Liz Crowther played Lucy in a 1967 adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was first adapted for the screen in 1967 by ABC Weekend Television. I was reminded of this when I watched the first episode of A Very Peculiar Practice on BBC4 last night and Liz Crowther was in the cast.

That's because Liz Crowther played Lucy Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1969. Broadcast in ten 30-minute episodes, the series was written by Trevor Preston and directed by Helen Standage. According to Wikipedia, only the first and eighth episodes have survived, along with an audio recording of episode 7.

But there is some good news: half of episode 8 has found its way on to YouTube – in two parts. If you click on play above, you can watch a short section in which Liz Crowther features. 

Liz Crowther, the daughter of the comedian and Crackerjack ("Crackerjack!") host Lesley Crowther, trained as a dancer when she was a girl and has long been a highly regarded stage actress. 

Because of her success in the theatre, her 21 episodes as Sonia the Radio West receptionist in Shoestring has turned out to be her most substantial screen role. I discovered this adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and her part in it when researching a post on Shoestring earlier this year.