History Series / DieLieweHeksie

[[caption-width-right:236:They call me The Dear little Witch (her name's actually Livinia)]]

* GranolaGirl: Livinia has aspects of this personality.
* LandOfFaerie: The dichotomy between Bloemmieland, the Summer country with its nice and cheerful Elves, set against the barren stony wasteland of Gifappeltjiland.

!!Haie oe Bloemmie! Tropes inexpertly fumbled by Livinia include:

* AdaptationInspiration: Verna Vels was responsible for children's broadcasting on South African radio in the 1950's. and her working life involved sourcing and adapting suitable material from around the world. It is entirely possible that ''The Little Witch'' was inspired by the German childrens' story ''Literature/TheLittleWitch'' (''Die Kleine Hexe'') written by Otfried Preussler in 1957. The content of the two stories, however, does not show too many similarites except for the idea of a well-meaning young witch who is at odds with her elder(s) in the Craft.

* AdaptationInspiration: Verna Vels was responsible for children's broadcasting on South African radio in the 1950's. and her working life involved sourcing and adapting suitable material from around the world. It is entirely possible that ''The Little Witch'' was inspired by the Germa childrens' story ''Literature/TheLittleWitch'' (''Die Kleine Hexe'') written by Otfried Preussler in 1957. The content of the two stories, however, does not show too many similarites except for the idea of a well-meaning young witch who is at odds with her elder(s) in the Craft.

* AdaptationInspiration: Verna Vels was responsible for children's broadcasting on South African radio in the 1950's. and her working life involved sourcing and adapting suitable material from around the world. It is entirely possible that ''The Little Witch'' was inspired by the Germa childrens' story ''Literature/TheLittleWitch'' (''DieKleineHexe'') written by OtfriedPreussler in 1957. The content of the two stories, however, does not show too many similarites except for the idea of a well-meaning young witch who is at odds with her elder(s) in the Craft.

* AdaptationInspiration: Verna Vels was responsible for children's broadcasting on South African radio in the 1950's. and her working life involved sourcing and adapting suitable material from around the world. It is entirely possible that ''The Little Witch'' was inspired by the Germa childrens' story ''Literature/DieKleineHexe'') written by [[Creator/OtfriedPreussler Otfried Preußler]] in 1957. The content of the two stories, however, does not show too many similarites except for the idea of a well-meaning young witch who is at odds with her elder(s) in the Craft.

* AllWitchesHaveCats: confusingly, Livinia has ''two''. There is Mattewis, the kitten/cat whose function is to be a timid little kitty who miaows a lot and is the indispensable companion to a working witch. Then there is Karel Kat, her sophisticated friend, a sort of NonHumanSidekick, who is essentially an anthropomorphic cat who dresses smartly, drives a smart car, and flies a helicopter. Karel and Mattewis are never really seen interacting.

''Die Liewe Heksie'' (Afrikaans for "Beloved Little Witch") was an Afrikaans work of fiction created by children's book author Verna Vels in 1961. It centres on Liewe Heksie, a rather incompetent and forgetful witch, who lives with her friends the elves in Bloemmieland ("Land of Flowers"), and whose general well-meaning ineptitude and lack of magic skills led to many funny situations. The ''Liewe Heksie'' series started off as radio stories, followed by books and stories on vinyl record. ''Liewe Heksie'' made a television debut in 1978 as an Afrikaans-language children's television programme which became a well-loved fixture of South African TV. A second series of ''Liewe Heksie'' followed in 1981, for a total of 52 television programs. The quality of the puppets, animation and sets vastly improves in the second series. [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liewe+Heksie The first series is available on You Tube, provided officially by the South African Broadcasting Corpoation.]]. Not all the second series episodes are available on [=YouTube=] but a surprising number have been unofficially uploaded by fans.

* WickedWitch: The [=GeeleHeks=], the old cackling crone who tries to steal the secret of Bloemmieland's beauty for her own barren wasteland.

