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form y separately published work icon The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe series - publisher   film/TV   fantasy   children's  
Adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis , 1950 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Film Details - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1988

Producers:

Paul Stone.

Production Companies:

WonderWorks.
BBC.

Director of Photography:

John Mason and Chris Townsend.

Editors:

Stephen Newnham.

Production Designers:

Alan Spalding, Sarah Greenwood, and Adrian Uwalaka.

Music:

Geoffrey Burgon.

Cast:

Including Richard Dempsey (Peter Pevensie), Sophie Cook (Susan Pevensie), Jonathan R. Scott (Edmund Pevensie), Sophie Wilcox (Lucy Pevensie), Barbara Kellerman (The White Witch), Kerry Shale (Mr Beaver), Lesley Nicol (Mrs Beaver), Big Mick (Ginaarbrik), Ailsa Berk (Aslan), Martin Stone (Maugrim), and William Todd-Jones (Aslan).

Release Dates:

Aired between 13 November and 18 December 1988.

Awards:

  • RTS (Royal Television Society) Award, Best Production Design (nominated), 1989.
  • BAFTA Award, Best Costume Design (nominated), 1989.
  • BAFTA Award, Best Make Up (nominated), 1989.
  • BAFTA Award, Best Video Lighting (won), 1989.
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