Emma Reeves, writer on the new series, added: “Terrence Hardiman’s Demon Headmaster is a children’s TV legend, and it was always my dream to involve him in the new series.

The sci fi series also featured an eerie theme tune with high-pitched whistling sounds not unlike Doctor Who and The X Files. The Demon Headmaster featured a fictional computer game Octopus Dare ...

Terrence Hardiman, best known for playing the title role in the CBBC series The Demon Headmaster, has died at the age of 86. The actor’s death was announced “with great sadness” today ...

In 2019 CBBC launched a reboot of the show with The Crown 's Nicholas Gleaves as the new headmaster, but Hardiman made a cameo in the new series. In the mundane setting of a school, with the villain ...

The Demon Headmaster terrified children everywhere when it first hit CBBC. So, as it's been a whopping 20 years since the show was last on screens, it seems a good time to bring back the programme ...

Hardiman terrified a generation of children with his chilling performance in The Demon Headmaster, the TV series based on the children's books of the same name by Gillian Cross. The drama was first ...

The complete series, which was based on Gillian Cross' equally spooky novels, follows the Demon Headmaster as he attempts to use his otherwordly hypnotic powers to take over the world.