
Concept Artist		Darren Fereday
Graphic Artist		Richard Wells
Head Modelmaker		Lee Radford
Prop Fabrication		Penny Howarth
Practical Electrician		Matthew Dunford
Specialist Prop Maker		Nick Robatto
Standby Carpenter		Paul Jones
Rigging		Shadow Scaffolding
Standby Rigger		Colin Toms
Construction Manager		Mark Painter
Construction Chargehand		Dean Tucker
Construction Chargehand		John Sinnott
Carpenter		Terry Horle
Carpenter		Joseph Painter
Carpenter		Matt Ferry
Carpenter		Tim Burke
Carpenter		Campbell Fraser
Carpenter		Chris Daniels
Carpenter		George Rees
Carpenter		Jonathan Tylke
Construction Driver		Darran Bousie
Construction Driver		Jason Tylke
HOD Painter		Steve Fudge
Chargehand Painter		Mark Reece
Chargehand Painter		Lloyd Reece
Scenic Artist		Jeremy Duckham
Scenic Artist		Gemma Dorie
Assistant Costume Desginer		Emma Burnand
Assistant Costume Desginer		Simon Marks
Costume Assistant		Ian Fowler
Costume Assistant		Andie Mear
Costume Assistant		Jenny Tindle
Costume Assistant		Holly Williams
Make-Up Supervisor		Emma Cowen
Make-Up Artist		Allison Sing
Make-Up Artist		Amy Riley
Make-Up Artist		Charlotte Giles
Junior Make-up Artist		Angharad Walsh
Junior Make-up Artist		Hanna Lewis-Jones
Unit Medic		Glyn Evans
Casting Associate		Ri McDaid-Owen
Casting Assistant		Louis Constantine
Business Affairs		Carol Griggs
Business Affairs		Steve Robson
Assistant Editor		David Davies
Assistant Editor		Hayley Williams
VFX Editor		Martyn Western
Post Production Coordinator		Claire Rees
SFX Editor		Harry Barnes
ADR Editor		Matthew Cox
Dialogue Editor		Darran Clement
Foley		Bang Post Production
Online Editor		Christine Kelly
Online Editor		Geraint Pari Huws
Recorded by		Olga Fitzroy
Mixed By		Goetz Botzenhardt
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Sequence		Ben Pickles

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