The New Worst Witch

200525m

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 Belladonna 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.

Production

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Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2005

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1. Give A witch A Bad Name

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2. Confidence Trick

Cressie is going to fail her Broomstick Test. When she does, Hettie persuades Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom to let her try again. Mona and Hettie try to think of ways to inspire her confidence.

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3. Rules Rules Rules

Hettie is sick of the traditional rules of Cackle's Academy, so she asks how the others feel as well. Most of the school feel the same way, so Miss Cackle lets the girls follow Hettie's rules for one day.

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4. No Place Like Home

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5. Trick or Treat

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6. Truth or Lies

Hettie shows the wrong Bella an interesting book when she hungers for a potion that will do her homework for her.

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7. Deadly Doubles

End of term competition leads Bella to poison HB.

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8. The Levitating Boomerang Broomstick

Hettie accidentally does a very famous broomstick trick whilst trying out for the Open Day Broom Formation. She takes all the glory, but then is thrown in the deep when Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom decide to drop the broom formation and expect Hettie to perform the trick for Open Day and in front of the last witch to do the trick, Araminta Hexley-Gore.

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9. The Visitors

Pentangle's School is forced to share with Cackle's after their school floods, causing fights between the two schools.

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10. The Bewitching of Mona Hallow

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11. The Black Hole Club

Hettie rediscovers the "Black Hole Club" and Belladonna and Cynthia push their way in, to the dismay of Hettie, Mona and Cressie. Belladonna causes chaos with the Book of Trivial Magic and soon things become desperate.

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12. Time After Time

Cressie discovers she is a Time Witch, a witch that can tamper with time, so Hettie pressures her to go back in time with her to patch a falling out with Mona.

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13. The Enemy Within

Belladonna's granny Bindweed and Miss Cackle's twin, Agatha try to take over the school yet again by using the End of Term prize, the very powerful Golden Broomstick.

Cast

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Clare Coulter

Miss Cackle

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Caroline O'Neill

Constance Hardbroom

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