When Harry Potter was just a twinkle in his mother's eye, Mildred
Hubble, aka The Worst Witch, turned a generation of schoolgirls onto
the possibilities of magic. This feature-length adaptation of Jill
Murphy's first book, complete with songs and special effects, follows
Mildred (Balk) in her attempt to survive under the witch-tuition of
Miss Hardbroom (Rigg). She makes her best friend Maud disappear, turns
her arch-enemy Ethel into a pig, wrecks the Hallowe'en flying display
in front of the Grand Wizard (Curry), and eventually saves the day. Even
then, Fairuza was in DMs. Growing up isn't easy... and who'd want to?
