HOLLYOAKS fans have spotted Nancy Osbourne actress Jessica Fox in The Worst Witch and it’s now available on Britbox.
Jessica, 36, has been playing Nancy since 2005 but she kicked off her career as Mildred Hubble’s (Georgina Sherrington) best pal Enid Knightshade in 1998.
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Speaking to Metro, Jessica has reminisced on her time at Miss Cackle’s Academy for witches and it sounded magical.
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.
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“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.”
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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.
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.
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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.”
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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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