The New Worst Witch
| The New Worst Witch | |
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| Genre | Children's Fantasy Magic |
| Based on |
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy |
| Directed by | Andrew Gunn |
| Starring |
Anabel Barnston Alice Connor Caroline O'Neill Clare Coulter Francesca Isherwood |
| Theme music composer | Anthony Flynn |
| Opening theme | Theme |
| Composer(s) | Anthony Flynn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Clitheroe Castle (Exterior scenes) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 5 January 2005 – 27 January 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Weirdsister College (2001) |
| Related shows |
The Worst Witch (film) (1986) The Worst Witch (1998 TV series) (1998-2001) The Worst Witch (2017 TV series) (2017) |
The New Worst Witch is a British CITV television series about a group of young witches at a Witch Academy. It ran for 2 series from 2005-2006. The series was a spinoff from The Worst Witch which ran from 1998 to 2001.
The series followed Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble, (Mildred's younger cousin), through her years at Cackles Academy. Mildred is seen in the first episode accompanying her cousin to Cackles, before magically returning home. Hettie quickly becomes friends with Mona Hallow (Ethel's younger sister) and Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild. The new enemy of Cackles is filled by Beladonna Bindweed and the sidekick is filled by Cynthia Horrocks. Miss Hardbroom and Miss Cackle return, and are joined by new members of staff Caspian Bloom, Miss Swoop and Miss Widget/Miss Nightingale.
During November 2009, CITV showed all episodes of The New Worst Witch.
Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble - The younger cousin of Mildred Hubble. Hettie is the main protagonist of the series and is very similar in attitude and personality to Mildred. She makes friends with Mona Hallow and Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild and is sort-of-friends with Dyllis Mustardseed. She is also enemies with Belladonna Bindweed and Cynthia Horrocks. Hettie is played by Alice Connor.
Mona Hallow - The younger sister of Ethel Hallow and Sybil Hallow. She is friendly and enjoys science. She meets Hettie in the first episode when Hettie accidentally stands on her magnifying glass. Mona is friends with Hettie and Cressie and shares a mutual hatred with Belladonna Bindweed and especially Cynthia Horrocks. Played by Anabel Barnston.
Crescentmoon "Cressie" Winterchild - A witch student with a Liverpool accent and a member of the Hedge Witch Community. Cressie takes pride in being a member of the Hedge Witch Community, as shown in the episode "The Bewitching of Mona Hallow" where she and Hettie celebrate Hazelmass behind Miss Cackle's back and in the episode "Mr Perky Pentangle" where she helps Mona do a Hedge Witch dance for Miss Widget's "Uniquely You" project. In the final episode "The Odd Couple" Hettie accidentally turns her into a baby. Played by Paislie Reid.
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