Acorn Media International is delighted to announce the brand-new bewitching crime drama series Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale Season 1 is set for its DVD release on 19th January 2026, following its launch on Netflix. The full series is available to download and keep on digital now on Amazon.
Elaine Cassidy (A Discovery of Witches, The Wonder, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die) stars as modern day witch Sarah Fenn, whose peaceful existence comes under persecution in the wake of a devastating tragedy.
Based on the Sunday Times bestselling novel Sanctuary by V.V. James, this enchanting mystery thriller centres Elaine Cassidy’s Sarah Fenn alongside other powerful female characters with Hazel Doupe (Smother, Into the Badlands) as Harper Fenn, Amy De Bhrún (Line of Duty, Vikings) as Abigail Whithall and Stephanie Levi-John (The Spanish Princess) as DCI Maggie Knight.
When local teen rugby star and town golden boy, Dan Whithall dies in a sudden and unexplained accident, the tight-knit community turns to Sarah (Cassidy) for answers. Though witches are welcome to live openly in Sanctuary, the weight of Dan’s death brings to light how deep old prejudices can run and just how quickly suspicions can turn deadly. In the wake of a police investigation and as rumours spiral, grief soon curdles into blame and Abigail (De Bhrún) – Dan’s devastated mother and once Sarah’s closest friend – begins to stoke the pyre on a modern-day witch hunt.
As suspicion grips the town, Sarah and her teenage daughter Harper (Doupe) find themselves in the middle of a mounting storm: a community unravelling; an investigation steeped in bias and a deadly force of paranoia determined to destroy them.
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale is a spellbinding murder mystery drenched in magic and moral complexity – with a second season on the horizon, now is the perfect time to dive into the beguiling new crime series filled with endless twists and turns.
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale Season 1 will be released on DVD on 19th January 2026 by Acorn Media International
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All episodes are available to download and keep on digital now on Amazon
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