The BBC iplayer recently had a number of adaptations
of the
Narnia tales of
CS Lewis. When I was a child,
I really enjoyed "The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe".
I wasn't a total freak, because I didn't \read more than the
first book.
As I got older I realized (or read somewhere in a fashionable left
wing newspaper) that the novels were based on Christianity, set in some
weird pagan world where some of the animals can talk. I also read some
CS Lewis novel that was not a children's book. I remember some guy was
very happy to join some inner sanctum at a college or University.
This was also some nasty Christianity propaganda in the mix.
I really enjoyed the radio plays about Narnia, although I felt very
guilty about liking them, because of my high minded political
beliefs. I thought the play for "the last battle" was a thinly
veiled attack on the Church of England - not a bad thing.
Anyway, what do I like about the Narnia novels? The swords
of course! I am a sucker for a sharp blade.
I stupidly missed the radio play for one of the books: "The Magician's Nephew (1955)"
It is not important, but I will not be happy until I have completed the series.