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Past Watchful Dragons

BBC One
on BBC One London

Presented by Humphrey Carpenter
The Story ofC.S. Lewis and 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'
C.S. Lewis published
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1952, but many of its most powerful images - 'a faun carrying parcels', 'a White Witch in her sleigh', 'a magnificent lion' - had been in his mind for many years.
Now the BBC have turned his first Narnia book into a six-
Part drama serial. Humphrey Carpenter describes how C.S. Lewis came to write his best-selling fantasy and lets you in on a few television secrets. Voice of C.S. Lewis by Joss Ackland
Music by GEOFFREY BURGON
FUm editor ANTHONY SAFFREY Producer ANDREW WHITMAN
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Presented By:
Humphrey Carpenter
Music By:
Geoffrey Burgon
Source: Radio Times

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