A 60min documentary special
BBC1 Thursday 16th April at 10:35pm
BBC1 Thursday 16th April at 10:35pm
C.S. Lewis wrote The Narnia Chronicles over fifty years ago, and they have never been more popular than they are today. However, when they were first published, many critics thought them little more than childish scribblings, full of random characters and unexplained events. Even Lewis' good friend J.R.R. Tolkien thought them confused and misconceived. Other scholars were sure that all this pointed to something more, something hidden beneath the stories, but although many tried, none could find this secret key of Narnia... until now.
Dr. Michael Ward, a young academic and expert in all things Lewisian, claims that he has found the answer at last... he has discovered The Narnia Code.
This programme examines these claims, using dramatisations of Lewis' early life and career, along with broad documentary coverage. We travel the world, from the Mid West of modern day America, to the battlefields of the First World War, meeting the experts, testing the evidence and uncovering, along the way, surprising questions and ideas that still challenge us all today.
Narrator: James Cosmo
Presenter: Michael Ward
Composer: Jeremy Soule
