The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was a ten-part serial adaptation of C. S. Lewis's fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It aired on ITV in 1967. Altogether there was a total of ten episodes, it is currently considered lost as only episodes one and eight are currently known to have survived.
Unlike all the later Disney adaptations, the animals were all portrayed by actors in costumes (Similar to the BBC Version in the 1980s), whereas in the Disney adaptations the animals were computer generated, with their voices taken up by actors.
Cast[]
- Zuleika Robson as Susan Pevensie (ITV)
- Elizabeth Crowther as Lucy Pevensie (ITV)
- Jack Woolgar as Professor Kirke (ITV)
- Paul Waller as Peter Pevensie (ITV)
- Edward McMurray as Edmund Pevensie (ITV)
- Elizabeth Wallace as Jadis (ITV)
- George Claydon as Ginnarbrik (ITV)
- Susan Field as Mrs. Beaver (ITV)
- Jimmy Gardner as Mr. Beaver (ITV)
- Bernard Kay as Aslan (ITV)
- Robert Booth as Maugrim (ITV)
- Angus Lennie as Tumnus (ITV)
Gallery[]
Edward McMurray as Edmund Pevensie
Zuleika Robson as Susan Pevensie
Paul Waller as Peter Pevensie
Bernard Kay as Aslan
Elizabeth Wallace as Jadis
Susan Field as She-Beaver