— Eustace, to Jill Pole |
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was a full-cast radio drama produced in 1988 by BBC Radio 4 as part of the Tales of Narnia series. It was produced by Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor and dramatized for radio by Brian Sibley.
Broadcast History
The Lion, the witch, and the Wardrobe, the first of the Tales of Narnia series, first aired in Britain on November 13th, 1988. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Magician's Nephew were originally broadcast as educational resources for BBC School Radio.
Cast
- Maurice Denham - Professor
- Stephen Throne - Aslan
- Rosemary Martin - Jadis
- Neil Jeffrey - Peter
- Abigail Docherty - Susan
- Henry Power - Edmund
- Camilla Power- Lucy
- Norman Bird - Mr Tumnus
- Stephen Harrold - Dwarf
- David Goodland - Mr. Beaver
- Polly March - Mrs. Beaver
- Steve Hodson - Maugrim
- John Baddley
- Peter Craze
- Simon Cruff
- Michael Deacon
- Alison Draper
- Alan Dudley
- Paul Gregory
- Clifford Norgate
- Diana Olson
- Eva Stuart
- Stephen Tompkinson
Producers
- Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor - Producer
Sound
- Elizabeth Parker - Music
- Peter Howell - Music, Sound effects
CD Release
BBC Worldwide originally released the radio drama to cassette in 1992. In 2000, the BBC released The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as a two-disk CD recording. It is also available for digital download from Audible.