The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967 TV serial)
British adaptation of children's fantasy novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | |
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Written by | |
Directed by | Helen Standage |
Starring |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 (8 missing) |
Production | |
Producer | Pamela Lonsdale |
Running time | 20 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production company | ABC Weekend TV |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release |
9 July
(
1967-07-09
)
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10 September 1967 ( 1967-09-10 ) |
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. [1]
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. [2] [3]
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
Notes
- ↑ TV Times , No. 610, 6 July 1967, p. 22 - (and subsequent issues). TV Publications Ltd
- ↑ "TV Archive" .
- ↑ Down, Richard: The New Improved Guide To Telefantasy Transmission Dates And Archive Holdings , p. 72. Richard Down, 1992.
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