The Witchfinder: What is the new BBC comedy about and who is in the cast?

The Witchfinder: What is the new BBC comedy about and who is in the cast?
The new sitcom takes us back to the 1740s (Picture: BBC/Baby Cow Productions/Steve Peskett)

New comedy The Witchfinder is coming to BBC with new episodes each week.

The series promises plenty of laughs as the writers of Alan Partridge take us back to the 1940s.

Viewers will meet a witchfinder and his suspect as they travel through England at a time of civil war, famine and plague.

What is The Witchfinder about?

The new sitcom sees a failing witchfinder transporting a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.

However, his captive is the worst possible travel companion.