The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film) video. The CBS program had 37 million viewers. It would win an Emmy Award. The only actor to appear in both versions was Stephen Thorne (who portrayed Aslan). The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television film that was broadcast on CBS in 1979, based on the novel of the same name by C. S. Lewis. When four 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 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial) Edmund. He advises Peter on the upcoming battle against the Witch and her army and informs him that he himself cannot promise to be there. Later that night, Susan and Lucy who have noticed Aslan's sorrowful state since his conversation with the Witch, accompany Aslan out of the camp. They reach the Stone Table where Aslan tells them to stay hidden. The Witch and her army are waiting there where they bind Aslan to the stone table, shave and muzzle him. The Witch then reveals that Aslan had agreed to be killed instead of Edmund and tells Aslan, that nothing