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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television program that was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 1 and 2, 1979, based on the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.[1]
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | |
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Based on | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis |
Written by | David D. Connell Bill Melendez |
Directed by | Bill Melendez |
Starring | Rachel Warren Simon Adams Nicholas Barnes Sheila Hancock Arthur Lowe Leo McKern Don Parker Leslie Phillips Beth Porter Liz Proud Susan Sokol Stephen Thorne |
Composer | Michael J. Lewis |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | David D. Connell |
Producer | Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez |
Editors | Michael Crane Mick Manning José Pallejá |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production companies | Children's Television Workshop Bill Melendez Productions Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | April 1, 1979 |
When the Pevensie Children Lucy, Susan, Edmund and Peter go to Professor Kirke's mansion due to the air raids of World War 2, they stumble into an old wardrobe which transports them to a magical land called Narnia with talking animals, fauns, hags, the oppressive White Witch and the great lion Aslan. There they meet the friendly Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, who help them on their quest to find Aslan the great lion. Only he can help save Lucy's friend Mr. Tumnus (the faun) from the White Witch. They have a fun mysterious time there, and ultimately end up ruling as kings and queens, until they end up back home. The Professor tells the children that they will return to Narnia one day.
The rights to produce the television program were given to the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation in the mid-1950s when C.S. Lewis was recording the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour radio programs. Dr. Ted Baehr was elected President of the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was preparing to be broadcast by CBS, and he supervised the distribution of the subsequent video. The CBS program had 37 million viewers and won two Emmy Awards.[2]
Character | UK Version | US Version |
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Lucy | Lisa Moss | Rachel Warren |
Edmund | Nicholas Barnes | Simon Adams |
Peter | Stephen Garlick | Reg Williams |
Susan | Shelley Crowhurst | Susan Sokol |
Jadis (The White Witch) | Sheila Hancock | Beth Porter |
Mr. Beaver | Arthur Lowe | Don Parker |
Professor | Leo McKern | Dick Vosburgh |
Mr. Tumnus | Leslie Phillips | Victor Spinetti |
Mrs. Beaver | June Whitfield | Liz Proud |
Dwarf | Peter Hawkins | Unknown |
Fox | ||
Aslan | Stephen Thorne |
The only actor to appear in both versions is Stephen Thorne (who voiced Aslan).
This section possibly contains original research. (April 2021) |
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