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The Worst Witch
2017–2020
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 4 seasons
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73/100
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Mildred lives an ordinary life until the day that Maud Spellbody crashes her broomstick into their balcony. Maud then introduces Mildred to Cackle's Academy--a school for young witches set high on a mountaintop.
Details
- Directors
- Delyth Thomas, Lindy Heymann, Nick Leather
- Created by
- Brian Grant, Jill Murphy
- Writers
- Madeleine Brettingham, Maxine Exley, Nick Leather
- Studio
- CBBC Productions, ZDF
- Released
- 11 January 2017
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-Y7
- Episodes
- 52 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 3 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Writers' Guild Awards 2020 | Best Children's TV Episode | Neil Jones for "Bad Magic" | Nominee |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2019 | Drama | Kim Crowther, Dirk Campbell, Neil Jones | Nominee |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2019 | Young Performer | Bella Ramsey | Winner |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2019 | Performer | Raquel Cassidy | Nominee |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2019 | Director | Dirk Campbell | Winner |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2018 | Drama | Delyth Thomas, Neil Jones, Kim Crowther | Nominee |
| British Academy Children's Awards 2018 | Young Performer | Bella Ramsey | Nominee |
| British Screenwriters' Awards 2017 | Best British Children's Television | Emma Reeves | Winner |
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British Academy Children's Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Director | Dirk Campbell | Winner |
| Young Performer | Bella Ramsey | Winner |
| Drama | Kim Crowther, Dirk Campbell, Neil Jones | Nominee |
| Drama | Delyth Thomas, Neil Jones, Kim Crowther | Nominee |
| Performer | Raquel Cassidy | Nominee |
| Young Performer | Bella Ramsey | Nominee |
British Screenwriters' Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best British Children's Television | Emma Reeves | Winner |
Writers' Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Best Children's TV Episode | Neil Jones for "Bad Magic" | Nominee |