Scripted series · CBBC
The Worst Witch
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bella Ramsey
Mildred Hubble
39 eps
Lydia Page
Mildred Hubble
13 eps
Meibh Campbell
Maud Spellbody
13 eps
Megan Hughes
Maud Spellbody
39 eps
Tamara Smart
Enid Nightshade
52 eps
Jenny Richardson
Ethel Hallow
52 eps
Miriam Petche
Esmeralda Hallow
13 eps
Dagny Rollins
Felicity Foxglove
52 eps
Mina Anwar
Miss Marigold Mould
13 eps
Clare Higgins
Miss Ada Cackle
52 eps
Raquel Cassidy
Miss Joy Hecate Hardbroom
52 eps
Shauna Shim
Miss Drill
52 eps
Kelsey Calladine-Smith
Indigo Moon
26 eps
Wendy Craig
Miss Bat
39 eps
Philip Martin Brown
Mr Algernon Rowan-Webb
39 eps
Tallulah Milligan
Drusilla Paddock
13 eps
Kacey Ainsworth
Miss Gullet
13 eps
Annette Hannah
Mabel Tapioca
26 eps
Trixie Hyde
Sybil Hallow
39 eps
Kitty Slack
Clarice Twigg
39 eps
Ynez Williams
Beatrice Bunch
39 eps
Saoirse Addison
Izzy Jones
13 eps
Luciana Akpobaro
Azura Moon
13 eps
Billie Boullet
Fenella Feverfew
13 eps
Zita Sattar
Mrs Maria Tapioca
26 eps
Karen Paullada
Miss Arabella Hempnettle
13 eps
Nitin Ganatra
Mr Daisy
13 eps
Holly Quin-Ankrah
Narcissa Nightshade
39 eps
Orla Cottingham
Joyfull Joy
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Worst Witch actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Worst Witch reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Mayhem and mishaps follow young witch Mildred Hubble wherever she goes. She just can't help it! But with her friends' help, Mildred always manages to avoid disaster just in time.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 52 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201713 episodes
9.0IMDbMildred Hubble's first year at Cackle's Academy is filled with potions, spells and broomsticks -- and one disaster after the next.
Best episode · S01E05 Pond Life
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201813 episodes
8.3IMDbA second year at Cackle's Academy means double the magic and mischief for accident-prone witch in training Mildred Hubble and her friends.
Best episode · S02E13 The Big Freeze (2)
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201913 episodes
8.0IMDbArmed with newfound confidence, Mildred returns to Cackle's Academy, where her mother is joining the staff as the school's first nonmagical teacher.
Best episode · S03E13 Ethel Hallow to the Rescue (2)
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202013 episodes
5.5IMDbBest episode · S04E13 The Witching Hour (2)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Pond Life
Mildred is having fun jumping high into the air with Enid, using pirated magic to make the grass bouncy. Maud is getting fed up with Enid constantly distracting Mildred - Maud knows Mildred needs to knuckle down if she's going to stand a chance at the academy and can't bear the thought of losing her.
- Directed by Sallie Aprahamian
- Written by Neil Jones
S01E02
Selection Day Part 2
After she visits Cackle's Academy with her new witch friend Maud Spellbody, Mildred attempts to enrol by taking the magical exam.
- Directed by Brian Grant
- Written by Emma Reeves
S01E13
The Worst Headmistress
Agatha takes over the school, and without Mildred there, who will save the day?
- Written by Emma Reeves
S01E07
The Best Teacher
Mildred learns not to take shortcuts when a wisdom spell goes wrong.
- Directed by Sallie Aprahamian
- Written by Nick Leather
S01E06
The Great Wizard's Visit
Miss Cackle isn't herself when the Great Wizard visits, leaving her job in jeopardy.
- Directed by Sallie Aprahamian
- Written by Madeleine Brettingham
S01E08
Maud's Big Mistake
Maud’s panic about parent’s evening pushes her to use a forgetting powder, meanwhile Mildred wonders if her mum is a witch after all.
- Directed by Lindy Heymann
- Written by Neil Jones
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E13
The Witching Hour (2)
S04E12
The Witching Hour (1)
S04E11
Grounded
S04E10
A Witch in Time
S04E09
Mildred the Detective
S04E08
Enid's Last Race
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lucy MartinProducer
- Marcus WilsonProducer
- Tamara RothenbergProducer
Writing
- Matt EvansWriter
- Maxine ExleyWriter
- Nick LeatherWriter
- Emma ReevesWriter
- Madeleine BrettinghamWriter
- Neil JonesWriter
Direction
- Lindy HeymannDirector
- Delyth ThomasDirector
- Nick LeatherDirector
- Brian GrantDirector
- Sallie AprahamianDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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