The Worst Witch Learning the Hard Way (Season 3, Episode 5)
TV-Y7
TV Episode | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The Worst Witch

Learning the Hard Way (Season 3, Episode 5)

TV-Y7

TV Episode | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Miss Cackle's young niece, Gabrielle Gribble, comes to the Academy for teaching practice and Mildred Hubble and her friends teach her far more than she ever learned at WitchTraining College.

Director

Alex Kirby

Writers

Jill Murphy (novels) | Martin Riley

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 7, 2000

Release date

Dec 7, 2000 (United Kingdom)

Awards

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1 win & 1 nomination

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Georgina Sherrington Mildred Hubble Mildred Hubble See fewer	The Worst Witch (1998)
Emma Brown Maud Moonshine Maud Moonshine See fewer	The Worst Witch (1998)
Katy Allen Ethel Hallow Ethel Hallow See fewer	Great Expectations (2013)
Clare Coulter Miss Cackle Miss Cackle See fewer	By Design (1981)
Kate Duchêne Miss Constance Hardbroom Miss Constance Hardbroom See fewer	Afterlife (I) (2005)
Claire Porter Miss Drill Miss Drill See fewer	The Worst Witch (1998)
Polly James Miss Crotchet Miss Crotchet See fewer	Our Mutual Friend (1976)
Rebecca Norton Gabrielle Gribble (as Rebecca Clarke) Gabrielle Gribble (as Rebecca Clarke) See fewer	Birthday Girl (2001)
Jessica Fox Enid Nightshade Enid Nightshade See fewer	The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Holly Rivers Drusilla Paddock Drusilla Paddock See fewer	The Worst Witch (1998)
Joanna Dyce Ruby Cherrytree Ruby Cherrytree See fewer	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Harshna Brahmbhatt Jadu Wali Jadu Wali See fewer	The Worst Witch (1998)