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The role led to other, minor roles, including that of Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch, and in 1988 she moved to Paris to work on Valmont with Miloš Forman.
* The Worst Witch
* Jill Murphy, author of The Worst Witch series
* The Worst Witch ( 1986 )
The Worst Witch is a series of children's novels written and illustrated by Jill Murphy and published by Puffin Books.
The first book was published ( by Allison & Busby ) in 1974, with the sequel The Worst Witch Strikes Again being published in 1980 ( also by Allison & Busby ).
A TV series based on the books aired from 1998 to 2001, and has inspired two spin-offs, Weirdsister College ( 2001 ) and The New Worst Witch ( 2005 ).
Murphy ( who began writing The Worst Witch at the age of 15 ) based the Worst Witch books on her own experiences of school at Ursuline Convent in Wimbledon, England with Singing becoming Chanting, Chemistry becoming Potions and so on.
The Worst Witch ( ISBN 978-0-85031-142-6 ) was first published in 1974.
A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch ( ISBN 978-0-7226-5763-8 ) was published in 1982.
The Worst Witch All at Sea ( ISBN 978-0-670-83253-8 ) was published in 1993.
The Worst Witch Saves the Day ( ISBN 978-0-14-138218-0 ) was published in 2005.
The Worst Witch to the Rescue ( ISBN 978-0-14-138301-9 ) was published in 2007 and features Ethel Hallow's only friend, Drusilla Paddock, in a largely increased role since her brief cameo in The Worst Witch All at Sea.
The Worst Witch, a TV series based on the books, starring Georgina Sherrington and Felicity Jones as Mildred Hubble and Ethel Hallow respectively, was broadcast from 1998 to 2001.
When it was no longer realistic that Mildred would still be at school, the series relocated her to a magical university in Cambridge and was retitled Weirdsister College: The Further Adventures of the Worst Witch, and saw the return of Felicity Jones as a reinvented Ethel Hallow.
In 2004, a new series based on the 1998 series was made, entitled The New Worst Witch.
As of the end of The Worst Witch to the Rescue, Mildred, Maud, Enid and Ethel are in the second ( Summer ) term of their third year at the Academy.
Mildred Hubble, the heroine of the Worst Witch book series, is a good-hearted, but bungling young witch-in-training at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, who never seems to get anything right.

Worst and Strikes
In The Worst Witch Strikes Again Maud grows jealous of Mildred and Enid's budding friendship and turns on Mildred, siding with the friendless and vindictive Ethel.
She makes her debut in The Worst Witch Strikes Again after she is transferred to Miss Cackle's Academy and Mildred is assigned to look after her, to the irritation of Miss Hardbroom.
Murphy continued working as a nanny until the publication of The Worst Witch Strikes Again prompted her to devote herself to writing full-time.

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* Kotre, John N., The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Andrew Greeley and American Catholicism 1959 – 1975, Nelson-Hall Company, Chicago, 1978 ISBN 0-88229-380-X
His stay in New York would also be marred by a number of incidents, such as threatening sportswriter Bob Klapisch that he would " show him the Bronx " in response to his book on the 1992 Mets, The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse Of The New York Mets ( ISBN 978-0803278226 ).
* The Worst of Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression in Britain by Nigel Gray, Richard Hoggart ( Barnes & Noble Imports, 1986 ) ISBN 0-389-20574-5.
* Snowtown: The Bodies In Barrels Murders: The Grisly Story of Australia's Worst Serial Killings, Jeremy Pudney, ISBN 0-7322-6716-1

Worst and was
The film, panned by critics and fans alike, was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Picture, but lost to the Demi Moore film Striptease.
Worst of all, the highest revenue earner of the combined company was dBASE with no Windows version ready.
However, in a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was # 1 on their list of " The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures ".
In 1980, Wood was posthumously given the accolade of ' Worst Director of All Time ' at the Golden Turkey Awards, and revival of interest in his work followed.
Based on these votes, the Worst Film of All Time award was given to Plan 9 from Outer Space by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
* Worst Actor: Richard Burton ( a highly controversial choice, considering the fact that he was Oscar-nominated many times, but made because Burton starred in so many bad films )
This particular fact was reinforced when TV Guide ranked the series number 10 on its 50 Worst Shows of All Time List in 2002 ... a full 10 years after the last first-run episode aired on May 30, 1992 ( although the entry specifically refers to the Hee Haw Honeys spinoff, not the main show itself ).
In 2005 he was voted the Worst Czech in a ČT poll ( a programme under the BBC licence 100 Greatest Britons ).
Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in 2001 for Worst Actress for her work in Original Sin and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
In 2007, he was placed second on Blender magazine's list of the " 40 Worst Lyricists In Rock ".
Most critics were repulsed, and it was listed in the book The 50 Worst Films of All Time by Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss.
Sandra was asked to return her 2009 " Worst Actress of the Year " Razzie award ; however, this wasn't because of a change of heart for Bullock's performance but because Bullock personally accepted her Razzie and accidentally took the original one-of-a-kind prototype Razzie, as opposed to the cheap trinket normally handed out to celebrities.
The film was almost entirely panned by critics, even earning Chris Elliott a 1995 Razzie Award for " Worst New Star ".
He was also named as the Worst Actor for his role as Pinocchio, in the 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards.
GameTrailers listed the Mega Drive version of Zero Wing as the seventh-worst video game in its " 10 Best and Worst Video Games ", though the focus was on its bad translation.
The film was nominated as ' Worst Picture of the Decade ' in the Golden Raspberry Awards ( known as the Razzies )and was awarded five Razzies including ' Worst Picture of the Year '.
Though DiCaprio's performance was generally well-received, with Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman writing that " the shockingly androgynous DiCaprio looks barely old enough to be playing anyone with hormones, but he's a fluid and instinctive actor, with the face of a mischievous angel ," he was awarded a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple for both incarnations the following year.
Although his performance in both Episodes II and III was met with generally mixed reviews by critics ( earning him the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor in both films ) he became popular among audiences, being named in both People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People and Teen Peoples 25 Hottest Stars under 25.
Robinson was drafted to present other history-based shows on Channel 4, including The Worst Jobs in History, researching and re-enacting some of the more horrible jobs of the past millennium.
This first series was followed by The Worst Christmas Jobs in History in December 2005 and then a second series of The Worst Jobs in History on Channel 4 in April 2006.

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