The Witchfinder

In a 2020 period drama set in India, the BBC trumpeted the fact it had an all Asian cast playing the Asian characters. (No white actors) When it comes to period dramas/comedies set in Britain, the BBC is quick to change the ethnicity of the characters.

This is inconsistent and a double standard.

Personally, I love realism in period dramas/comedies with appropriate settings, casting and costumes for the period and location.

I notice one person calling people they disagree with "idiots" - a typical "cancel culture" response. Please remember, everyone is entitled to their own view.

I watched it in one evening and it didn't send me to sleep.

I'm still very much awake. A state of being which appears to be of importance to some other reviewers.

I can't wait for IMDb to catch up with who appears in each episode, since I'm useless at remembering names of actors and the names of other stuff I've seen them in. Definitely a few from Ghosts, at least one League of Gentlemen, and I'm sure I spied a Kurrupt Fm player in there too.

Overall, a pleasant evening. Thanks BBC.

I would say that I cannot understand why some reviews are absolutely panning this wonderful funny, and original comedy. It is quite clear that those who have spent time writing these incensed reviews have absolutely no sense of humour, and completely missed the gag. How on earth can it be labelled woke!? The cameo in After Life 3 introduced me to Tim Key, and this fulfilled my expectations. Wonderfully funny show!

I don't like reviewing after only one episode, so I may update this later... It's the middle of the 17th century and witch mania is rampant. An itinerant and somewhat incompetent witchfinder happens upon an opportunity to advance in his profession and so takes a suspected witch off to see the Witchfinder General.

If the first episode is any indication of things to come, we're in for a lot of silliness. This isn't exactly brilliant comedy, but it's pleasant enough and may well improve over time. There are worse ways to spend half an hour.

It's nice for a new comedy to make our TVs that's not American. It has a touch of Monty Python about it. I really enjoyed it. Good comedy actors and good script.