Sarah Lancacia stars in Witch Hunt, Abby Morgan's new drama investigating the Cambridge serial murders

 After serving 30 years in prison for drowning her three young daughters, August Howell returned to a community that refused to accept her.Sarah Lancaster will play the woman known as the descendant of a Cambridge witch in the new Netflix drama - Witch Hunt.Her return is intertwined with a new round of local murders, bringing an old crime back to the university town.

August is survived by a daughter: Professor Wren Howell.Wren is an academic and investigative psychologist who is estranged from his mother.When the police worry that August's return has triggered a modern-day witch hunt, they turn to Wren for help in the hope of finding the killer.Past grudges and local folklore come together.

《Witch Hunt》(Witch Hunt) has six episodes and Netflix has confirmed that it will be broadcast in 2028.Creator and screenwriter Abby Morgan's previous works include Eric and The Split.The series is produced by SISTER Pictures, with Morgan, Jane Featherstone and starring Lancashire as executive producers, and Holly Pullinger as producer.

This is another collaboration between Morgan and Featherstone.Featherstone's recent Netflix series credits include Black Doves, in which Lancaster also played Reed.

Lancaster is currently the only cast member announced, with the character already confirmed to be August.Her British television credits include Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, The Accident and Lark Rise to Candleford.She played Julia Child in the HBO Max biographical drama Julia.

Morgan said that the last time he worked with Lancasha was more than 25 years ago, and he has been trying to find a suitable role for her since then, and finally found it this time.She thought Lancaster could bring out the fearsome and tender side of the Cambridge witches at the same time.According to Morgan, the show combines gothic horror and dark thriller with contemporary witchcraft and asks whether August can still be forgiven for his sins.