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
Battles in the Chronicles of Narnia Battles in the Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis' fantasy series "The Chronicles of Narnia" includes several battles set in Narnia, Archenland, and other places in the Narnian World. These are given below in an in-universe, fictional chronology while listing them in order of appearance. The First Battle of Beruna is a fictional battle in "The Chronicles of Narnia" where it was a major battle in the Winter Revolution. It is fought in Narnia at the edges of the Great River near the Fords of Beruna, in the year 1000 according to Lewis' Narnian timeline. It is the climactic battle