Liewe Heksie

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Liewe Heksie
Created by Verna Vels
Based onRadio stories by Verna Vels
Directed by
Opening theme"Hulle noem haar Liewe Heksie"
Country of origin South Africa
Original languageAfrikaans
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Production company SABC
Original release
Network SABC
ReleaseSeptember 5, 1978 (1978-09-05) 
May 11, 1982 (1982-05-11)

Liewe Heksie (Beloved Little Witch) is an Afrikaans work of fiction developed by children's book author Verna Vels in 1961. It tells the stories of Liewe Heksie who stays with gnomes in Blommeland. Their saga started off as radio stories, followed by books and stories on vinyl record. It then debuted on television in 1978 as an Afrikaans language children's television programme directed by Louise Smit. The second series of Liewe Heksie began in 1981 for a total of 52 episodes.

Contents

Stories

Series 1

Series 2

Published books

The first two books were illustrated by Dorothy Hill, the third by Nikki Jones and the last two by Piet Grobler.

References