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The Silver Chair
A Radio 4 dramatization of one of the Narnia stories. King Caspian has grown old and sad in the ten years since the disappearance of his only son. With time running out, Jill and Eustace embark on a perilous quest to find the prince and restore tranquility to the magical lands of Narnia.
3 pages, Audio CD
Published November 30, 2000
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Brian Sibley
103 books100 followersBrian Sibley is an English writer, broadcaster, and award-winning dramatist.
The author of over 100 hours of radio drama and hundreds of documentaries and features for the BBC, he is best known for his acclaimed 1981 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, co-written with Michael Bakewell, as well as dramatizations of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels, and Richard Adams’s Watership Down.
Sibley has also written numerous original plays for radio, presented popular BBC programmes including Kaleidoscope and Talking Pictures, and produced documentaries on figures ranging from Lewis Carroll and Ray Bradbury to Julie Andrews and Walt Disney.
His contributions to broadcasting have earned him accolades such as the Sony Radio Award and the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Adaptation.
In print, Sibley is the author of many acclaimed film “making of” books, including Harry Potter: Film Wizardry, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy, and Peter Jackson: A Filmmaker’s Journey, as well as companion volumes for The Hobbit films, The Golden Compass, and Disney classics. His literary works range from Shadowlands to children’s books like The Frightful Food Feud and Osric the Extraordinary Owl, with stories appearing in official Winnie-the-Pooh collections.
A noted Disney historian, Sibley has contributed essays to The Walt Disney Film Archives and recorded DVD commentaries for classic films. He is the editor of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Númenor, winner of the Tolkien Society’s Best Book award in 2023.
Sibley has served as President and Chair of The Lewis Carroll Society and is an honorary member of The Magic Circle, the Tolkien Society, and The Children’s Books History Society.
The author of over 100 hours of radio drama and hundreds of documentaries and features for the BBC, he is best known for his acclaimed 1981 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, co-written with Michael Bakewell, as well as dramatizations of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast novels, and Richard Adams’s Watership Down.
Sibley has also written numerous original plays for radio, presented popular BBC programmes including Kaleidoscope and Talking Pictures, and produced documentaries on figures ranging from Lewis Carroll and Ray Bradbury to Julie Andrews and Walt Disney.
His contributions to broadcasting have earned him accolades such as the Sony Radio Award and the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Adaptation.
In print, Sibley is the author of many acclaimed film “making of” books, including Harry Potter: Film Wizardry, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy, and Peter Jackson: A Filmmaker’s Journey, as well as companion volumes for The Hobbit films, The Golden Compass, and Disney classics. His literary works range from Shadowlands to children’s books like The Frightful Food Feud and Osric the Extraordinary Owl, with stories appearing in official Winnie-the-Pooh collections.
A noted Disney historian, Sibley has contributed essays to The Walt Disney Film Archives and recorded DVD commentaries for classic films. He is the editor of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fall of Númenor, winner of the Tolkien Society’s Best Book award in 2023.
Sibley has served as President and Chair of The Lewis Carroll Society and is an honorary member of The Magic Circle, the Tolkien Society, and The Children’s Books History Society.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 16, 2009
Why all the low reviews, people? This was tremendously exciting. The most consistently gripping of any of the books I've read so far. Annoying characters, though - far too many faults by half. Jill Pole? What a wet rag! Eustace? Annoying little blighter. It's utterly ridiculous that they should both have been so stupid, and made so many mistakes. Also I'm getting thoroughly sick of Aslan watching over everyone all the time. And what a thoroughly stupid title.
I forgot to say that the edition I'm reading has a short biography of C. S. Lewis at the end, in which his mother's profession is described as "clergyman's daughter". How patronising. Anyway, I also discovered that the C. S. stands for Clive Staples. What a name! One could almost go so far as to say, "There was a boy named Clive Staples Lewis, and he almost deserved it."
I forgot to say that the edition I'm reading has a short biography of C. S. Lewis at the end, in which his mother's profession is described as "clergyman's daughter". How patronising. Anyway, I also discovered that the C. S. stands for Clive Staples. What a name! One could almost go so far as to say, "There was a boy named Clive Staples Lewis, and he almost deserved it."
January 4, 2010
Fourth book to be published, sixth in the chronology of Narnia. It tells, once again, a story featuring Eustace who travels to Narnia not in the company of his cousins but of Jill Pole, her schoolmate and who is entrusted with a task by Aslan: she must remember his directions in order to save prince Rilian. This was not one my favourite books when I read it, but I really liked this audio version, I was able to better visualize the story and situations, feeling that I also accompanied them and the Marsh-wiggle Puddlegum, who in this version isn’t so boring as I thought him to be before, quite the contrary.
February 19, 2023
Listened to with the boys on the way to their Nans. This series really is a case of diminishing returns.
Narnia is becoming less colourful and the adventures a bit irritating.
"Oh golly gosh another nasty person!"
"Hahahaha I will destroy you all!!! Oh no!!! I have been suddenly vanquished!"
Added to the fact that Eustace and Jill are utter dicks!
Narnia is becoming less colourful and the adventures a bit irritating.
"Oh golly gosh another nasty person!"
"Hahahaha I will destroy you all!!! Oh no!!! I have been suddenly vanquished!"
Added to the fact that Eustace and Jill are utter dicks!
September 24, 2015
Marvellous full cast adaptation of the 6th chronicle of Narnia in which Eustace and his friend Jill travel to Narnia to rescue Caspian's son from the clutches of the Wicked Green lady.
Kept me enthralled for it's 2 hour run time.
Kept me enthralled for it's 2 hour run time.
July 19, 2017
This BBC radio adaptation isn't as good as the Focus on the Family version, although I do like their Aslan slightly better. The main problem is the truncation or outright removal of many iconic scenes and discussions that leaves the whole thing feeling a bit thin.
September 3, 2021
I didn't enjoy the audiobook nearly as much but it was nice to return to this world for a little bit. Audio book 3 stars.
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