<P> When HarperCollins took over publication of the series in 1994, they began using the original British edition for all subsequent English editions worldwide . The current US edition published by Scholastic has 36,135 words . </P> <P> The story has been adapted three times for television . The first adaptation was a ten - part serial produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast in 1967 . In 1979, an animated TV - movie, directed by Peanuts director Bill Meléndez, was broadcast and won the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program . A third television adaptation was produced in 1988 by the BBC using a combination of live actors, animatronic puppets and animation . Only this last one was the first of a series of 3 Narnia adaptations . The programme was nominated for an Emmy and won a BAFTA . It was followed by three further Narnia adaptations . </P> <P> Stage adaptations include a 1984 version staged at London's Westminster Theatre, produced by Vanessa Ford Productions . The play, adapted by Glyn Robbins, was directed by Richard Williams and designed by Marty Flood . Jules Tasca, Ted Drachman, and Thomas Tierney collaborated on a musical adaptation published in 1986 . </P> <P> In 1997, Trumpets Inc., a Filipino Christian theatre and musical production company, produced a musical rendition that Douglas Gresham, Lewis's stepson (and co-producer of the Walden Media film adaptations), has openly declared that he feels is the closest to Lewis's intention . It starred among others popular young Filipino singer Sam Concepcion as Edmund Pevensie . The book and lyrics were written by Jaime del Mundo and Luna Inocian, while music was composed by Lito Villareal . </P>

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