"Move over Harry Potter! Here comes The Worst Witch." TV Guide

Before Harry Potter, author Jill Murphy captivated audiences with her best-selling tales of Mildred Hubble, a hopelessly clumsy young witch-in-training. Murphy's wonderful stories might have"cast a spell" on fellow author J.K. Rowling.

Enter the gloomy halls of Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, a school where chemistry class involves magic potions, final exams centre on spells and students ride broomsticks instead of bicycles. No matter how hard she tries, poor Mildred just can't seem to cut it: her incantations backfire and she cannot ride her broom without unleashing a calamity. Still, she never gives up trying, so join Mildred and her friends for plenty of riotous adventure and magical mayhem.

Contains: Miss Cackle's Birthday Surprise /The Great Outdoors / The Heat is On / Sorcery and Chips /Let Them Eat Cake / Sweet Talking Guys /A Bolt from the Blue

Starring: Kate Duchène (Midsomer Murders), Georgina Sherrington, Emma Brown, Clare Coulter (A Simple Wish) and Una Stubbs ("Till Death Us Do Part")

(3 VHS) approx. 175 mins. col.