The This Country creator and actress stars as a suspect in the BBCs upcoming comedy The Witchfinder, which follows her character and witchfinder (played by Tim Key) on a road-free road trip through an England gripped by civil war, famine and plague.
Set in 1647, Daisy plays a foulmouthed suspected witch being escorted across East Anglia for a witch trial.
‘When it comes to sort of 1600 gender politics, I don’t know what to say in fear of being cancelled,’ Daisy said when asked whether she was surprised by the blatant sexism of the period.
‘Probably say the wrong thing. Men are b*stards, that’s it, that’s it really. They’ve always been b*stards. There are some alright ones.’
The Witchfinder is written and directed by Neil and Rob Gibbons, the masterminds behind Alan Partridge.
Daisy’s character is described as ‘the worst possible travel companion’ due to her inquisitive and uncouth nature.
Her ability to ‘prick the witchfinder’s pomposity and ask uncomfortable questions turns a straightforward journey into a life-changing ordeal.’
‘You should watch The Witchfinder because not only is there a superb cast, it’s so brilliantly written,’ Daisy enthused.
‘I think it’s really different and it’s like the debut of the Gibbons brothers, who have been working on, you know, so many Partridge things for such a long time and now it’s their time to do their own thing.’
She added: ‘I think this project’s been going on for like seven years but my God you can see all those seven years of work into this. It’s something really really different. It’s funny.’
The Witchfinder boats of a star-studded cast, with the likes of Jessica Hynes, Daniel Rigby, Tuwaine Barrett, Reece Shearsmith, Julian Barratt and Ricky Tomlinson joining Daisy and Tim.
The Witchfinder launches on March 8 at 10pm on BBC Two and will be available as a boxset on BBC iPlayer.
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