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Miss Hardbroom and Miss Cackle return, and are joined by new members of staff Caspian Bloom, Miss Swoop, and Miss Widget/Miss Nightingale. The New Worst Witch was initially planned to have a third season in 2007, but Alice Connor who played Henrietta Hubble in the series along with several other cast members decided not to sign onto the third season and thus was subsequently canceled the same ...
In the books and most adaptations Miss Hardbroom’s first name is Constance, however in the 2017 television adaptation, her name was changed to Joy Hecate Hardbroom. In the 1986 film, Miss Hardbroom is portrayed by Diana Rigg. In the 1998 TV series she is portrayed by Kate Duchêne, and in The New Worst Witch by Caroline O'Neill.
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Joy enrolled at Cackle's Academy for Witches and was put into red team. She lived in the attic room, where the bats lived. This room would one day become Mildred's room. Joy didn't believe that normal rules should apply to her, and often left the castle to be in the non-magical world.
Miss Hardbroom is tall and thin with waist-length black hair which she keeps "scragged into such a tight knot that her forehead looked quite stretched". Miss Hardbroom keeps her hair tied up in a tight bun at all times, except for the Halloween celebrations, as it’s tradition that all the witches wear their hair out for Halloween. Mildred remarks t...
As the Deputy Headmistress, Miss Hardbroom seems to be the real power behind the throne at Cackle's Academy - it is her who mostly succeeds in imposing her will on everyone by means of frowns, or shouts, or simply talking a blue streak until everyone gives into her. Miss Hardbroom is a stickler for standards and tradition, as well as a firm believe...
Miss Hardbroom is an extremely powerful witch, and her primary method of casting spells was through her fingers: pointing with the index and little fingers. Her most notable ability was to appear out of nowhere, and according to the 1998 TV series, she was the only witch (aside from Hecate Broomhead) who was shown to possess this ability, although ...
Miss Cackle
Miss Hardbroom has an intimate relationship with her Headmistress, Miss Cackle, which actually resembles that of a mother-daughter relationship more than a professional one. In fact, it could be said Miss Cackle was the only other staff member whom Miss Hardbroom was on decent terms with, for she was inclined to be critical of the other teachers - she viewed Miss Bat as incompetent and irresponsible, and felt Miss Drillwas always too indulgent towards the students for their own good. It was o...
Miss Pentangle
In The Worst Witch Saves the Day, it is revealed that Miss Hardbroom is good friends with Miss Pentangle(they especially like playing chess together). In the 2017 TV Series, Miss Hardbroom and Miss Pippa Pentangle used to be friends, and it is implied that they went to school together. Miss Pentangle was popular in school, while Miss Hardbroom was tall, gangly, and not as popular. Miss Hardbroom thought Miss Pentangle wouldn’t want to be friends with someone like her, but Miss Pentangle actua...
Men
Miss Hardbroom hosts a strong contempt for every creature of the male species. When "The Witchy Hour" radio show was hosted at Cackles', DJ Icy Stevens seemed to fall in love with her at first sight, and she appeared to reciprocate, but she simply appreciated his admiration. When he invited her to go away on a romantic holiday and put his hand on her arm, she immediately rebuffed him. She does show a level of respect for both Mr Blossomshowever.
Miss Hardbroom would be the most popular character in The Worst Witch, particularly her TV series portrayal by Kate Duchene.Fans commonly refer to Miss Hardbroom by her nickname, HB (also spelt H.B.).Miss Hardbroom is often compared to Professor Severus Snape from Harry Potter. They are both tall and thin, wear black and have black hair, as well as both being strict potions teachers. Miss Hardb...In the episode Art Wars, Miss Hardbroom states that her favourite colour is black.She has subsequently played the role of Miss Hardbroom in four series of the 2017 television revival of The Worst Witch. [11] In 2022, she appeared in series 4 of The Good Karma Hospital as Frankie Martin. [12] In 2023, she played Maria Swanson in an episode of British crime drama series The Chelsea Detective. [13]
YearTitleRoleNotes2023Maria SwansonEpisode: "Golden Years"2022Safe SpaceLucy LeerEpisode: "Episode 1.0"2022Frankie MartinSeries 42018Rachel HargreavesSeries regularMiss Gullet 12 episodes, 2017 Saoirse Addison ... Izzy Jones / ... 12 episodes, 2020 Billie Boullet ... Fenella Feverfew 11 episodes, 2020 Luciana Akpobaro ... Azura Moon 10 episodes, 2020 Mina Anwar ... Miss Mould 10 episodes, 2018
This is a list of characters in The Worst Witch books, telemovie and TV series. Also included are characters from Weirdsister College and The New Worst Witch. Miss Ada Cackle - Headmistress of the Academy. Miss Hecate Hardbroom -Deputy headmistress and potions teacher of Miss Cackle's Academy, and Mildred's form mistress. Miss Gwen Bat - The chanting and history teacher Miss Dimity Drill - The ...
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Miss Myrtle Widget in the second series of the New Worst Witch, replacing Miss Nightingale. While Miss Nightingale was kind and supportive to her students and colleagues, Miss Widget is rude, obnoxious and arrogant. A young Felicity Jones as Ethel Hallow in the first season of the '98 series.
