Changes: Weirdsister College (TV Series)

Weirdsister College
	; Weirdsister College Title
Starring	Georgina Sherrington; Bobby Barry ; Abeille Gélinas; Felicity Jones ; Charmian May
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
No. of Series	1
No. of episodes	13
Runtime	30 minutes per episode
Network	ITV (within CITV)
First Aired	5 November 2001- 8 February 2002

Revision as of 00:53, 8 January 2018

This article is written from a real world point of view and so is not considered part of The Worst Witch universe.

Weirdsister College: The Further Adventures of the Worst Witch is the sequel to successful British children's television series The Worst Witch (1998-2001). Weirdsister College ran for only 13 episodes and there have been no publicised talks for a returning series.

From the 26th of October 2009 to mid November, Weirdsister College was shown on Citv Channel. All 13 episodes were shown and aired at 5.30pm to 6.00pm. When all the episodes were aired, The New Worst Witch began.

Weirdsister College Cast — Weirdsister College main cast

Overview

We follow Mildred Hubble in her first year at Weirdsister College, a university for students of magic. Similar to her adventures at Cackle's, Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day at the end. The series has a darker side than The Worst Witch, with evil creatures and a possible doomsday. Weirdsister College was directed by Alex Kirby and Stefan Pleszczynski, Who were directors on The Worst Witch. Martin Riley, who wrote many episodes of The Worst Witch, was a writer on Weirdsister College, and went on to write for The New Worst Witch. Producer Michael Haggiag also worked on The Worst Witch and The New Worst Witch.

Cast

Mildred Hubble - Georgina Sherrington
Ethel Hallow - Felicity Jones
Cas Crowfeather - Abeille Gélinas
Nick Hobbes - Bobby Barry
Tim Wraithewight - Kent Riley
Azmat Madaridi - Sacha Dhawan
Deirdre Swoop - Stephanie Lane
Prof. Alicia Thunderblast - Charmian May
Prof. Johnathan Shakeshaft - John Rogan
Dr. Jenny Wendle - Jaye Griffiths
Dr. Andy Starfinder - Eric Loren
Veronica Dewdrop (The Beetle) - Jenny Galloway
Ben Stemson - Christian Coulson
Elaine Stemson - Heather Wright
Miss Hardbroom - Kate Duchêne
Enid Nightshade - Jessica Fox
Azmat's Granny - Surendra Kochar
The Gargoyle - Jimmy Vee
Turpin - Harry Miller
Mr. Denton - David Sterne
Dr Josie Foster - Gillian Hanna
Vet - Kitty Martin
Guy De Malfeasance - Milo Twomey
Alison - Tara Hayes
Young Prof. Shakeshaft - Nick Haverson

Episodes

DVD Release

In 2007, Shock released Weirdsister College on DVD, in a boxset with Season 3 of The Worst Witch, although it is titled as "Series 4" of The Worst Witch. Shock also released box sets of Seasons 1 & 2 of The Worst Witch, and Seasons 1 & 2 of The New Worst Witch. These are all on Region 4, being released only in Australia, but playable in other reigons.

Gallery

See Here: Gallery: Weirdsister College

Trivia

The 7th episode in the series (Dr. Foster, I presume) is a reference to the quote "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." by Henry Morton Stanley.
The twelfth episode in the series (The Whisperer) is the only episode in the series that was marked To Be Continued...
Felicity Jones returns to playing Ethel Hallow, as for seasons 2 and 3 of The Worst Witch she shaped her appearance to hide the fact she is sister of winy Sybil Hallow. When she came to Weirdsister, she felt as though it was safe to change back, and resumed the appearance of Ethel Hallow of The Worst Witch season 1.
Weirdsister College had a working title of The Worst Witch: The College Years.

