"Unsettling" BBC mystery drama set in the Welsh countryside of the '80s lands first-look trailer

A first trailer has been released for the BBC's new series The Witch Farm, starring Black Doves' Gabrielle Creevy. The show debuts later this month and comes courtesy of writer Danny Robins, who previously penned the spooky play 2:22 - A Ghost Story.

The Cage's Michael Socha, His Dark Materials' Lewin Lloyd, Peter Kay's Car Share star Sian Gibson, Ted Lasso's Jeremy Swift and Game of Thrones' Robert Pugh also star in the spooky drama, which drops its first two episodes on iPlayer on Sunday, 22 November.

Set in the Welsh countryside in the late 1980s, it sees parents Bill (Socha) and Liz (Creevy) settling into a remote modern farmhouse with their son Jonathan (Lloyd), when - according to an official synopsis - "frightening, inexplicable things begin to happen around the house and a strange figure begins to appear".

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The synopsis adds: "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 four-part series is inspired by first-hand accounts, theories and, yes, true-life events, and started life as a BBC podcast of the same name, also helmed by Robins.

An unnerving new trailer gives a glimpse at the eery vibe of the show, with Liz asking: "Do you ever feel like we're not alone?"

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"There's no such thing as ghosts," Bill declares at another point - but after another character tells him that his house "does something to people", will he be forced to reassess that belief?

The Witch Farm is directed by Stacey Gregg, and follows Robins' past paranormal podcasts Uncanny and The Battersea Poltergeist.

The Witch Farm episodes one and two will be released on BBC iPlayer on Sunday, 22 November. Episode one airs on BBC One at 9pm on the same day, while episode two airs on Monday, 23 November.

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Shaun is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, with over a decade of experience reporting on all things pop culture. He has written for outlets including Metro, Attitude, Huffington Post, The Mirror, Yahoo!, Pink News and Express Online, specialising in TV, movies, soaps, music and LGBTQ+ issues. He is also a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning scriptwriter, having written episodes of the soap Hollyoaks, the official Steps musical Here & Now and multiple Offie Award-nominated plays. He studied English Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia, and will happily talk at length about Desperate Housewives to anyone who'll listen.