.ShowmaxOnline picks up the new fantasy series, 'A Discovery of Witches'
Cape Town – Showmax, has acquired the streaming rights for , produced by Bad Wolf. The British fantasy drama series will become available on Showmax from 1 May.was renewed for a second and third season in late-2018 and is based on Deborah Harkness'In the story, a modern-day witch, Diana Bishop who can't control her powers, and a vampire, Matthew Clairmont work together to solve a mystery.
Diana, a descendant of the Salem witches, is reluctant to use her powers or to be a witch until she discovers a magical, hidden book, Ashmole 782, in Oxford's Bodleian Library, filled with magical secrets. Despite an enduring mistrust between witches and vampires , Diana agrees to work with Matthew – a 1 500 year old vampire – to protect the magical book. Meanwhile, a forbidden romance blooms as they come up against various threats lurking just beneath and all around seemingly ordinary society and hiding in plain sight.
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