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-From the 26th of October 2009 to mid November, Weirdsister College was shown on Citv Channel. All 13 episodes were shown and aired at 5.30pm to 6.00pm. When all the episodes were aired, [[The New Worst Witch]] began.
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-==Plot==
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-We follow [[Mildred Hubble|Mildred Hubble in]] her first year at Weirdsister College, a university for students of magic. Similar to her adventures at [[Cackle's Academy|Cackle's]], Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day at the end. The series has a darker side than ''The Worst Witch'', with evil creatures and a possible doomsday.
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-==The College==
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-Weirdsister College in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge Cambridge] is an institution where successful students from magical academies and institutes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain Great Britain] can further their magical education, and where qualified doctors and professors can teach and (along with the students) push the boundaries of magic with experiments. The college has many age-old traditions and legends, such as 'The Agonies' the games held once a year, the prize is possession of The Golden Cauldron, a highly magical artifact, but the winner can only have it for one night.
+|Row 3 info = English
+|Row 4 title = No. of Series
-Nearby, and owned by the College, is Misery's cafe. This is the local hangout for the main characters, and is also the site of Jazz concerts (in which one character, [[Prof. Alicia Thunderblast|Thunderblast]], plays the trombone). Some students had saved the cafe from closure by 'meddling' with time. Also in the town is [[Dr. Jenny Wendle|Jenny Wendle's studio]], where meditation classes are held.
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-The College is a highly magical building, and with so many spells and magical demonstrations being performed, the Fosters effect would destroy the building, so The Bus Spell covers the building and its grounds. This means that every Friday the college has no magic performed in it, or strange events may happen and chaos will rule.
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-==Characters==
+|Row 6 info = 30 minutes per episode
-[[Mildred Hubble|Mildred &nbsp;Hubble]]- [[Georgina Sherrington |Georgina]] Sherrington
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-[[Ethel Hallow]]- [[Felicity Jones ]]
+|Row 8 info = 5 November 2001- 8 February 2002
+}}
-[[Miss Hardbroom]]- [[Kate Duchêne]]
-[[Enid Nightshade]]- [[Jessica Fox ]]
-[[Cas Crowfeather]]- [[Abeille Gélinas ]]
-[[Deirdre Swoop]]- [[Stephanie Lane]]
-[[Nick Hobbes]]- [[Bobby Barry ]]
-[[Tim Wraithewight]]- [[Kent Riley ]]
-[[Azmat Madaridi]]- [[Sacha Dhawan ]]
-[[Dr. Andy Starfinder]]- [[Eric Loren ]]
-[[Prof. Alicia Thunderblast|Prof. Alicia Thunderblast ]]-[[Charmain May ]]
-[[Prof. Johnathan Shakeshaft]]- [[John Rogan ]]
-[[Veronica Dewdrop]] (The Beetle)- [[Jenny Galloway]]
-[[Dr. Jenny Wendle]]- [[Jaye Griffiths ]]
-[[Ben Stemson]]- [[Christian Coulson]]
+'''Weirdsister College: The Further Adventures of the Worst Witch''' is the sequel to successful British children's television series [[The Worst Witch TV Series|The Worst Witch ]](1998-2001). Weirdsister College ran for only 13 episodes and there have been no publicised talks for a returning series.
+From the 26th of October 2009 to mid November, Weirdsister College was shown on Citv Channel. All 13 episodes were shown and aired at 5.30pm to 6.00pm. When all the episodes were aired, [[The New Worst Witch]] began.[[File:Weirdsister_College_Cast.jpg|thumb|278px|Weirdsister College main cast]]
+==Overview==
+We follow [[Mildred Hubble|Mildred Hubble in]] her first year at [[Weirdsister College]], a university for students of magic. Similar to her adventures at [[Cackle's Academy|Cackle's]], Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day at the end. The series has a darker side than ''The Worst Witch'', with evil creatures and a possible doomsday. Weirdsister College was directed by Alex Kirby and Stefan Pleszczynski, Who were directors on [[The Worst Witch (TV Series)|The Worst Witch]]. <span style="font-size:14px;">Martin Riley, who wrote many episodes of The Worst Witch, was a writer on </span><span style="font-size:14px;">Weirdsister College, and went on to write for [[The New Worst Witch]]. Producer </span><span style="font-size:14px;">Michael Haggiag also worked on </span><span style="font-size:14px;">The Worst Witch and </span><span style="font-size:14px;">The New Worst Witch.</span>
+==Cast==
+*[[Mildred Hubble]] - [[Georgina Sherrington]]
+*[[Ethel Hallow]] - [[Felicity Jones]]
+*[[Cas Crowfeather]] - [[Abeille Gélinas]]
+*[[Nick Hobbes]] - [[Bobby Barry]]
+*[[Tim Wraithewight]] - [[Kent Riley]]
+*[[Azmat Madaridi]] - [[Sacha Dhawan]]
+*[[Deirdre Swoop]] - [[Stephanie Lane]]
+*[[Prof. Alicia Thunderblast]] - [[Charmian May]]
+*[[Prof. Johnathan Shakeshaft]] - [[John Rogan]]
+*[[Dr. Jenny Wendle]] - [[Jaye Griffiths]]
+*[[Dr. Andy Starfinder]] - [[Eric Loren]]
+*[[Veronica Dewdrop]] (The Beetle) - [[Jenny Galloway]]
+*[[Ben Stemson]] - [[Christian Coulson]]
