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
Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Journey into Narnia: Creating The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Journey into Narnia: Creating the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was a theme park show that operated at Disney's Hollywood Studios from December 9, 2005, to January 1, 2008. It was a "stand and watch" attraction, with a live appearance by the White Witch character and several costumes from the film about the exit. Visitors to the Journey into Narnia were led into an antechamber with a Wardrobe prop "entrance". The audience was then led through the wardrobe doors into a large room adorned with flocked pine trees,