The Silver Chair (1990– )

Eustace, along with a new companion named Jill Pole, is brought back to Narnia. The pair are told by Aslan they must search for King Caspian's missing son, Prince Rillian.

Stars:

Camilla Power, David Thwaites, Ailsa Berk

5 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Camilla Power	...	Jill Pole (6 episodes, 1990)
David Thwaites	...	Eustace Clarence Scrubb (4 episodes, 1990)
Ailsa Berk	...	Aslan (4 episodes, 1990)
Richard Henders	...	Black Knight (3 episodes, 1990)
Tom Baker	...	Puddleglum (3 episodes, 1990)
William Todd-Jones	...	Aslan (3 episodes, 1990)
Ronald Pickup	...	Aslan (3 episodes, 1990)
Warwick Davis	...	Glimfeather (2 episodes, 1990)
Barbara Kellerman	...	Green Lady (2 episodes, 1990)
Geoffrey Russell	...	King Caspian (2 episodes, 1990)
Nick Brimble	...	Giant Porter (2 episodes, 1990)
Stephen Reynolds	...	Giant King (2 episodes, 1990)
Lesley Nicol	...	Giant Queen (2 episodes, 1990)
Patsy Byrne	...	Giant Nanny (2 episodes, 1990)

Storyline

Eustace is sent to a horrible school, and finds a friend in Jill Pole, who's also running from the bullies and looking for a place to hide. The two of them are magically transported from the garden shed into the magical world of Narnia, where they are entrusted with a task by Aslan: to rescue the king's stolen son, Prince Rillian. Together with Puddleglum the Marshwiggle, they must travel north across the mountains, dodge dragons and giants, and journey down into the earth itself to rescue Rillian from the Green Lady.

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Plot Keywords:

king | narnia | prince | giant | cannibal | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Family | Adventure

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 November 1990 (UK)

Also Known As:

Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Filming Locations:

Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Morningstar Entertainment, WonderWorks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (6 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Barbara Kellerman, who plays the Green Lady, previously played the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. This has led to the popular misconception that the two characters are the same person. In the book, it is merely suggested that the Green Lady is one of the Northern Witches.

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Quotes

Jill Pole: That Marchwiggle may be a wet blanket, but he certainly has plenty of pluck...
Eustace Clarence Scrubb: And Cheek!

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Crazy Credits

As the credits roll, we see moments from other movies in the series. (This is the final movie in the series.)

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Connections

Follows The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988)

User Reviews

Simply, No

This does not age well. Pure and simple. Unlike The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe I could sit down and watch that until the end. This however is much, much worse. The premise could have been okay but it isn't in execution.

For starters the acting is atrocious. In The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe that can be overlooked to some extent (mainly because it wasn't unbearable) but here it deserves a mention. It's like watching your household pet doing Shakespeare.

If that's not bad then the writing is even worse. I was completely unconnected to the plot. I couldn't care less about what happened to the characters. The dialogue is also awful.

Then you have even worse special effects than the first one (of which me mentioning that anywhere in a review is an achievement - just not in a good way). You have people in owl costumes saying "Tawee tawoo" repeatedly, The only effect that has even the remote chance of holding up to an audience today is Aslan.

I personally couldn't sit through this. But then again this is my opinion. I think the only entertainment value in this is laughing at the "Tawee tawoo" owls. But that loses it's novelty soon.