Life's a Witch

In celebration of Halloween and also the return of one of the best TV shows tonight, American Horror Story, I thought I would introduce you to my favourite TV witches. I strictly picked TV because I was flummoxed at the amount of movie witches I could have picked. I am extremely excited for the return of American Horror Story, especially as it is to be centred around witches! Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Kathy Bates and Taissa Farmiga are all to star and I think it will be the best season yet. So lets go and get this magical (get it?) countdown on the go.

5. Bonnie (The Vampire Diaries)

Our poor Bonnie does not get an easy ride of it in Mystic Falls does she? She has basically seen everyone she loves either be killed or turned in to a vampire! She is often called upon to help with their issues and do some magic spell to save the day - only problem is is that she is young and she can't really control her powers. Proof of that at the end of the last season.

4. Alex (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Ok, technically not a witch - she is a wizard (I don't know the difference). This part introduced us to the talented Selena Gomez. She is a brilliant comic actress with amazing comic timing. Alex often gets in trouble with her magic abilities and can be quite careless. However she ends up winning the family wizard title thing so she can't be that bad.

3. Willow (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

It is hard to consider her as one of the greatest witches after season 6 (you know what I am talking about). Trying to kill my love The Buffster is just a step to far, but I get it - the love of her life was shot, she had to get revenge at any cost and Buffy had to be all about saving the world, it would have pissed me off aswell. However for the bad she did she also did the world a tonne of good aswell, saving the world in season 7 can make you forget about scary black haired, vainy faced Willow.

2. Sabrina (Sabrina The Teenage Witch)

Probably my first foray into the witching world as a child. Sabrina finds out at 16 she is a witch and she must live with her aunties to learn the ways of the witching world. Hilarity ensues as she has to learn how to use her power and reveal the family secret at the same time (whilst also learning how to be a teenage girl with boy crushes, boobs and bullies). This show was hilarious and was the perfect antidote for a bad day at school.

1. Prue, Phoebe, Piper and Paige (Charmed)

I couldn't pick one sister from another, they were all great in their own way. I loved this show and even collected the Charmed Magazine where you could build your own Book Of Shadows (I had a lot of free time in my youth). I just enjoy a good kick ass show, with horror, comedy and drama. This show had it all in buckets. Was gutted when Prue died but was more than happy with the replacement. I would crave an extra sibling when I was younger just so we could chant 'The Power of three will set us free' - just to see what happened.

Childhood Distractions

I really miss the old children's television that would either fill my Saturday mornings or my hours after homework. Nickelodeon and Disney were my first port of call. Here is a quick list of my fave shows:

Lizzie McGuire

This show first introduced me to my major childhood crush of Hilary Duff. It was a simple show that followed a girl through her everyday life - with the help of her cartoon self telling us exactly what she was thinking.

That's So Raven

To me this was one of the funniest shows I have ever watched - I still watch re-runs now when I can. Raven was a psychic, hilarity ensued as she dealt with her abilities and trying to be a teenager.

Sister Sister

I loved this show and watched it religiously. It was based on twins that found each other 16 years after been adopted in to different families. My favourite character was Tia's mum Lisa - she bought the crazy to the show.

Sabrina The Teenage Witch

Another amazing show from Nickelodeon. Basically if you couldn't guess from the shows title, Sabrina was a witch. The main premise for the first couple of seasons was dealing with the power and being a teenager whilst also having to find the 'family secret'. The secret was that every witch in the family had an evil twin - I could of told her that.

Clarissa Explains It All

This show was a bit old for me when I was watching it, however it didn't stop me. It was similar to Lizzie McGuire. The best thing about it was the fashion - if you ever need a reference for 90's fashion watch this show. Melissa Joan Hart was perfect.

Scooby Doo

If you don't know this TV show then you have walked around with your eyes closed for 34 years. It follows a group of teenagers and their dog - who seems to be blessed with the ability to talk, except he has a terrible speech impediment. They tried to recreate with a live action version, it wasn't as good but still worth a watch.

Rugrats

This was the cartoon of my generation. Following a group of babies and toddlers crawl through their daily life. My mind was blown when I was told it was slightly based upon Doctor Who. 

These shows were perfect distractions from my childhood. I feel bad for the kids of today as the main programs they get to see seem to be based upon children chasing fame. Either a singer, dancer or TV star. There are no Lizzie's, Clarissa's, Tia's or even a Tamera amongst the group.