Sorry Harry, but Mildred and Ethel won my heart first. Cold nights and bats and tapioca pudding. I’d rather go to Miss Cackle’s all the same.
August 9, 2009
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Sorry Harry, but Mildred and Ethel won my heart first. Cold nights and bats and tapioca pudding. I’d rather go to Miss Cackle’s all the same.
August 9, 2009
61 responses to Flying Lessons
what movie is this?
Its not a movie but a series, it’s called ‘The Worst Witch’ based on the books by Jill Murphy which are lovely as well.
I like Harry Potter but could never get into this show for some reason. I think thats strange :P
I really like both, but I grew up watching Mildred’s adventures and playing ‘witch school’ games with my friends. For me it has sentimental value.
I was just thinking about this series the other night! I was so infatuated with Kate Duchêne as Miss Hardbroom when I was younger. In fact, I may still be. ;) She was my idol for a spell, so to speak.
Miss Hardbroom is wonderful, I agree. Ethel was my favourite though.
I love Worst Witch!
hee hee :P
Oh, I’ve always loved The Worst Witch books! I preferred them to Harry Potter too :P The TV series was amazing.
Isn’t it? I tried watching the movie versio but didn’t like it at all.
Oh wow!
I’d completely forgotten about The Worst Witch! I used to watch it religiously as a kid.
Did you see the later series where they went off to witching university?
I thought it wasn’t as good, it lost a lot of the charm, but I watched it all the same, just to see what became of Mildred and her friends.
xx
Weirdsister College, yes I watched that too. I liked the original series better, but it was interesting in its own way.
I began to reread the books this week. Wish I could get the series on DVD. I loved it when I was younger.
Try Ebay, you can usually find the DVDs there. They may be a different region though.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Worst+Witch&x=0&y=0
I hope this helps! I think they have all of the series’ and the DVD.
I loved that show as child. It aired in Finland too. I even dressed up as one of the withceson my birthday party.
Oh, how cute you must have been.
I love this series, and the books – two of my favourite things! It’s made me smile just to see these pictures :)
I used (and still) love the Worst Witch. I wonder what age group goes to Miss Cackle’s. I would still try and go to Hogwarts. If I were a witch!!!
:)
Hogwarts has better food, and plumbing, so I can understand that.
I was very dissapointed when Dumbledoor didn’t show up to take me to Hogwarts when I turned 11.
I loved this show!! the second series was never as good, oh the memories of miss cackle’s
oh my, i remember watching that when i was younger it really was wonderful ♥
Oh, I remember this series. They used to air it during christmas a few years back, I loved it. :)
I used to love this as a kid – I could never get into the Harry Potter books for some reason.
I always found The Worst Witch so charming and rather sweet :)
I have never seen or heard of this series before, but I am the biggest Harry Potter fan. What is it about schools for magic that is fascinating? Other than the fact that they are awesome…Haha
I’m not sure, but I agree, Magic schools are wonderful. Although I’d be just as happy to have Chrestomanci for a tutor.
I remember this from when I was a kid! I completely forgot about it…thanks for bringing back the memories…I need to go find a way to watch this again!! :D
(I also recall watching a live action series of Alice in Wonderland as a child too…those were the days!)
I have seen the live action Alice too, I especially liked Through the Looking Glass, although the Jabberwock scared me.
I remember watching that here in the US! ^_^ It was such a good show. I wish they had it online for people to watch. *goes off to look*
Eep, Skye, why did you feature this? I’m constantly running into kids’ books I never read as a child and I’m running out of excuses for when i go to bookstores. =D I read the preview on amazon for the first book and this is simply amazing.
Oh, the books are the best of all! They have the cutest illustrations too.
“Sorry Harry, but Mildred and Ethel won my heart first.”
For some reason, that made me laugh.
This looks like a darling show. Does it still air on TV?
It still airs in Australia sometimes, but you can always buy the DVDs (try ebay.)
I so agree. I fell in love with these books (and movies! Plus, Tim Curry played the wizard, didn’t he?!) when I was in grade school, long before Harry Potter!
I like Tim Curry, but am not so fond of the film. Perhaps it was the singing…
I love Cackle’s Academy! I watched it every Christmas (that’s when it’s on in Norway) when I was younger.
I totally missed this one. Never heard of it before but it looks super cute. I will have to and find the DVDs.
Yay! I remembered seeing that on TV when I was little, but I couldn’t remember what it was called to find it again! Now perhaps I can look it up. :)
It is just as charming when re-watched, I promise.
Mildred Hubble always in trouble.
Used to LOVE this show! :)
I loved that serie. Mildred looks exactly like a girl that was in my ballet class at that age ^^. Personally, I liked the second season better because it had a bit more twists to the story.
I like the first season best because I always like firsts, but the second season has Sybil who I like too.
I remember that show!
I think I watched it when I was in Middle School. I remember on days I was home sick I would watch it. Harry Potter cannot hold a coin to those hold memories.
New friends are silver, but old friends are gold.
I LOVE The Worst Witch! I used to watch it every day after school.
I love Harry Potter too but in a different way. Both The Worst Witch & Harry Potter will always hold a place in my heart each in their own way.
Whenever I got picked on at school or had a bad day I always had The Worst Witch and Harry Potter to look forward to.
They always cheer me up too, for some reason I can read them a thousand times and not get bored.
I remember reading Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch books when I was very young, then I used to watch ‘The Worst Witch’ series when it was shown on the BBC, it was my favorite series! I adored the books and loved Mildred Hubble and Maude Moonshine and all of her friends and so wished I could attend Cackle’s Academy with them. I was organsing my book shelves last week and found that I still have several of the Worst Witch books! I was pleasently surprised. Every so-often I find myself humming the opening credits theme for the programme, such happy memories of my childhood.
I have the books too and know the school song off by heart.
Haha, I always get called Mildred Embrollo (the Spanish name for this witch) because my name is Mildred. This is a great TV show and I still watch it sometimes. :)
Aww, your name is Mildred? How lucky!
I just recently watched an episode of this show. I used to watch it all the time. I absolutely love it!
Oh my goodness, I remember this. I think ABC Family showed this series during Halloween a long time ago.
yey!! thank you so much(: I’ve been searching for such a magical series and couldn’t find/: I love old fantasy tv shows and I think I found a new love thanks to you skye hehe!♥
(( edit: sorry Karin, I removed your link because I don’t want to encourage people to view this series unlicensed. ))
Hope it can help you (:
omg. i love this show too.
But I have totally forgotten about it, thank you (:
greats
OMG I totally forgot about the worst witch. This was one of my faves as a kid. these were great stories, i loved Maude :) but harry potter won me over big time lol
Oh, I used to love The Worst Witch so much! My friends & I decided that she was the original Harry, if only they’d put more effort into those programmes!
The series was great and the original was even better! I loved that movie :)
I LOVE this program!! The Canadian accents make it even better.
Oh I love The Worst Witch! Although I do prefer the older movie which was made in the 80′s.
I love Worst Witch and The New Worst Witch and I love Harry Potter equally, they are both awesome! and Miss Hardbroom is pretty awesome to haha. My favorite characters are: Mildred Hubble, Mona Hallow and Miss Hardbroom.