0:00:31 > 0:00:33- RADIO:- 'South Wales, the Channel Islands,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'central and southern England
0:00:35 > 0:00:39'will have a mixture of sunshine and showers...'
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- Mildred?- Mum.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- Are you OK?- Yes.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07No.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I thought I saw...
0:01:11 > 0:01:12What?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Nothing.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Sorry.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Were you making me breakfast in bed?
0:01:21 > 0:01:22You've been on lates all week.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I thought it would be a nice surprise.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Come here.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28That's a lovely thought.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30But you don't have to worry about me, you know.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31I'm fine.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Ooh, now that's good.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's not really.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38No. I like it.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40You paint what you see.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42That's what makes it interesting.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Right. I'd better get...
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- No, no. I'll do it.- Thanks.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Look out!
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Sorry!
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Sorry. I lost my glasses.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Couldn't see where I was going.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20You were...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22flying on a broomstick!
0:02:22 > 0:02:26I know. I passed my broomstick proficiency test first time.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Are you a witch?
0:02:28 > 0:02:32I hope so. As long as I can make it to the entrance exam in time.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Entrance exam?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35For Miss Cackle's Academy.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Academy. Like, a school, for witches?
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Well, of course. I'll never get there without my glasses.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48You haven't seen them, have you?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53No, but we can find them.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29If they fell off just before you landed, they can't be far.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32We just have to keep looking.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Hi, Jake!
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Good boy!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39What have you got there?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Oh, my glasses.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Sorry.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47My parents paid for extra flying lessons to help me get in.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I've let everyone down.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53No, you haven't. I'll help you.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- I promise.- Mildred...
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Are you all right, love?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Er...yeah, yes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It's just her glasses are broken.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Whose?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Hers?
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Eh...my mum's glasses got broken.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I'm just off to buy her some new ones.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19See you later.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26What's going on? Why couldn't she see you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:27It's just the broomstick.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31It's got protective spells to shield me from non-magical people.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- What?- I'm not magical.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39But you can see me?
0:04:39 > 0:04:40I know.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Who are you?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I'm just...Mildred.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Mildred Hubble. Hi.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Maud Spellbody.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Well met, sister.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Is that a witch thing?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Yep, I've been practising.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Oh, well. I can try again next year.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Nope!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14You're going to get in this year.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16But I can't fly without my glasses.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18You can if I help you.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19You mean you'll come with me?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Of course. Just let me text my mum.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Then you can show me how to fly this thing.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Oh!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Go! Go!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Go!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Hop!
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Go, go, go!
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Yes, we did it!
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Woohoo!
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Look!- Wait, wait, wait!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- What?- I can't see a thing, which way are we going?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Left!
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Left, left, I said left!
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- We are going left! - Oh, OK, right, go right!
0:06:22 > 0:06:26THEY SCREAM
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We're going to die!
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Here they come, the future of witchcraft.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07The new term starts in six weeks,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11and THESE are our potential first formers.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I've got a good feeling about this year.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16You said that last year.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The craft is in decline.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Not while I'm headmistress.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23What's up with you, HB?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27You look like you lost a cream cake and found a carrot.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30This school needs strong witches,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34not little girls who want to play at magic.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36We were all little girls once, Hecate.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Even me.- If you say so.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Um, excuse me, Miss Hardbroom.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Lucinda has problems with allergies and can't do potions.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Who do I speak to about that?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Somebody from another school, perhaps?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Health and safety is very important.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56We can provide anti-allergy spells.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00I truly despair for the future.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02They'll learn.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03We all did.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Well, maybe there is some hope.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Good stick control.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Perfect dismount.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25That's my sister, Ethel.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Ethel Hallow.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Ethie!- Esme!
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Well met, Ethel.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Ethel, this is...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I know.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Well met, Miss Cackle. Miss Hardbroom.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Well met.- Two Hallows in one school.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47You have a lot to live up to.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- I'll do my best.- Of course you will.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But there's no need to be intimidated.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55No-one expects you to be as clever as Esmeralda.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56- Miss Cackle...- Don't be modest.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Esmeralda is the finest student this academy has ever had.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05If you're even half as crafty as your sister...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Look out, incoming!
0:09:08 > 0:09:12THEY SCREAM
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Sorry!
