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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
David Barnett

‘No wands or broomsticks’: how TV is reinventing the modern-day witch

Siena Kelly as the witch Domino Day
Siena Kelly as Domino Day, a thoroughly modern witch who will be hitting TV screens this month. Photograph: Sophie Mutevelian/BBC

Domino Day is a thoroughly modern witch. As well as coping with being a contemporary witch in modern-day Manchester, with a mysterious coven on her tail, she is also navigating the world of love, and is a frequent user of dating apps – but often to hunt victims rather than to find her Mr Right.

The television series, which takes its title from its heroine, hits BBC Three and iPlayer later this month, and is one of a number of TV programmes slated for this year with a focus on witches.

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