Which poet wrote the children's fantasy novel, The Box of Delights?
The Box of Delights (TV series) The Box of Delights (TV series) The Box of Delights is a BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield's children's fantasy novel "The Box of Delights" starring Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 21 November and 24 December 1984. The series was adapted from Masefield's novel by Alan Seymour, directed by Renny Rye and produced by Paul Stone. The series is a fantasy adventure about a schoolboy who is entrusted with a magical box which allows him to time travel and shapeshift to protect the box from an evil magician. An innovative mixture of
The Box of Delights (TV series) in the U.S. led to commissioning of further fantasy series, in particular "The Chronicles of Narnia" (1988–90). In 2015, the "Radio Times" noted that amongst its audience "The Box of Delights made a big impression on those who saw it when it originally more than three decades ago on BBC1. Mainly because it somehow managed to be the image of snowy Edwardian chocolate-box perfection, and pretty bloody creepy at the same time...The incidental music and special effects — while nostalgic for those who revere, say, Peter Davison-era "Doctor Who" — do seem dated to 21st-century kids dazzled by CGI. But