The Worst Witch/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Acting for Two: The actress playing Miss Cackle (in the adaptations) also plays her evil twin sister Agatha
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Jessica Fox (Enid) later earned a role in British soap Hollyoaks
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Felicity Jones (Ethel Hallow) later became known for her work as Emma Grundy on The Archers
  • International Coproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company.
  • No Export for You: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including Weirdsister College, The New Worst Witch and the movie from the 80's, is available on DVD ... in Australia.
    • Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the Region Coding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
      • Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded DVDs or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country in the region, this makes perfect sense.
  • The Other Darrin: The series featured three such changes.
    • The first one saw Felicity Jones replaced as Ethel Hallow by Katy Allen for seasons two and three, which was explained away as a "makeover". Jones later returned for the role in the fourth season (Weirdsister College).
    • Fenella Feverfew was played by Julia Malewski for the first season and Emily Stride for the third.
    • The character of Miss Hardbroom was also played by two different actresses: Kate Duchêne in the first three seasons, and Caroline O'Neill in The New Worst Witch.
    • In fact, only Georgina Sherrington (Mildred) has appeared in all three incarnations of the show.
  • Working Title: Weirdsister College had a working title of The Worst Witch: The College Years (and ended up being used in an autumn CITV promo).