The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television program that was broadcast in two parts on CBS on April 1 and 2, 1979, based on the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.
== Plot ==
When four orphaned children Lucy, Susan, Edmund and Peter stumble into an old Wardrobe they find themselves in a magical land called Narnia with talking animals, fauns, hags, the Wicked White Witch and the great lion Aslan. There they meet the friendly Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, who help them on their quest to find Aslan the great lion. Only he can help save Lucy's friend Mr. Tumnus (the faun) from the White Witch. They have a fun mysterious time there, and ultimately end up ruling as kings and queens, until they end up back home. The Professor tells the children that they will return to Narnia one day.
== Production notes ==
The rights to produce the television program were given to the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation in the mid-1950s when C.S. Lewis was recording the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour radio programs. Dr. Ted Baehr was elected President of the Episcopal Radio TV Foundation as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was preparing to be broadcast by CBS, and he supervised the distribution of the subsequent video. The CBS program had 37 million viewers and won two Emmy Awards.
== Voices ==
=== UK version ===
* Lisa Moss as Lucy
* Nicholas Barnes as Edmund
* Stephen Garlick as Peter
* Shelley Crowhurst as Susan
* Sheila Hancock as Jadis - The White Witch
* Arthur Lowe as Mr. Beaver
* Leo McKern as Professor
* Leslie Phillips as Mr. Tumnus
* June Whitfield as Mrs. Beaver
* Stephen Thorne as Aslan
=== US version ===
* Rachel Warren as Lucy
* Susan Sokol as Susan
* Reg Williams as Peter
* Simon Adams as Edmund
* Victor Spinetti as Mr. Tumnus
* Dick Vosburgh as Professor
* Don Parker as Mr. Beaver
* Liz Proud as Mrs. Beaver
* Beth Porter as Jadis, The White Witch
* Stephen Thorne as Aslan
Category:1979 films
Category:1979 television films
Category:1970s children's animated films