The Witch Farm will begin on BBC One and BBC One Wales on Sunday 22 November 2026. The four-part drama stars Gabrielle Creevy and Michael Socha as a couple starting again in rural Wales.
The BBC has chosen Halloween to announce the premiere date and release the first clip. The opening two episodes arrive on BBC iPlayer at 6am that Sunday, before the 9pm television broadcast.
Danny Robins has written and created the adaptation of his BBC Radio 4 podcast. His other work includes Uncanny, The Battersea Poltergeist and the stage play 2:22 A Ghost Story.
From podcasts to a television drama
For those of us who have followed Robins from podcasts to Uncanny on television, this is exciting news. Now one of his best-known cases is becoming a four-part drama.
We have followed that journey on Spooky Isles, including Gayle Fidler’s reviews of Uncanny’s television investigations. The Witch Farm offers another way into these stories, through the people living with the disturbances.
We’re particularly keen to see what Creevy and Socha bring to Bill and Liz. The decision to put their marriage at the centre gives the adaptation plenty to explore.
If you want to revisit the original series, Christine Miller’s The Witch Farm podcast episode guide is a good starting point. Rick Hale also explores the family’s reported experiences in his article about the Heol Fanog haunting.
We have spoken to Robins himself, too. In our Danny Robins interview, he discusses ghost hunting, paranormal research and 2:22 – A Ghost Story.
Our Evelyn Hollow interview looks at The Battersea Poltergeist and poltergeists more widely. It is another conversation worth revisiting while we wait for the new series.
A fresh start at Heol Fanog
Set in 1989, the drama follows Bill, Liz and teenage Jonathan as they leave London. They move into Heol Fanog, a remote modern farmhouse in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons.
At first, the family welcomes the isolation. Then unexplained disturbances begin, and a strange figure appears around the house.
Bill and Liz investigate the history of their new home as the events intensify. Their search also puts their marriage under strain, testing their trust in each other.
Creevy, whose credits include The Guest and Black Doves, plays Liz. Socha, known for The Cage and Showtrial, plays Bill, with His Dark Materials actor Lewin Lloyd as Jonathan.
The cast also includes Sian Gibson, Robert Pugh, Jeremy Swift, Edward Holcroft, Suzanne Packer and Roger Evans.
Stacey Gregg directs the series, which was filmed in Wales and produced by Mammoth Screen. Each of its four episodes runs for an hour.
Release date and broadcast times
BBC One and BBC One Wales will show the drama across two Sunday and Monday evenings:
- Episode one: Sunday 22 November 2026, 9pm.
- Episode two: Monday 23 November 2026, 9pm.
- Episode three: Sunday 29 November 2026, 9pm.
- Episode four: Monday 30 November 2026, 9pm.
On BBC iPlayer, episodes one and two arrive at 6am on Sunday 22 November. Episodes three and four follow at 6am on Sunday 29 November.
Watch the first clip on the BBC’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/aibw7r5TOwM
With four episodes taking us to the end of November, this is welcome autumn viewing. It should help bridge the gap between Halloween and the Christmas ghost-story season.
