A Discovery of Witches season 2 is streaming weekly on Saturdays on AMC Premiere, AMC Plus, Sundance Now and Shudder.
Time-traveling vampires and witches? Yes, please. Get ready to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 online. The British fantasy drama has returned to Sky One in the UK and on AMC Plus or Sundance Now in the U.S.
Fans waited over two years for new episodes; the season 1 finale aired in November 2018. The Discovery of Witches season 2 premiere followed up where the action left off: with Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) and her roguish vampire lover Matthew Clairmont (Goode) traveling back in time, to the Elizabethan era.
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Since it's been awhile, let's bring ourselves back up to speed: Last we saw heroine witch Diana and her roguish vampire lover Matthew, they had decided to timewalk so they can hide from the Congregation (the powerful organization made of representatives from each of the magical races).
At the start of season 2, they land in Elizabethan London, where they seek a teacher to help Diana hone her magic skills and search for the elusive Book of Life. Along the way, they'll run into some key figures important to their pasts, including Matthew's stepfather.
Here is everything to know about how to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 online.
How to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 from anywhere on Earth
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How to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 in the US
In the U.S., fans can watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 every Saturday. That's one day after the UK airing of the show (see more about that below).
The show is available to stream on AMC Premiere, AMC Plus, Sundance Now or Shudder.
AMC Premiere is a premium upgrade to the regular AMC channel and offers on-demand, ad-free streaming of AMC shows. If you've cut the cord and don't have cable, AMC Premiere is available through several live TV services: FuboTV, Philo and YouTube TV.
Fubo.TV is a great alternative to a cable TV package and offers a 7-day free trial. With the Family Plan ($65 per month), you get over 120 channels, including all the local broadcast networks and top cable brands like AMC, ESPN, FX, Paramount Network and Syfy. Add on AMC Premiere for $4.99 per month.
Another good option to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 is AMC Plus, the standalone streaming that houses AMC shows, Sundance Now and Shudder. It costs There is no app right now, but you can subscribe to AMC Plus via Apple TV Channels, Amazon Prime Video Channels or the Roku Channel.
You can also add it as an extra to Sling TV, one of the best streaming services in the market.
How to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 in the UK
Brits can sink their teeth into all episodes of A Discovery of Witches season 2 via Sky One.
You'll need a subscription to Sky TV or you can also stream it with Now TV's Entertainment Pass, which offers a seven-day free trial (after which it costs £9.99 a month).
How to watch A Discovery of Witches season 2 in Canada
Canadians can stream A Discovery of Witches season 2 the day after the UK airing (the same day as the U.S.). The premiere episode drops Saturday, Jan. 9 on Sundance Now and Shudder.
Both streaming services are owned by AMC Networks but specialize in different genres. Sundance Now features exclusive dramas and true crime and costs $6.99 per month, while Shudder focuses on horror and supernatural thrillers and costs $4.99 per month.
A Discovery of Witches season 2 cast
The cast of A Discovery of Witches season 2 is led by Teresa Palmer as Diana Bishop, a witch and tenured historian at Yale University who is studying alchemy at the University of Oxford. Also starring is Matthew Goode as Matthew Clairmont, a vampire and professor of biochemistry.
They are joined by several cast members returning from season 1:
- Edward Bluemel as Marcus Whitmore, Matthew's vampire son and lab colleague
- Lindsay Duncan as Ysabeau de Clermont, Matthew's mother
- Aiysha Hart as Miriam Shephard, a vampire and Oxford academic
- Alex Kingston as Sarah Bishop, Diana's aunt
- Valarie Pettiford as Emily Mather, Sarah's partner
- Malin Buska as Satu Järvinen, a Finnish witch and Congregation member
- Owen Teale as Peter Knox, a high-ranking witch and Congregation member
- Trevor Eve as Gerbert d'Aurillac, an ancient vampire and Congregation member
Season 2 will introduce some new faces:
- James Purefoy as Philippe de Clermont, Matthew's stepfather and Ysabeau's husband
- Tom Hughes as Christopher Marlowe, a playwright and Matthew's friend
- Adam Sklar as Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and Matthew's friend
- Elaine Cassidy as Louisa de Clermont, Matthew's sister
- Steven Cree as Gallowglass, Matthew's nephew
- Sheila Hancock as Goody Alsop, a witch
- Paul Rhys as Andrew Hubbard, a vampire
- Adelle Leonce as Phoebe Taylor, a human
- Adrian Rawlins as William Cecil
- Michael Lindall as Walter Raleigh
- Barbara Marten as Queen Elizabeth I
A Discovery of Witches season 2 trailer
The trailer for A Discovery of Witches season 2 opens with Matthew Clairmont brooding. "You don't know what I'm capable of," he warns Diana, who replies that he won't hurt her. Honey, he's a vampire, that's kind of what they do!
The rest of the trailer provides a tantalizing peek at the couple's journey to Elizabethan London and the various friends and foes they'll meet there.
Plus, check out this video from New York Comic-Con featuring the cast discussing their hit fantasy series:
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