''Die Liewe Heksie'' (Afrikaans for "Beloved Little Witch") was an Afrikaans work of fiction created by children's book author Verna Vels in 1961. It centres on Liewe Heksie, a rather incompetent and forgetful witch, who lives with her friends the elves in Bloemmieland ("Land of Flowers"), and whose general well-meaning ineptitude and lack of magic skills led to many funny situations. The ''Liewe Heksie'' series started off as radio stories, followed by books and stories on vinyl record. ''Liewe Heksie'' made a television debut in 1978 as an Afrikaans-language children's television programme which became a well-loved fixture of South African TV. A second series of ''Liewe Heksie'' followed in 1981, for a total of 52 television programs. The quality of the puppets, animation and sets vastly improves in the second series. [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liewe+Heksie The first series is available on You Tube, provided officially by the South African Broadcasting Corpoation.]]. Not all the second series episodes are available on YouTube but a surprising number have been unofficially uploaded by fans.

''Die Liewe Heksie'' (Afrikaans for "Beloved Little Witch") was an Afrikaans work of fiction created by children's book author Verna Vels in 1961. It centres on Liewe Heksie, a rather incompetent and forgetful witch, who lives with her friends the elves in Bloemmieland ("Land of Flowers"), and whose general well-meaning ineptitude and lack of magic skills led to many funny situations. The ''Liewe Heksie'' series started off as radio stories, followed by books and stories on vinyl record. ''Liewe Heksie'' made a television debut in 1978 as an Afrikaans-language children's television programme which became a well-loved fixture of South African TV. A second series of ''Liewe Heksie'' followed in 1981, for a total of 52 television programs. [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=liewe+Heksie The first series is available on You Tube]].

* AllWitchesHaveCats: confusingly, Livinia has ''two''. There is Mattewis, the kitten/cat whose function is to be a timid little kittie who miouws a lot and is the indispensible companion to a working witch. Then there is Karel Kat, her sophisticated friend, a sort of NonHumanSidekick, who is essentially an anthropomorphic cat who dresses smartly, drives a smart car, and flies a helicopter. Karel and Mattewis are never really seen interacting.

* {{Supermarionation}}: compared to Gerry Anderson's work, the puppetry is relatively crude, but many of the puppets had SM-style features built into them. It is easy to see how SM influenced the look and feel of this show even if sanctions against South Africa meant the technology could not be officially exported, and could only be unofficially copied [[ShoddyKnockOffProduct as best as possible with local resources]] and without assistance from the originators of the technology. Also - television didn't even ''start'' in South Africa until 1976. This show dates originally from 1978. S.A. television had to begin from literally nothing with relatively few people who had the necessary skills and experience.

* BeachEpisode: The Little Witch goes for a beach picnic with the Bloemmieland elves. Alas, while her back is turned, the evil [=GeleHeks=] kidnaps a baby elf. Livinia then has to interrupt her day at the beach to get him back. An OldTimeyBathingSuit features. livina explains it's the only one she owns.

* BeachEpisode: The Little Witch goes for a beach picnic with the Bloemmieland elves. Alas, while her back is turned, the evil [=GeleHeks=] kidnaps a baby elf. Livinia then has to interrupt her day at the beach to get him back.

** De Vries reprised this part in a second parody, this time of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' franchise. At the end of the skit, "Harry Potgeier" and his chums Hermione and Barry are walking through the quad at Hogwarts, exulting at having won the battle and freeing the world of the evil Voldemart. Then a witch approaches, who they take to be another pupil. She throws back her hood and is revealed as Livinia die Liewe Heksie9also played by de Vries) who calls them a bunch of bastards, and rails at them for making ''her'' show look old hat, that all the kids in South Africa are into Harry Potgeier all of a sudden, nobody's watching ''her'' show any more, and above all, they're not buying Little Witch merchandise and tie-in books because ''you'' bastards are getting it all and that's my money supply drying up! Livinia/deVries then zaps Harry with some lethal spells and cackles as he dies, writhing in agony...