The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe (TV series)
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The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe is a ten-part serial adaptation of C. S. Lewis
's fantasy
novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
, that aired on ITV
in 1967.
and the programme, and the costumes, were designed by Neville Green. The programme was made for the ITV network by ABC Television
. The animals were all portrayed by actors in costume unlike the later BBC adaptation
where, for example, Aslan
was animated with the actor providing the voice only. Only two episodes, the first and eighth, are known to exist.
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
's fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Published in 1950 and set circa 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series'...
, that aired on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in 1967.
Background
The series was produced by Pamela Lonsdale and adapted for television by Trevor Preston. Original music was provided by Paul LewisPaul Lewis (composer)
Paul Lewis is a British composer who was born in Brighton, England. Lewis began composing for television at age 20 and is best known today for his television music...
and the programme, and the costumes, were designed by Neville Green. The programme was made for the ITV network by ABC Television
Associated British Corporation
Associated British Corporation was one of a number of commercial television companies established in the United Kingdom during the 1950s by cinema chain companies in an attempt to safeguard their business by becoming involved with television which was taking away their cinema audiences.In this...
. The animals were all portrayed by actors in costume unlike the later BBC adaptation
The Chronicles of Narnia (TV miniseries)
The Chronicles of Narnia is a BBC-produced television serial that was aired from 13 November 1988 to 23 December 1990 and is based on four books of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series...
where, for example, Aslan
Aslan
Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...
was animated with the actor providing the voice only. Only two episodes, the first and eighth, are known to exist.
Main cast
- Zuleika Robson - Susan
- Liz CrowtherLiz CrowtherElizabeth Ann 'Liz' Crowther is an English television actress. She is the daughter of comedian Leslie Crowther....
- Lucy - Jack WoolgarJack WoolgarJack Woolgar was a British character actor working in television and film in the 1960s and 1970s.He began acting towards the end of the Second World War and turned professional shortly afterwards, working in repertory theatre and touring around the UK...
- Professor - Paul Waller - Peter
- Edward McMurray - Edmund
- Elizabeth WallaceElizabeth Wallace (actor)Elizabeth Wallace is an actress. She played the White Witch in the 1967 television adaptation of The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe.Wallace started acting in the early 1950s. Her last piece of acting was in 1983 in an episode of Number 10, in which she played Lady Jersey.Wallace is in height....
- The White Witch - George ClaydonGeorge ClaydonGeorge Claydon was a British actor notable for his dwarfism. His television roles included that of Nikabrik in the 1989 BBC adaptation of Prince Caspian...
- Ginaarbrik - Susan Field - Mrs. Beaver
- Jimmy GardnerJimmy Gardner (British actor)Edward Charles James "Jimmy" Gardner, DFM was a British actor. He is perhaps best known for having played Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third film adaptation of the Harry Potter books. His first appearance was in The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb in 1964...
- Mr. Beaver - Bernard KayBernard KayBernard Kay is a British actor with an extensive theatre, television and film repertoire.Kay began his working life as a reporter on Bolton Evening News, and a stringer for The Manchester Guardian. He was conscripted in 1946 and started acting in the army...
- Aslan - Robert Booth - Maugrim
- Angus LennieAngus LennieAngus Lennie is a Scottish actor best known for his film appearance as Steve McQueen's friend Archibald Ives in the 1963 film The Great Escape. He was also known for being in the television soap opera Crossroads....
- Mr. Tumnus