• Air date: 22 Oct '98 13 episodes
      Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. The Battle of the Broomsticks

      22 Oct '98
      We find Mildred walking through the forest on the first day of school, trying to find her way so she can make it on time. Ethel (who can already fly a broomstick) flies up behind her, and taunts her, reminding her that she wouldn't want to be late on the first day. Mildred accidentally hits Ethel in the face with a tree branch, though Ethel thought she did it on purpose (which I guess is what starts Ethel's hatred towards Mildred). Anyway, when Mildred arrives at the school (late), the gate i
    • 2. When We Feast at the Midnight Hour

      29 Oct '98
      Mildred and her friends can hardly stand the food they're given to eat at lunch, and she gets caught trying to dump it in the garbage bin by Miss Hardbroom (by spilling it all over her!) Miss Hardbroom of course takes the issue to Miss Cackle, who decides that she should eat whatever the girls are given to eat. Somehow (I can't remember this part very well), Mildred finds herself in the kitchen, and finds out that the cook is able to make incredibly good food (including pizza!) but isn't allow
    • 3. A Pig in a Poke

      05 Nov '98
      In this episode, the witches' cats arrive, but they're one short.... Meanwhile, the caretaker's nephew, Charlie, visits the academy, but he doesn't believe that the witches are real.... Mildred ends up turning Ethel into a pig, which was bad enough, but it was suppose to have been a frog! Ethel then gets mistaken for an escaped pig from the local farm so she is taken there. The only person who knows the reversal spell is Charlie so he and Mildred rush to the farm to save Ethel. When they fi
    • 4. A Mean Hallowe'en

      12 Nov '98
      This is the first of a two-parter. Mildred fails a potion test, she was supposed to have made a laughing potion but instead, because she believed the potion should have been green, she ends up making an invisibility potion. She is sent to Miss Cackle to explain.... Mildred then decides that it's time to buck her ideas up and to make an effort to improve, which she does by passing the following potion test successfully. For the upcoming Hallowe'en celebrations, Mildred's class has been asked
    • 5. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

      19 Nov '98
      Mildred finds that not all of the witches in town are from the academy, some evil ones have shown up and are planning to take over the academy by turning everyone into frogs whilst they're asleep! They discover her and they cast a spell on her making her unable to move. When they're gone, Miss Drill comes to help her. Back at the academy, with some help from Maud, Mildred foils the evil witches' plans, and gives them that shrinking feeling.... It turns out that their leader is none other tha
    • 6. Monkey Business

      26 Nov '98
      It's the start of the summer term, and it begins with Mildred having a dream that she is being put on trial for being the worst witch.... A new girl, Enid Nightshade, joins the academy, and Mildred is asked to show her around. However, this leaves little time for Mildred to spend with Maud.... Enid ends up getting Mildred into all sorts of trouble. Then Mildred discovers a monkey coming from Enid's room. It turns out that the monkey is really a bit of a pussycat....
    • 7. Miss Cackle's Birthday Surprise

      03 Dec '98
      Enid is still getting Mildred into trouble. Mildred is warned that if she doesn't behave, she may not be allowed to go on the half term trip.... Mildred does her very best to behave. No one believes she can manage it.... On the last day before the trip, Mildred feels that she can do it. It's also Miss Cackle's birthday. Just before they enter the hall for the celebrations, Enid drags Mildred into a cupboard and Ethel locks the door.... Mildred is upset, as she now believes that she won't b
    • 8. The Great Oudoors

      10 Dec '98
      Mildred and the girls are forced into the woods by Miss Drill and Miss Hardbroom for their half term trip. Arriving at their campsite, they find it occupied by Rocky Mountain Rangers, with whom they share it. The two groups also share in each other's activities. Although the trip is intended to be magic free, Ethel's evil heart once again forces Mildred's friends to fight back, and chaos ensues....
    • 9. The Heat is On

      17 Dec '98
      Miss Hardbroom and Miss Bat have a falling out. Meanwhile, the heat is getting to everyone. Miss Cackle magics up a drink for the witches, and then sets them the task of recreating the drink, but they aren't allowed to use magic. The witches try everything of which they can think, even cheese! Eventually, Ethel and Drusilla decide not to work with the others and try to do it by themselves, but using magic.... Meanwhile, the others wonder whether or not flowers could be used to make the drin
    • 10. Sorcery and Chips

      07 Jan '99
      Mildred is looking after 'Bonzo', who is Ruby's cyberpet (well, at least it isn't one of those ruddy Tamagotchis!). After the potion lab is destroyed, Bonzo goes missing.... Ethel's dad, who's on the board of directors, visits the academy, and convinces the teachers to set up a computer system. Bonzo makes his return, but he has been affected by magic as a result of the potion lab's destruction.... Bonzo connects up to the computer system and uses it to hypnotize everyone to try and help him
    • 11. Let Them Eat Cake

      14 Jan '99
      After being foiled in a plot to steal sweets from Mildred and her friends, Ethel decides to lure them to an out-of-bounds tea room in the woods to get even. The girls meet a nature-loving businessman named Sam, who has trouble standing up to his overbearing boss. Meanwhile, Miss Cackle is already at the tearoom, but she can't let Miss Hardbroom find her.... When they find out about Sam's role in a web of deceit to swindle the tearoom's owner out of her land, they also find out that his boss i
    • 12. Sweet Talking Guys

      21 Jan '99
      The Grand Wizard visits the academy to give a lecture, and he's accompanied by three trainee wizards, one of whom, ""Loppy Luggs"", could be described as the Worst Wizard.... The trainee wizards decide to make their visit into a boys vs girls affair.... During the lecture they cast a spell which makes some of the girls raise their hands but then become unable to speak. Mildred ends up firing a rubber from a ruler, which hits the Grand Wizard's head! She is then sent to her room.... The teac
    • 13. A Bolt from the Blue

      28 Jan '99
      It's the end of the year for the student witches, and Mildred's incantations still don't seem to work as well as intended. To cure a case of hay fever brought on by one of Mildred's errors (""Exfoliatus!"" ""A CHOO!"") the other teachers give Miss Cackle what they assume to be a remedy potion, but which is in fact a mislabeled experiment of Miss Hardbroom's. The other teachers make no mention of the mishap, even when Miss Cackle's behaviour takes a turn for the malicious. It is Mildred and co