DISAPPOINTING news for all Potterheads, as us Harry Potter fans are known, this week.

I still haven't managed to get my hands on one of those golden tickets to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which are rarer than a muggle in Hogsmeade it seems.

Curse was just the word as I sat at my computer 135,000th in the queue as the latest batch of tickets for summer 2017 went on sale a few weeks ago. I walked forlornly past The Palace Theatre in London's West End last week as I left the slightly disappointing new Disney show Aladdin nearby.

I have devoured every word in the newly-published script and could just imagine Harry as an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic dropping his three kids at the station ready to board the Hogwarts Express.

But Daniel Radcliffe told the BBC he's not keen on bringing his famous creation back.

Speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show, the star of all eight of the previous movies admitted he wouldn't be dusting off his invisibility cloak any time soon.

"No-one's asked me about it and I definitely don't think that I would do it at this point, certainly," he said.

"It's only been six years and I'm really enjoying being able to do lots of different stuff at the moment."

He's had plenty of success away from the wizarding world of course. His appearances in Equus on stage and The Woman In Black on screen were critically acclaimed, although Swiss Army Man, which saw him play a farting corpse, didn't quite set the world alight.

He doesn't seem to be ruling out the possibility of a return someday though.

"People who have gone back to franchises and loved them and had success, like all the Star Wars guys, had 30 years in between," he said.

Just another quarter of a century to wait then.

Whether the Cursed Child film ever happens or not, and with or without Radcliffe, there's still plenty for Harry Potter fans to look forward to.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first of a trilogy of prequels, is in cinemas in two months time and I for one can't wait.

Accio popcorn and a selection of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.

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