Hollyoaks fans spot Nancy Osbourne star Jessica Fox was in The Worst Witch as kids classic comes to Britbox

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HOLLYOAKS fans have spotted Nancy Osbourne actress Jessica Fox in The Worst Witch and the children’s classic has since arrived on Britbox.

Loyal fans know the soap star of the E4 soap kicked off her career playing Mildred Hubble’s (Georgina Sherrington) best pal Enid Knightshade.

Jessica Fox, right, played Enid Nightshade in The Worst Witch

Speaking to Metro, Jessica, now 36, reminisced on her time at at Miss Cackle’s Academy for witches – and it sounded magic.

She said: “It was a really, really fun thing to film. We had such a good time doing it.

“There was always something mad happening.

“I loved it when anything got blown up, I found that really exciting. Enid was very naughty, she was always getting into trouble and doing naughty things.

Jessica Fox, 36, has carved out a career as a telly favourite on Hollyoaks

“I think she blew something up, or she signed off-key on purpose and smashed bottles.

“And I just remember they had little explosives, and they were made out of a special glass that shatters if you just touch it.

“Everything was just exploding around me, I remember thinking that was really, really cool.”

The kids fantasy drama was a huge hit in 1998
NEW streaming service Britbox is putting classic British comedies under the microscope.
The subscription-based model launched in the UK last week, taking on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime with an array of heritage shows.
Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses will have to air ‘offensive content’ warnings

Britbox has been billed as the streaming service to revive classic British box sets.

However, a number of series were cut after being deemed politically incorrect, while others were forced to air warnings of offensive content.

Axed shows include the likes of Till Death Do Us Part, which centred on bigoted protagonist Alf Garnett.

Love Thy Neighbour, which sees a West Indian couple move next door to a white English cover and the ensuing culture clash, also got the chop.

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum

It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum was axed altogether

It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum, which tracked a group of soldiers in Deolali, India, during World War II was turned down too.

However, the likes of Only Fools And Horses and Fawlty Towers survived the cull, but were slapped with offensive content warnings.

A spokesperson for Britbox defended the decision, insisting: “We’ve carefully selected a wide range of the very best in British programming which will appear to viewers in 2019.”

Britbox costs £5.99 a month and is expected to swell its collection of shows within the next year, as it pulls British content from its rivals.

The likes of ITV, BBC and Channel 4 are also expected to enter into deals with the service going forward.

Britbox is available all over the UK now.

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Some Fawlty Towers episodes are deemed incompatible with modern tastes
Love Thy Neighbour
Love Thy Neighbour was also cut from Britbox

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