Yep, this really did happen. And yes, boys did appear every now and then. Hollywood star Jay Baruchel appeared in a single episode of The Worst Witch in 1998.

There are seven books in total, the most recent – The Worst Witch And The Wishing Star – published in 2013. That’s a whole lot of source material for the TV then.

No manner of magic was needed this time around, as The Worst Witch stars Emma Brown and Georgina Sherrington hugged for a then-and-now Twitter comparison. What to Read Next ...

European witch hunts of the 15th to 17th centuries targeted witches that were thought to be responsible for epidemics and crop failures related to declining temperatures of the Little Ice Age.

The Worst Witch was one of the best children's TV shows of the late 90s, but where are the cast now? Mildred Hubble, her pals and rival and Ethel Hallow provided us with years of magical ...

Tim Curry’s performance in the original Worst Witch TV movie is a bizarre acid trip through all things macabre–with fun props!

The original series of The Worst Witch aired from 1998 to 2001, and launched some of its stars to acting royalty, while others shunned the spotlight forever ...

There’s a brand new adaptation of The Worst Witch on Netflix and it stars one of Game of Thrones‘s most popular actresses. “The Little Bear” herself, Bella Ramsey, aka Lady Lyanna Mormont ...

Coulter played kindly headmistress Miss Cackle in both The Worst Witch and The New Worst Witch, before moving back to her native Canada. She was already a well known actress before the series ...

After The Worst Witch, she left kids’ TV to return to her studies at Wimbledon High School. She then moved to New Jersey to attend Princeton University and graduated in 2008.