BBC To Broadcast New ‘Narnia’ Reading on Christmas Day
The BBC is set to release a brand new reading of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe on Christmas Day as part of its The Read television series.
The abridged, hour long, reading of the book is from Welsh actor Steffan Rhodri, perhaps best to known to international audiences for his role as Reg Catermole in the seventh Harry Potter movie.
Now into its fourth series, The Read features well known actors performing readings of classic literature, presented within a thematically appropriate staging. Previous episodes have included books such Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, 1984, and A Christmas Carol
The Read follows a similar format to the BBC’s classic children’s television series Jackanory, a show which previously featured a reading of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe across five parts in 1967, as well as Prince Caspian in 1968, both read by British actress Marian Diamond.
The Read: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, is scheduled to air on BBC Four on Christmas Day, and will be available to UK viewers via BBC iPlayer shortly thereafter.
A fine idea indeed!
I would like to listen to this. I’m curious how they’ll abridge it to fit within an hour. Hopefully I can later find it outside of the U.K. as sometimes the BBC makes their podcasts more widely available.
The BBC is making it so they’ll take out every narrative that points to Christianity as the main subliminal message that the story of Narnia tells no doubt, just like the upcoming [MODERATOR REMOVED] series.
^ I hope this indivual returns after this airs to admit how silly their comment was… it’s impossible to take out “every narrative” that deals with the allegory when it comes to LWW. It seems like people are just looking for reasons to get themselves upset.