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- Maud!- Where are you, Mildred?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I can't see a thing!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'll save you!
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I'm coming! Hold on! Hold on!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I'm getting tired!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Help! Help!
0:09:37 > 0:09:43Some believe a true witch will always float in water.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Of course, a sensible witch would try to stand up first.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55THEY LAUGH
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Sorry to disturb you.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Girl...
0:10:06 > 0:10:12stop bothering your intellectual superiors, and get out.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29She just magicked us dry!
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Well met.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Er...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I am Miss Hardbroom, deputy headmistress.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- And you are...?- Maud Spellbody.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Oh, yes. I remember your mother.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Such a shame for her.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It was my fault.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57And who...are YOU?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Mildred. Mildred Hubble.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03You're not on my list.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06She was down for Pentangles,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09but Mum said this school was way better,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12so she should try here first.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Well, I suppose we should give you a chance to redeem yourself,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Mildred Hubble.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Why?- Because you helped me.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You should get on with the tour.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Tour?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Mildred, Maud, this is Miss Cackle.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I'm over here.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40So sorry. I broke my glasses.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Let me see.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Thank you, Miss Cackle!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Um...
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Well met.- Well met, Maud.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Well met, Mildred.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Er...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Well met.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Are you all right, my dear?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17SHE VOMITS
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Disgusting.- Leave her alone.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21She's travel sick.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Pathetic.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26You've never been through a transference spell before,
0:12:26 > 0:12:27have you, dear?
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I'll tell you a secret. I did the same my first time.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Here.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Take this.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41- Is it magic?- Better.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's sugar.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I never go anywhere without a bag of lemon drops.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Suck on that and you'll be fine next time.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I'm not doing that...
0:12:54 > 0:12:55- again.- It gets easier, doesn't it?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59OK, so I'm Esmeralda, I'm head of year three.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01I thought all the girls were on holiday?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I was, but I volunteered to help out Cackle and HB.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- What's HB?- Miss Hardbroom, deputy head.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09You'll soon get to know all about her.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Right, come on, this way.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Bit of a maze round here, but you'll soon get used to it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16The kitchen's in the basement,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18that's why the porridge is always so cold.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Why don't they just make food by magic?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22A witch cannot live by magic alone.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Witch's code, rule number 93, paragraph six, clause A.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29All right, Ethel.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Magical food's got no nutritional value.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35It's a shame it tastes a lot better than the slop they serve here.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I can't believe she doesn't know the basic rules.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Didn't your mother teach you anything?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Didn't your mother teach you not to be a bossy old toad?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Right, let's get on with the tour.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53So, this is the potions lab.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Are all these magic spells?
0:13:55 > 0:13:56What do they do?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Oh, loads of stuff.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01The second years were making invisibility elixirs last term.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Oh, let's see what they brewed up.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Not enough slugs' eggs.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Right!
0:14:29 > 0:14:31What's in there?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Oh, kitten room.- Kittens?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Cats are assigned in year one.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37You work together with your cat all the way through the school.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39We're not allowed pets in our flats.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42A cat is not a pet.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46It's a familiar. An ancient tool of the craft.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Can we see the kittens?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Maybe later, your exam starts in ten minutes in the great Hall.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53This way.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Come on, Mildred.- I can't pass a witch exam, I'm not...
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Shh!
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Let's talk in here.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Kittens!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19If you came here, you'd have a kitten of your own.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I wish I could. But just wanting it doesn't make me a witch.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28You saw me on the broomstick, so you must have some magic in your family.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I really haven't.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I never knew magic existed until today.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35You lived your whole life without magic?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Everyone does. Well, I thought they did.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Well, you must have noticed something.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I mean, you're naturally crafty.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Didn't anything ever happen to you that you couldn't explain?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Maybe.- You see?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54You should at least try the exam.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Was that cushion empty when we came in?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Did you shut the door?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06We've lost a kitten.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10OK, let's think about this.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You're a kitten. Where would you go?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Where the food is.- The kitchen.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- That way.- That way.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Oi! No girls allowed in my kitchen.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I'm sorry. We were just...
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Looking for a kitten.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48There he is!
0:16:50 > 0:16:52All right, you've got it. Now get out.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Come on. Come on!
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Wow, Mildred. You're amazing with animals.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Miss Cackle. - What are you girls doing in here?
