The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a British children's television drama first broadcast by the BBC in 1988. It was the first series of "The Chronicles of Narnia" that ran from 1988 to 1990. In the magical land of Narnia, there is always winter but never Christmas due to the tyrannical rule of the White Witch. The Witch fears a prophecy which states that two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve will be crowned kings and queens of Narnia, ending her life. When she learns that
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1990s, producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy were planning a film version. They could not find a space in Britain to shoot the film during 1996, and their plans to set the film in modern times made Douglas Gresham oppose the film, in addition to his feeling that technology had yet to catch up. Perry Moore began negotiations with the C. S. Lewis Estate in 2000. On December 7, 2001, Walden Media announced that they had acquired the rights to "The Chronicles of Narnia". The success of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" prompted the producers to feel they could