The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a British children's television drama first broadcast by the BBC in 1988. It was the first series of The Chronicles of Narnia that ran from 1988 to 1990.

Plot

Narnia is the home of the great lion Aslan. During his long absence, his arch-enemy, the evil White Witch places Narnia in an eternal winter. However, with the return of Aslan and the arrival of the four Pevensie children, the Narnians are given a hope to end the tyranny of the Witch.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial)

Cast

Richard Dempsey as Peter Pevensie

Sophie Cook as Susan Pevensie

Jonathan R. Scott as Edmund Pevensie

Sophie Wilcox as Lucy Pevensie

Maureen Morris as Mrs. Macready

Michael Aldridge as The Professor

Jeffrey Perry as Mr. Tumnus

Ailsa Berk and William Todd-Jones (puppet performance) and Ronald Pickup (voice) as Aslan Big Mick as Little Man Barbara Kellerman as The White Witch Martin Stone as Maugrim Kerry Shale as Mr. Beaver Lesley Nicol as Mrs. Beaver Bert Parnaby as Father Christmas Hamish Kerr as Fox Jill Goldston as Young Squirrel Keith Hodiak and Garfield Brown as Aslan's Satyrs Irene Marot and Kairen Kemp as Hags Ken Kitson as Giant Rumblebuffin Christopher Bramwell as Peter as an adult Suzanne Debney as Susan as an adult Charles Ponting as Edmund as an adult Juliet Waley as Lucy as an adult

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial)

Episodes

References

External links

TV 1988

BBC children's television shows

Television shows based on children's books

Christmas television series

Fiction set in 1940

1988 British television series debuts

1988 British television series endings

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial)