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* AlphaBitch: Alexa, leader of the Witches of Kensington - the Camden Witches ArchNemeses

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* AlphaBitch: Alexa, leader of the Witches of Kensington - the Camden Witches ArchNemeses[[ArchEnemy arch-nemeses]].
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Grace is very on edge until she tries a confidence spell and steals Jude's latest conquest.

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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Grace is very on edge until she tries a confidence spell and steals Jude's latest conquest.conquest.
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* SuddenlySexuality: Up until the end of the second episode Stella is known for having a stressful job and being the DeadpanSnarker. Then in a casual throw-away line we find out she's a lesbian. The other girls have never treated her any differently from them. So just as it should be.
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* HandOrObjectUnderwear: In episode 4, Jerry is caught clutching a pillow over his naked privates.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: 2 of the four main girls - Stella and Jude - are better known as Stacey and Syd on Mega-Soap ''Eastenders''. And Stella's boss is better known as Mad May from the same soap. Grace's Mum, Gloria, is played by the much loved and respected, hugely talented and successful actress CarolineQuentin. And she spends most of her time in a home-made cow costume.



* YouNeedToGetLaid: Grace is very on edge until she tries a confidence spell and steals Jude's latest conquest.

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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Grace is very on edge until she tries a confidence spell and steals Jude's latest conquest.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: The Witches of Kensington.
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[[caption-width-right:200:The Witches of Camden]]
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* BadBoss: Janet... at least at first. Also Gerry in his first appearance spends his time stoned in the stocroom when he is supposed to be managing a shop.

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* BadBoss: Janet... at least at first. Also Gerry in his first appearance spends his time stoned in the stocroom stockroom when he is supposed to be managing a shop.
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* BigBad: The Kensington Witches. Well... sort of.


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* DerailingLoveInterests: Joel goes from sweet guy in Episode 1 to total stalker in Episode 2.
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* BadBoss: Janet... at least at first. Also Gerry in his first appearance spends his time stoned in the stocroom when he is supposed to be managing a shop.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Camden Market. 'Nuff said.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Pretty much any switch (spell) the girls cast.
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* AllWitchesHaveCats: Subverted. Stella puts her boss's cat in the microwave.


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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The girls are all from Wiccan families. Wicca is synonymous with Witchcraft and they even have a home town where all the witchy Wiccans live!

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* TheDitz: Hannah

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* TheDitz: HannahHannah. In the episode where Hannah tutors a young witch she essentialy says all Air-Element Witches are ditzy.


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* WordsDoNotMakeTheMagic: For a spell ('switch') to work, not only do you have to be a witch, but there needs to be four of you, each one representing one of the four 'elements' - Fire (Jude), Water (Grace), Earth(Stella) and Air (Hannah).
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* BritishBrevity: Just one series of 6 episodes. Sadly.


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*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jude may be a controlling, domineering, man-eater... a woman who will use magic to get what she wants, be that men or career success, but she loves her friends and will always do the right thing in the end.

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* SuddenSexuality: Up until the end of the second episode Stella is known for having a stressful job and being the DeadpanSnarker. Then in a casual throw-away line we find out she's a lesbian. The other girls have never treated her any differently from them. So just as it should be.

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* SuddenSexuality: SuddenlySexuality: Up until the end of the second episode Stella is known for having a stressful job and being the DeadpanSnarker. Then in a casual throw-away line we find out she's a lesbian. The other girls have never treated her any differently from them. So just as it should be.


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* WizardingSchool: Well, Summer School at any rate. Any girls born into a witching family are sent to Solstice Camp, where they can learn spells and form their first coven. Also, Hannah provides private tutoring in magic to a witch-girl in one episode.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Grace is very on edge until she tries a confidence spell and steals Jude's latest conquest.

