A Discovery of Witches has ended – the chances of a season 4 (2024)

A Discovery of Witches season 3 spoilers follow.

Vampire Matthew Clairmont and historian-turned-witch Diana Bishop have returned for more romance and dangerous adventures in A Discovery of Witches season three.

Following their journey to Elizabethan England in season two, where they were searching for answers about the long-standing feud and the book that could resolve it all (The Book of Life), Diana and Matthew returned to the present only to discover things had gone a bit pear-shaped while they were gone.

Diana's aunt Emily had been murdered by scheming witch Peter Knox, and a blood-rage vampire was running around chomping on humans. With the help of their friends – including vampires Gallowglass and Marcus, Diana's witch aunt Sarah and human Phoebe – Diana and Matthew had to unite everyone, deal with rogue vampire relatives and nefarious witches, raise newborn twins and prove that all the creatures should just learn to get along before they could have their happy ending.

It's all wrapped up by the season's end, but could the vampires, witches and daemons return for a fourth season? Here's what you need to know about the show's future.

A Discovery of Witches: Will there be a fourth season?

The three seasons of A Discovery of Witches are based on the three books in Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy: A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and 2014's The Book of Life – like the series, the books wrap up the stories of vampires, witches and daemons neatly at the end.

Therefore, season three is sadly the last season of Diana and Matthew's adventures as the show has been cancelled. Saying that though, the cast have talked about whether they would return for any possible spin-off series – assuming, of course, if Sky TV and Deborah Harkness were interested in making them.

In an exclusive interview with Digital Spy, Steven Cree – who plays fan favourite Gallowglass – talked about whether he would return for more adventures.

"I would 100 per cent be up for more Gallowglass – I don't know whether Sky have the rights to do that, though," he told us. "Gallowglass is a great character. It's been like playing two characters because in season two he is like a rock 'n' roll vampire in the Elizabethan era, and in season three he is a motorbiker vampire [in the present day] who is in a completely different state of mind.

"I think there is huge scope for the different stories of those missing years [between season two and three] and the future – the only aspect I wouldn't fancy is having to spend so much time in the gym again!"

Tanya Moodie, who played daemon Agatha in the series, also thinks there could be scope for spin-offs. She told Radio Times that there's more in the daemon world to be explored, saying: "The main thing I've always contended with, playing a daemon, is that fans always ask me: 'What exactly… what do daemons do?'

"You know, witches do fancy spells, vampires bite people and they're always really testy. And daemons are always just a bit… you know, they wear designer clothes, and are a bit kooky or something. Is that a power?"

While author Harkness has only written three books that focus on the main A Discovery of Witches story, in 2018 she did write an origin book called Time's Convert about Marcus Whitmore – Matthew's vampire son – set during the American War of Independence and the French Revolution that also acts as a sequel to the first three books.

When Digital Spy asked actor Ed Bluemel last year whether there was a chance Time's Convert could be made into a spin-off series, he had no news. "I don't have a clue," he said. "We are always the last to know as actors, so who knows! There may be the opportunity for it, and it would be so fun."

What have the cast said about A Discovery Of Witches ending?

The cast all knew that the third season would be the last, and star Teresa Palmer (Diana) talked about the series ending during A Discovery of Witches virtual panel at MCM Comic Con in London back in October 2021.

"I would say 'bittersweet' is sort of the perfect word," she said. "I've been able to be with Diana for a few years now and just seeing where she began and where the journey finishes, I feel so ready to have parted with her, because I think she landed in such a beautiful place. But I think at the same time, it was hard to say goodbye."

She also posted a photo on Instagram as filming on the final season finished in early 2021, writing: "The end of an era. Since 2017 I have had the great privilege and pleasure of embodying Diana Bishop… Today I said goodbye to this powerhouse of a character as we rolled our last shot of the last season of this trilogy."

In Digital Spy's exclusive interview with Steven Cree, he revealed what the last day on set was like:

"It was freezing. It was one or two o'clock in the morning, I was filming with Alex Kingston, Teresa [Palmer], Olivier Husband and Owen Teale and we were filming on some airstrip somewhere outside Bristol and it was freezing and raining and because we were so cold we were just desperate to finish!

"I had already filmed the tattoo scene by that point [where Cree had his shirt off], so when they brought out cheeseburgers and brownies at one point, I had about five cheeseburgers that night."

A Discovery of Witches airs on Sky Max and NOW in the UK. Season 3 drops in full as a Sky boxset on Friday, January 7, and then episodes will air every Friday on Sky Max after that. In the US, season 3 premieres on Saturday, January 8 on AMC+.