Another magical world is about to be unleashed on Sky One with the imminent release of the hot new drama A Discovery of Witches, based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness.

Starring Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode as Professor Matthew Clairmont, plus Warm Bodies and Lights Out star Teresa Palmer as reluctant witch Diana Bishop, expect a journey featuring all manner of magical beings as they manipulate the world in the shadows.

How to watch A Discovery of Witches in the UK

Sky One's announced that A Discovery of Witches will air from Friday, September 14, with new episodes airing weekly after that.

To sink your teeth into the new drama, you'll need to have a Sky account – but thankfully, there are other ways you can catch the action, thanks to Now TV's streaming service.

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Each episode will air on Now TV after it has been broadcast on Sky One, so those with a subscription can purchase the TV Pass to give them access to all Sky One shows, both live and on catch-up TV.

Its Entertainment Pass is currently available on a 14-day free trial – so two weeks of its goodies for nothing – then it's £7.99 a month thereafter if you carry on with it.

And you won't just get witches, wizards and the like either – the Entertainment Pass also gives you access to 11 live channels and catch-up and on-demand box sets for over 300 of the biggest and best TV shows like Sharp Objects, Lucifer and Game of Thrones.

A Discovery of Witches cast: Who's signed up for the show?

As well as Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer, A Discovery of Witches boasts an all-star cast list chock-full of horror specialists, sci-fi stars and gore-fest veterans.

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Alex Kingston – best known for ER and Doctor Who – will play Diana's aunt Sarah Bishop (described as a "powerful witch and fierce protector of her family"), with Owen Teale (who, you'll probably remember, met a grizzly end in Game of Thrones) as Peter Knox. Owen's described his character as "sort of the political leader... I'm a big witch".

You'll also get to see Sherlock's Louise Brealey in action as witch Gillian Chamberlain, with Valarie Pettiford as Sarah's partner Emily Mather.

A Discovery of Witches plot: So, what's it all about then?

Obviously the trailer above teases a lot of what's going on, but Sky One is billing A Discovery of Witches as "a contemporary love story set against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, but in a world where a handful of witches, vampires and daemons live and work unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight".

We find Teresa Palmer's academic/historian type Diana denying her heritage as a witch. But a manuscript lying in Oxford's famed Bodleian Library takes her towards a dangerous mystery and straight towards Matthew Goode's geneticist Professor Matthew Clairmont, who himself also has a family secret. Spoilers – he's a vampire...

As Diana and Matthew come together to learn more about their heritage, the delicate peace that has existed between humans, witches, vampires and daemons is put at risk by major events.

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