First on the call sheet is Lola Blue, whose credits include The Worst Witch, and Coronation Street. Series creator Elle McNicoll says of her lead: “Lola is such a powerhouse of a leading actor”; which is apt for the character she embodies.
Addie (Lola Blue, The Worst Witch), is an 11-year-old girl in her first year of high school, who discovers her home town of Juniper used to hold witch trials centuries ago. Her research leads her to Margaret (Hattie Gotobed, Homebound) and Elinor Fraser (Ella Maisy Purvis, Malpractice), two suspected witches from 1597 who had a confusing disappearance. The more Addie researches, she starts to suspect that Elinor Fraser may be neurodivergent like her.
