I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha" (also known simply as "I, Darrin") is the pilot episode of American television series "Bewitched". The episode was produced three weeks after starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery gave birth to her first child with her husband, series director William Asher. The episode was written by Sol Saks, the creator of the series, and initially aired on September 17, 1964. José Ferrer served as the episode's narrator, starting with the words, "Once upon a time...". Ferrer was not credited for this role. In the episode, Samantha Stephens promises her new
Samantha Spiro the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. Spiro won a 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, for the production of "A Little Night Music" at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois. In the 2011 British Comedy Awards she won the Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist award for her performance in Grandma's House. Samantha Spiro Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play "Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick" and the television film "Cor, Blimey!", DI Vivien Friend in "", and