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* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub Mildred is voiced by TV actress Rio Suzuki, who many anime fans can recognize her as Manga/{{Dororo}} from the 2018 animated adaptation from the manga of the same name.
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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The 2017 series is the first time any part of the franchise is being translated to Japanese, as neither the book nor previous adaptation were brought there.
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** The 2017 series is also set to avert this by being made available for international streaming on Netflix, presumably once the series has finished airing on CBBC... except in Japan, probably to avoid any unfortunate comparisons with ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', a franchise often compared with the books and the live-action productions.
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** The 2017 series is also set to avert this by being made available for international streaming on Netflix, presumably once the series has finished airing on CBBC... except in Japan, probably to avoid CBBC.
** Japan is an very bizarre case: Since the debut of the 2017 series, many people thought neither this version, nor anyunfortunate comparisons other part of the franchise would be brought there, due to the similarity with ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'', a franchise often from which the animated adaptations are compared with the books book and other adaptations, but surprisingly enough, the live-action productions.2017 version would be dubbed to Japanese in December 2019, through not in Netflix's Japanese feed, but on national TV by NHK instead.
** Japan is an very bizarre case: Since the debut of the 2017 series, many people thought neither this version, nor any
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* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company. The 2017 is an international production with CBBC and ZDT, a German Channel.
* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia. Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the UsefulNotes/RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia. Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the UsefulNotes/RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
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* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted co-produced by HTV, [[Creator/{{ITV}} HTV]], a UK company, television station, and Gala Films, a Canadian company. The 2017 is an international production with CBBC and ZDT, a German Channel.
* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available ondvd ...DVD ... in Australia. Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the UsefulNotes/RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
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** Creator/{{HBO}} co-produced the 1980s telefilm and aired the 1998 series, but after a few years the 90s version vanished from HBO Family (as HBO neglected the channel) and neither ''Weirdsister College'' or the ''New'' revival made it to the US.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The series is known in France as Amandine Malabul (which is [[DubNameChange Mildred Hubble's name in French]]). All of the books were prefixed with her name, and a subtitle. For instance, the fourth book, ''The Worst Witch All at Sea'' became ''Amandine Malabul: La Sorciere a Peur de l'eau'' ("Mildred Hubble: The Witch with a Fear of Water").
** ''Weirdsister College'' became known as ''Eine Lausige Hexe in Cambridge'' ("The Worst Witch in Cambrige.")Fitting, as the show itself was ''Eine Lausige Hexe'', which would be ''The Lousy Witch''.
** ''Weirdsister College'' became known as ''Eine Lausige Hexe in Cambridge'' ("The Worst Witch in Cambrige.")Fitting, as the show itself was ''Eine Lausige Hexe'', which would be ''The Lousy Witch''.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: As this was a joint UK-Canada production, a few episodes were filmed in Canada. These usually take place outside the school, explained away as special trips for Mildred and friends. They're all still implied to take place in the UK though.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Both TV adaptations avert this by updating the books. The 1998 series has several mentions of computers and the internet (with at least two episodes where they are important to the plot) and Ruby Cherrytree is keen on gadgets. In the 2017 version Mildred has a mobile phone, although once she gets to Cackle's it is confiscated by Miss Hardbroom. Instead, the witches use 'mag-lets' - magical tablets that are phones in all but name.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In an early draft of the first book, Mildred wasn't a witch at all, but a fairy who had ended up at a wich school by mistake.
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* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series. Slight subversion as Claire Coulter did spend a good part of her childhood in London, and would have likely picked up the accent.
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* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series. Slight subversion as Claire Coulter However, she did spend a good part of her childhood in London, and would have likely picked up the accent.
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* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: In 2017 version Jenny Richardson (Ethel), Miriam Petche (Esmerelda) and Trixie Hyde (Sybil) share a resemblance with each other.
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** The 2017 series is also set to avert this by being made available for international streaming on Netflix, presumably once the series has finished airing on CBBC.
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* TheCastShowOff: In the ChristmasEpisode, Ruby has to throw a tap dancing routine into the pantomime to stall time. Her actress Joanna Dyce is a trained dancer and became a choreographer in adulthood.
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* OneBookAuthor: A few of the actresses in the 1998 series never acted again - despite being series regulars - such as Emma Brown (Maud), Harshna Brahmbhatt (Jadu), Poppy Gaye (Griselda) among others.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The change in actress for Ethel was apparently due to Felicity Jones missing home too much while filming Season 1.
** Arguably the case for ''Weirdsister College'' - see DawsonCasting.
** Arguably the case for ''Weirdsister College'' - see DawsonCasting.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Clare Coulter plays both Miss Cackle and her twin sister Agatha. Charlotte Rae likewise played them both in the TV movie.
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** The change in actress for Ethel was apparently due to Felicity Jones missing home too much while filming Season 1.