+*[[Elaine Stemson]] - Heather Wright
+*[[Miss Hardbroom]] - [[Kate Duchêne]]
+*[[Enid Nightshade]] - [[Jessica Fox]]
+*Azmat's Granny - Surendra Kochar
+*The Gargoyle - Jimmy Vee
+*Turpin - Harry Miller
+*[[Mr Denton|Mr. Denton]] - David Sterne
+*[[Dr. Josie Foster|Dr Josie Foster]] - Gillian Hanna
+*Vet - Kitty Martin
+*Guy De Malfeasance - Milo Twomey
+*Alison - Tara Hayes
+*Young Prof. Shakeshaft - Nick Haverson
 ==Episodes==
+#[[The All Seeing Eye]]
-#The All Seeing Eye - The new students of Weirdsister are put through a test, to see if they are strong enough.
+#[[Never on Friday]]
-#Never On Friday - Mildred, Cas, and Ethel learn that rules are there for a reason.
+#[[The Gargoyle]]
-#The Gargoyle - After Professor Thunderblast sets the class some homework, Hobbes decides to take things "out of his league".
+#[[The End of Misery's]]
-#The End Of Misery's - Misery's Cafe, the local hangout, is nearly shut down. Luckily Millie and the gang know what to do.
+#[[All That Jazz]]
-#All That Jazz - Mildred gets super-charged with magic, after Ethel lets go of her hand while being given a magical boost.
+#[[Dreamcatcher]]
-#Dreamcatcher - Hobbes has feelings for Millie, and wants to ensure she has feelings for him too.
+#[[Dr. Foster, I Presume]]
-#Dr. Foster, I Presume - Dr Starfinder is working on a machine to "get around" the Foster's effect; little does he know that Foster's effect comes to him.
+#[[The Seventh Sense]]
-#The Seventh Sense - Elaine finds out that she has the seventh sense; meanwhile, Tabby (Mildred's cat) gets into some bother.
-#The Golden Cauldron - "The Agonies" is fast approaching, and Ethel wants payback.
+#[[The Golden Cauldron]]
+#[[Good Friends]]
-#Good Friends - Enid Nightshade (an old friend of Millie's from Cackle's Academy) arrives at the college, and Mildred gets more than she bargained for.
+#[[Shaky Foundations]]
-#Shaky Foundations - Professor Shakeshaft starts pining for someone he once knew, so attempts to invent a spell to travel back in time; little does he know that Hobbes want his share.
+#[[The Whisperer]]
-#The Whisperer - The only episode in the series with a "To Be Continued" ending.
+#[[The Gates of Power]]
-#The Gates of Power - Hobbes wants to open the gates of power; unfortunately for him, Mildred and her friends are on the case.
 ==DVD Release==
-In 2007, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock Shock] released Weirdsister College on DVD, in a boxset with Season 3 of [[The Worst Witch TV Series|The Worst Witch]], although it is titled as "Series 4" of The Worst Witch. Shock also released box sets of Seasons 1 & 2 of The Worst Witch, and Seasons 1 & 2 of [[The New Worst Witch]]. These are all on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_4 Region 4], being released only in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia], but playable in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_2 Region 2].
+In 2007, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock Shock] released Weirdsister College on DVD, in a boxset with Season 3 of [[The Worst Witch TV Series|The Worst Witch]], although it is titled as "Series 4" of The Worst Witch. Shock also released box sets of Seasons 1 & 2 of The Worst Witch, and Seasons 1 & 2 of [[The New Worst Witch]]. These are all on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_4 Region 4], being released only in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia], but playable in other reigons.
+==Gallery==
+See Here: [[Gallery: Weirdsister College]]
 ==Trivia==
 *The 7th episode in the series (Dr. Foster, I presume) is a reference to the quote "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley Henry Morton Stanley].
 *The twelfth episode in the series (The Whisperer) is the only episode in the series that was marked ''To Be Continued...''
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Jones Felicity Jones] returns to playing [[Ethel Hallow]], as for seasos 2 and 3 of The Worst Witch she shaped her appearance to hide the fact she is sister of winy [[Sybil Hallow]]. When she came to Weirdsister, she felt as though it was safe to change back, and resumed the appearance of Ethel Hallow of The Worst Witch season 1.
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Jones Felicity Jones] returns to playing [[Ethel Hallow]], as for seasons 2 and 3 of The Worst Witch she shaped her appearance to hide the fact she is sister of winy [[Sybil Hallow]]. When she came to Weirdsister, she felt as though it was safe to change back, and resumed the appearance of Ethel Hallow of The Worst Witch season 1.
+*Weirdsister College had a working title of The Worst Witch: The College Years.
 ==External Links==
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 *[http://www.tv.com/show/10015/summary.html ''Weirdsister College''] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV.com TV.com]
 *[http://www.idris-c.com/WeirdsisterCollege/ Weirdsister College Source]
-[[Category:Books and TV]]
+[[Category:Weirdsister College]]

Weirdsister College
Weirdsister College Title
Starring	Georgina Sherrington Bobby Barry Abeille Gélinas Felicity Jones Charmian May
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
No. of Series	1
No. of episodes	13
Runtime	30 minutes per episode
Network	ITV (within CITV)
First Aired	5 November 2001- 8 February 2002