The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe is a ten-part serial adaptation of C. S. Lewis's 1950 fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which aired on ITV in 1967.TV Times, No. 610, 6 July 1967, p. 22 - (and subsequent issues). TV Publications Ltd
Background The series was produced by Pamela Lonsdale and adapted for television by Trevor Preston. Original music was provided by Paul Lewis and the programme, and the costumes, were designed by Neville Green. The programme was made for the ITV network by ABC Weekend TV. The animals were all portrayed by actors in costume, not unlike the later BBC adaptation.
Only two episodes, the first and eighth, are known to still survive today. An audio recording of episode 7 also survives.Down, Richard: The New Improved Guide To Telefantasy Transmission Dates And Archive Holdings, p. 72. Richard Down, 1992.
Main cast Zuleika Robson - Susan Liz Crowther - Lucy Jack Woolgar - Professor Paul Waller - Peter Edward McMurray - Edmund Elizabeth Wallace - The White Witch George Claydon - Ginarrbrik Susan Field - Mrs. Beaver Jimmy Gardner - Mr. Beaver Bernard Kay - Aslan Robert Booth - Maugrim Angus Lennie - Mr. Tumnus
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