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Well, you see...
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Agatha!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Well met, sister.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Well met, Agatha.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28To what do we owe this unexpected surprise?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I'm writing a piece about the school,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32for the Which Witching Academy website.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35What are YOU doing in here?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37These two girls were missing.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Miss Hardbroom wanted to disqualify you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I had to use a finding spell to track you down.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47And is that one of the school kittens?
0:17:47 > 0:17:48He escaped.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53He's back where he belongs.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Now, get along to the exam room.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I'll see you in my office.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Finally.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13You go there.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16And you go there.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Begin.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Are you all right?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I always hated exams, too.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54But here's a little tip.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Don't think about what's not in the old cauldron...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02..think about what is.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05You mean, focus on what I CAN do?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Take charge, Hecate.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I need to speak to my sister.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43You want to write about my school for a website?
0:19:43 > 0:19:4620 things you didn't know about Cackle's Academy,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48number 9 will shock you, etc.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It's been five years.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And you suddenly turn up!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55On selection day, of all days.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59I know you do your best, but you can't do it alone.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02If we worked together...
0:20:02 > 0:20:04We tried that before, remember?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I know we made mistakes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I made mistakes.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13But I've learned from them.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I want to make it up to you.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- How?- Let me tell the witching world
0:20:18 > 0:20:21about the great work you're doing here.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24They'll realise that the future of the craft is in safe hands.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- What do you need from me? - Let me interview the girls.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32The teachers?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34You may speak to Miss Hardbroom.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Well met, sister.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45BELL CHIMES
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Time's up, girls.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Pens down.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Is this some variety of joke?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Miss Cackle said to focus on what I can do.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Art's my best subject.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I will give you 1%
0:21:34 > 0:21:38and that is only because you spelled your own name...
0:21:38 > 0:21:40correctly.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42LAUGHTER
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- Where are you going?- Home.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00But the selection isn't over yet.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03There's still the practical test to come.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Before we begin, Miss Hardbroom has the results of your written papers.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Some of your papers were utterly abominable
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and those were the better ones.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26However, there was one chink of light in the howling void.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29A perfect 100%.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Ethel Hallow, you have equalled the school record.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44- Equalled?- Your sister also scored 100% in her written entrance exam.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48And went on to score 98% in the practical.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Only 98?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53100%?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55That's amazing.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Not for a Hallow. It's just normal.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Candidates, choose your spells.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Which do I do?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Just pick an easy spell.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Level one. You get more marks for the hard ones.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17All we need to do is pass.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20My hat! You're going for a level eight?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Only because level nine aren't allowed.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25You will complete the entire transformation,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29including scales and internal combustion.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Why become a dragon if you don't breathe fire?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Basic levitation.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47If on flying you set your mind, then these ingredients you must find.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Flower of common cat trap.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Check.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Dried mandrake root.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Check. Sliver of bee's brain.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Ugh...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13really?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I've never been interviewed for a website before.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It's nothing to worry about, Hecate.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I'm not worried.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Well, maybe you should be.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34The craft is in a state of hurly-burly.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Fewer and fewer girls are inheriting magical abilities.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It must be tough trying to keep standards up.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43You know it is.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49My sister is very well-intentioned.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54But perhaps if someone more forceful were in charge,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58it might be easier to fight the tide of dumbing down.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Slowly add the unicorn's milk.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Stir it till it's soft as silk.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19So, how's the brew going?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It's supposed to turn blue.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Did you add the pomfreys gathered at midnight?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Breath of fire, hide of armour.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Ethel, can I just...?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Not now.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Give me strength, give me glamour.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Teeth of diamond,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03claw of steel,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05force my enemies to kneel.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Let my bolts of flames be hurled and my power shall rule the world.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13She's amazing!
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Five minutes, girls.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Mildred, did my potion work?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I don't know. What was it supposed to do?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Make me taller...
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Whoa!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I think it worked.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- Mine didn't.- Mildred...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47It... It worked!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- I'm flying.- We did it. - We did it.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55All right, that's enough.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Not a bad effort.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Good luck, Ethy.- I won't need it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20It's happening.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23I can feel it.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Dragon fire in my belly.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Dragon blood in my veins.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I... I want to...
0:27:31 > 0:27:32I need to...
0:27:32 > 0:27:33SHE ROARS