The Worst Witch: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A spell-binding series based on the best selling books by Jill Murphy.

Accident-prone Mildred Hubble is the worst witch that Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches has ever known. She can't ride her broomstick without crashing, her spells are always going spectacularly wrong and even her cat isn't regulation black. But Mildred manages to struggle by until she gets on the wrong side of Miss Hardbroom and spiteful teacher's pet Ethel Hallow. The Worst Witch is a magical send-up of school life, where chemistry class is a magic potion lab, choir practice a place for chanting spells and broomsticks are ridden instead of bicycles...

Series details

• Title: The Worst Witch
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 1998-10-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-02-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11931
• IMDb ID: tt0179061
• TVDB ID: 75431

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-10-22; final listed air date 1999-01-28; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1999-11-04; final listed air date 2000-02-03; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2000-11-09; final listed air date 2001-01-26; episode order: 14.
• Season 4: premiered 2001-11-05; final listed air date 2002-02-08; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Worst Witch on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.