The Worst Witch (CBBC 2017) review

I watched this series in less than a week, it was only 13 episodes long but I'm not the greatest at binge watching anything if I'm honest.

The 1st time I watched this series I wasn't sure about some of the episodes, they seemed very spaced out with no connection to the previous episode. I think this was because it was only 1 episode a week so I probably forgot what happened the episode before, but watching it back all in one lump sum proved my 1^st thoughts to be wrong as I noticed little number of plot holes or anything  that stood out as being horribly wrong with any part of it

As far as I'm aware of there hasn't been a show like this on CBBC since The Sarah Jane adventures so I think it was a great idea to give it a chance & the way they did it was amazing.

All the magical elements looked so realistic, this surprised me as I wasn’t really sure what to expect , I don’t really think I put much thought into it or that it was just a kids T.V show so they probably wouldn’t give it a big enough budget to do many visual effects but I think I  probably expected to little so was pleasantly surprised.

I loved how at the start of the series Mildred is a ordinary girl who will be starting secondary school after the summer but keeps seeing magical things that see can’t explain, not being able to understand how she has powers, as far as she knows none of her family have ever been witches, this makes the series more interesting as Mildred isn’t just a witch who struggles to keep up she’s struggling to keep up as she’s never before been taught any magic or anything about the new world. She has suddenly been flung into.

Despite this Mildred continues to work hard and doesn’t just give up, I think this is a very important message to send out to young people who feel like they don’t fit in or like they can’t do something just because they struggle with it or other people put them down for not being at the top. This also teaches children that you should believe you can achieve anything you put your

mind to it & can get better at anything if you give it your all and really go for it.

Throughout the series Mildred nearly gets expelled on quite a few occasions due to not being able to keep up with her peers or for causing trouble but she somehow manages to save the school on several occasions by using her general knowledge or whatever found around her.  I believe this is an important lesson as it teaches that there is always something that you are good at you just need to believe in your strengths not to think or worry too much about what you can’t do as there is always something you can.

Mildred’s friendship with Maud and Enid also plays a vital part of this show as we get to see the ups and downs of their friendships; with them sticking together & helping each other when trouble arises, through thick and thin. Mildred’s rivalry with Ethel is also a very interesting element to this show especially as Ethel is trying so hard to stand out and all Mildred wants is to fit in, Ethel has the chance to use this to her advantage using any opportunity to get to Mildred and put her down.

Regardless of whatever Ethel says Mildred always rises above it, this teaches  to always raise above others attempts to get you down or make you feel bad about yourself, although Ethel and Mildred are worst enemies when they need to they can work together, by doing this they manage to help save the school proving that no matter how different you are to a person you can come together ,working  together to figure out a solution to the problem and then resolve it.

I thought all of the acting in this series was really good especially for young girls who haven’t had a lot of experience (I know some of them have but most haven’t , not sure about west end productions tho) of acting on screen.

Another thing I also loved was that they stuck to Miss Cackle’s academy being an all girls school where as nowadays they tend to add boys into these shows but they kept mostly  to the original book series (other than Enid being black). I also loved how the main people writing and producing the show were women I feel this is very important as I don’t think many men could write a show based around teenage girls as they don’t know what it’s like to be a young girl growing up as they haven’t experienced it, this is also important as it creates less plot holes for the show as everyone working on the episodes remained the same through the whole series.

Thank you for reading my 1^st ever TV series review,Ive done 1 film review before but this is something I really wanted to try, it took a long time to get to a point I was happy with so I really hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Self care

I can't really talk about this because if I'm honest I know alot of people have atual self care routines that they follow weekly or even daily,I've struggled quite a bit over the past  year or so as I've been feeling slightly better & experiencing what its like to be slightly more normal so its even more frustrating

when I have a bad day or week a few months ago I'd decided that on days like these I need to stop hating myself,being upset & try to be more positive (which I can achieve most days but becomes really hard when I'm tierd) I've found a few things that have worked for me so I thought i'd share them with you guys incase they might work for any of you guys

●Watching films or T.V shows/series with positive messages~anything from Disney or any feel good film you can think of maybe 1 you've loved as a child or 1 of your favourite films

●Nail painting,

I've seen some people use this as part of a self care routine or just doing it regularly,I don't do fancy nail art neither do I really have any idea how to my hands shake sometimes so half the time the nail varnish ends up all over the place. but its makes me feel alot better having atleast 1 part of me that looks nice even if I'm half asleep or feeling really ill.

●Shower~ I've found that showering sometimes wakes me up and is also quite good for my bones as the cold really helps,alot of people use baths which are quite relaxing  (the only reason I don't is because my hurt trying to get in)

●Audiobooks~

I've spent years not being able to read and even tho I now can its still nice to be read to especially when I'm feeling to tierd to read to myself or if my head hurts to much to watch T.V


There's some of my ideas I don't know if any of them will work for you guys or if you have your own self care routines that you do but I hope some of these help some of you.

My plans to review childrens films & television & what I think about it.

I enjoyed writing my Royally undercover review so much I thought i'd try & do some more,I'm planning to review childrens films or television series maybe even books rather than actual  products, I spend & have spent alot of time over the past few years watching T.V as I just haven't been able to do anything else,having a younger sister I've also sat through countless hours of young children's T.V shows,I'd be lying if I told you I'd not enjoyed some of that time.


A child's mind is alot less judgmental than a adults making their shows/films made to be more light hearted,when your suffering anything its good to have something to laugh at or make you realize or remember the simplest of things.

Personally out of choice I also chose to watch a few CBBC children's television series some that I've been watching since I was a kid & just haven't stopped & some that have just caught my eye.

 I've also noticed that since we got rid of sky a few years ago that British children's  television  (mostly CBBC cuz that's what im watching) compared to the stuff I used to watch on Nickelodeon when I was younger seems to have alot more meaning also our every show isn't set in a secondary school there's the odd 1 or 2 but its not most of what's on the network,we seem to be more a variety of shows with deeper meanings attached.


As for films I struggle to watch anything past a PG I seem to be really easily stressed now, tiredness takes over alot of the time so I get more emotional than I used to, I also have to cram my head with good & positive messages as this is the only thing that seems to keep my brain from over thinking,childrens films&T.V have really helped me with that,being able to become a child again has given me alot more strength than I could ever start to explain

That being said I also don't believe that the people making these series or films are catering just for children I believe that if they do their jobs properly they are catering for the childlike mind/imagination,you need to be able to add in jokes that a child wont understand but can be laughed at by adults or teenagers or put in things that the whole family will find funny or relatable  to be able to make it enjoyable for all ages.

In these reviews I will try to find & cover all those points & anything else I find that I think is worth a mention good or bad,this was going to be the start of a review but I rambled & it kind of turned into something to long to put at the beginning of anything turning it into a childrens film & television ramble I

 hope you enjoyed it anyways,my 1st review will probably be the entire Tracy  Beaker series & spin offs as I've just currently been watching them and I'm coming to the end of all the series
so hopefully that will be up soon.