And so the story ends on a high!
Puddleglum was excellently portrayed and the entire adventure is top notch for its day as a children's show. As always, BBC took great lengths to ensure it stayed true to the novel. Really awesome series.
I read why they didn't continue is because they thought The Last Battle was too dark and too expensive to put on BBC and I'm scratching my head a little at that reason.
Why not continue with the Magician's Nephew and A Horse and His Boy? Both novels would've been made on the cheap since they don't call for many special effects. Plus as dark as the Silver Chair got at times, I can't imagine The Last Battle being that much darker for kids. Especially with the ending CS Lewis wrote.
Either way, it's a shame they didn't continue this show. It was (and always will be) the best version of the books we'll ever see.
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