**Arguably the case for The fourth season became ''Weirdsister College'' - see DawsonCasting.because it was getting unbelievable that Mildred would still be at school.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Harshna Brahmbhatt said on a CITV interview that Jadu's key characteristic is that she gets excited really easily. This trait doesn't really come into play outside the episode "A Pig In A Poke".
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* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia. Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In an early draft of the first book, Mildred wasn't a witch at all, but a fairy who had ended up at a wich school by mistake.
-->"She had pointy ears because she was in fact a fairy, and was originally in the wrong school – she should have gone to a fairy school. At the end of this story she starts to grow wings and has to wear a very tight vest to stop them showing. She flies out of the window to find the fairy school and has a wonderful time there."
-->"She had pointy ears because she was in fact a fairy, and was originally in the wrong school – she should have gone to a fairy school. At the end of this story she starts to grow wings and has to wear a very tight vest to stop them showing. She flies out of the window to find the fairy school and has a wonderful time there."
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** It's also recently - as of 2016 - become available under the German title "Eine Lausige Hexe." It will show 4 series as, like the above example, ''Weirdsister College'' is considered a fourth season of the Georgina Sherrington series. The [=DVDs=] do have an English audio option. However, unlike with the earlier release, these discs appear to be set for region 2.
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** It's also recently - as of In 2016 - become the show became available under the German title "Eine Lausige Hexe." It will show 4 series as, like the above example, ''Weirdsister College'' is considered a fourth season of the Georgina Sherrington series. The [=DVDs=] do have an English audio option. However, unlike with the earlier release, these discs appear to be set for region 2.
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** Those infamous green screen effects during Creator/TimCurry's song are the result of a last-minute reshoot after the director noticed he was drunk in the on-location footage (Tim and the assistant director had been sharing some gin to keep warm).
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* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series. Slight subervision as Claire Coulter did spend a good part of her childhood in London, and would have likely picked up the accent.
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Jill Murphy preferred the TV series to the MadeForTVMovie. She did however say she felt the earlier episodes were better (before the show had to invent new material to expand from the books).
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school.
* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series.
* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company.
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school.
* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series.
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Jill Murphy preferred the 1998 TV series to the MadeForTVMovie. She did however say she felt the earlier episodes were better (before the show had to invent new material to expand from the books).
books). She seems to have strong feelings for the 2017 series, in which she has been more involved in the production.
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school. \n Also a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot.
* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TVseries.
series. Slight subervision as Claire Coulter did spend a good part of her childhood in London, and would have likely picked up the accent.
* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company. The 2017 is an international production with CBBC and ZDT, a German Channel.
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school.
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*** The 2017 series is also set to avert this by being made available for international streaming on Netflix, presumably once the series has finished airing on CBBC.
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** Chief Wizard Egbert Hellibore is played by Terrence Hardiman in Season 1, but replaced with Richard Durden for one episode in Season 2. Hardiman returns to play him in Season 3.
* PlayingAgainstType: In the TV movie, Miss Hardbroom was played by Diana Rigg - who at that point was more famous for playing glamorous {{Action Girl}}s in spy movies.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The change in actress for Ethel was apparently due to Felicity Jones missing home too much while filming Season 1.
* PlayingAgainstType: In the TV movie, Miss Hardbroom was played by Diana Rigg - who at that point was more famous for playing glamorous {{Action Girl}}s in spy movies.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The change in actress for Ethel was apparently due to Felicity Jones missing home too much while filming Season 1.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Enid Nightshade in the books is described as a HugeSchoolgirl with hair the "colour of milky tea". She's played in the TV series by Jessica Fox who is very petite and has darker hair - but is wonderfully spunky and captures Enid's personality perfectly.
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* ActingForTwo: The actress playing Miss Cackle (in the adaptations) also plays her evil twin sister Agatha
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Jill Murphy preferred the TV series to the MadeForTVMovie. She did however say she felt the earlier episodes were better (before the show had to invent new material to expand from the books).
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school.
* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Jill Murphy preferred the TV series to the MadeForTVMovie. She did however say she felt the earlier episodes were better (before the show had to invent new material to expand from the books).
* DawsonCasting: For the most part, averted. None of the actresses for the show were over eighteen. The fourth season was even relocated to a college setting because Georgina Sherrington was too old to believably still be in school.
* FakeBrit: Canadian actress Claire Coulter puts on a British accent to play Miss Cackle in the TV series.
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* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia.
** Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
*** Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded [=DVDs=] or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country in the region, this makes perfect sense.
* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''
** Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
*** Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded [=DVDs=] or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country in the region, this makes perfect sense.
* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''
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**Australia. Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
*** Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded [=DVDs=] or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country * TheOtherDarrin:
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* TheOtherDarrin:Season 2. Actually explained as Ethel giving herself a magical disguise to stop people thinking she's related to Sybil.
** Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''''
** Fenella Feverfew is played by Emily Stride in Season 1-2 and Julia Melowski in Season 3.
* SameLanguageDub: The American broadcast of the series dubbed American accents over the British dialogue. Clare Coulter dubbed her own voice with her natural accent. Kate Duchene was the only one who kept her voice in the dub.
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** Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.
** Fenella Feverfew is played by Emily Stride in Season 1-2 and Julia Melowski in Season 3.
* SameLanguageDub: The American broadcast of the series dubbed American accents over the British dialogue. Clare Coulter dubbed her own voice with her natural accent. Kate Duchene was the only one who kept her voice in the dub.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Jessica Fox (Enid) later earned a role in British soap ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''
** Also, The Grand Wizard is played by Terrence Hardiman, also famous for playing Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster.
** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of Literature/WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from ''The Liver Birds''.
** Christian Coulson, Ben in ''Weirdsister College'', played [[TheOtherDarrin the first]] Tom Riddle in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''.
** From ''Weirdsister College'', Kent Reily - Tim Wraithewright - was also in Series/{{Hollyoaks}} as Zak Ramsey
** The movie features [[ReturnToOz Dorothy Gale]], [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], and [[Series/TheAvengers Emma Peel]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Felicity Jones (Ethel Hallow) later became known for her work as Emma Grundy on ''Radio/TheArchers''
** Also, The Grand Wizard is played by Terrence Hardiman, also famous for playing Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster.
** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of Literature/WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from ''The Liver Birds''.
** Christian Coulson, Ben in ''Weirdsister College'', played [[TheOtherDarrin the first]] Tom Riddle in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''.
** From ''Weirdsister College'', Kent Reily - Tim Wraithewright - was also in Series/{{Hollyoaks}} as Zak Ramsey
** The movie features [[ReturnToOz Dorothy Gale]], [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], and [[Series/TheAvengers Emma Peel]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Felicity Jones (Ethel Hallow) later became known for her work as Emma Grundy on ''Radio/TheArchers''
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* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''
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* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company.
* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia.
** Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
*** Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded [=DVDs=] or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country in the region, this makes perfect sense.
* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''''
* WorkingTitle: ''Weirdsister College'' had a working title of ''The Worst Witch: The College Years'' (and ended up being used in an autumn CITV promo.)
* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-producted by HTV, a UK company, and Gala Films, a Canadian company.
* NoExportForYou: This is an odd example, but the entire series, including ''Weirdsister College'', ''The New Worst Witch'' and the movie from the 80's, is available on dvd ... in Australia.
** Thankfully for fans of the show, however, the RegionCoding on the box is wrong. The discs are set for region 0, not region 4.
*** Australian law forbids the selling of region-encoded [=DVDs=] or DVD players. Considering they're the only English-speaking country in the region, this makes perfect sense.
* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.
* WorkingTitle: ''Weirdsister College'' had a working title of ''The Worst Witch: The College Years'' (and ended up being used in an autumn CITV promo.)
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Felicity Jones (Ethel Hallow) later became known for her work as Emma Grundy on ''TheArchers''
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* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''
* TheOtherDarrin: Miss Hardbroom is played by Kate Duchêne in the original TV series and ''Weirdsister College'', but the role was taken over by Caroline O'Neill for ''The New Worst Witch.''
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Jessica Fox (Enid) later earned a role in British soap ''{{Hollyoaks}}''
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Enid Nightshade in the books is described as a HugeSchoolgirl with hair the "colour of milky tea". She's played in the TV series by Jessica Fox who is very petite and has darker hair - but is wonderfully spunky and captures Enid's personality perfectly.
** A necessary one due to a change in character. Miss Drill's appearance is not described but the illustrations show her as a hard-faced BrawnHilda. In the TV series where she is a CoolTeacher, she's played by the more athletically built and kind-faced Clare Porter.
** A necessary one due to a change in character. Miss Drill's appearance is not described but the illustrations show her as a hard-faced BrawnHilda. In the TV series where she is a CoolTeacher, she's played by the more athletically built and kind-faced Clare Porter.
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** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from ''The Liver Birds''.
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** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of WorzelGummidge Literature/WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from ''The Liver Birds''.
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** Christian Coulson, Ben in ''Weirdsister College'', played [[TheOtherDarrin the first]] Tom Riddle in ''Film/HarryPotter and the ChamberOfSecrets''.
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** Christian Coulson, Ben in ''Weirdsister College'', played [[TheOtherDarrin the first]] Tom Riddle in ''Film/HarryPotter and the ChamberOfSecrets''.''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''.
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** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from TheLiverBirds.
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** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from TheLiverBirds.''The Liver Birds''.
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** Miss Bat is played by Una Stubbs of WorzelGummidge fame, while her replacement Miss Crotchet is Polly James from TheLiverBirds.