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* SuddenSexuality: Up until the end of the second episode Stella is known for having a stressful job and being the DeadpanSnarker. Then in a casual throw-away line we find out she's a lesbian. The other girls have never treated her any differently from them. So just as it should be.
*StraightGay: As touched on above, Stella has no obviously lesbian characteristics and unless she is talking about her relationships or with a love interest you'd never know she was gay. Her ex-girlfriend Lucy, however...
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Unable to get a job? The bloke you fancy isn't interested? Microwaved your boss's cat?!! Well, no problem... if you're one of the four Camden Witches, the protagonists of light-hearted supernatural drama series Switch. Broadcast for one series of 6 episodes on ITV2 between October and November 2012, Switch follows the lives and loves of the so called Camden Witches. Sadly it was confirmed shortly after the first series ended that it would not be coming back for a second series.

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Unable to get a job? The bloke you fancy isn't interested? Microwaved your boss's cat?!! Well, no problem... if you're one of the four Camden Witches, the protagonists of light-hearted supernatural drama series Switch. Broadcast for one series of 6 episodes on ITV2 between October and November 2012, Switch follows the lives and loves of the so called Camden Witches. Sadly it was confirmed shortly after the first series ended that it would not be coming back for a second series.
series. Stars Lacey Turner, Phoebe Fox, Nina Toussaint-White and Hannah Tointon as the four witches.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In the first episode, Jude uses a 'switch' to attract a guy she fancies. And by attract, I mean shag non-stop. She later finds out he's gay, and breaks the spell. (handing him off to her gay best friend in the process)

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* HeyItsThatGuy: 2 of the four main girls - Stella and Jude - are better known as Stacey and Syd on Mega-Soap ''Eastenders''. And Stella's boss is better known as Mad May from the same soap. Grace's Mum, Gloria, is played by the much loved and respected, hugely talented and successful actress CarolineQuentin. And she spends most of her time in a home-made cow costume.
* RealSongThemeTune: The gorgeous and atmospheric theme is "Lions in Cages" by the band Wolf Gang.
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* CampGay: Aaron, Jude's work buddy at the shop and gay best friend. In case you didn't realise, he's fabulous.
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* FourGirlEnsemble: Grace as the youngest of the group is ostensibly the identification character. Hannah is the useless Naive one and The Ditz. Stella is the Deadpan Snarker. And Jude Really Gets Around.

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* FourGirlEnsemble: Grace as the youngest of the group is ostensibly the identification character. Hannah is the useless Naive one and The Ditz. TheDitz. Stella is the Deadpan Snarker. DeadpanSnarker. And Jude Really Gets Around.
ReallyGetsAround.
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Unable to get a job? The bloke you fancy isn't interested? Microwaved your boss's cat?!! Well, no problem... if you're one of the four Camden Witches, the protagonists of light-hearted supernatural drama series Switch. Broadcast for one series of 6 episodes on ITV2 between October and November 2012, Switch follows the lives and loves of the so called Camden Witches. Sadly it was confirmed shortly after the first series ended that it would not be coming back for a second series.

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Unable to get a job? The bloke you fancy isn't interested? Microwaved your boss's cat?!! Well, no problem... if you're one of the four Camden Witches, the protagonists of light-hearted supernatural drama series Switch. Broadcast for one series of 6 episodes on ITV2 between October and November 2012, Switch follows the lives and loves of the so called Camden Witches. Sadly it was confirmed shortly after the first series ended that it would not be coming back for a second series.series.

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* AlphaBitch: Alexa, leader of the Witches of Kensington - the Camden Witches ArchNemeses
* TheDitz: Hannah
* FourGirlEnsemble: Grace as the youngest of the group is ostensibly the identification character. Hannah is the useless Naive one and The Ditz. Stella is the Deadpan Snarker. And Jude Really Gets Around.

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Unable to get a job? The bloke you fancy isn't interested? Microwaved your boss's cat?!! Well, no problem... if you're one of the four Camden Witches, the protagonists of light-hearted supernatural drama series Switch. Broadcast for one series of 6 episodes on ITV2 between October and November 2012, Switch follows the lives and loves of the so called Camden Witches. Sadly it was confirmed shortly after the first series ended that it would not be coming back for a second series.

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