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Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV serial)

Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a BBC television serial that aired in 1989. It adapts two books from C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series: Prince Caspian (episodes 1-3) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (episodes 4-6). It is a continuation of the BBC's earlier adaptations of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988) and was followed by The Silver Chair (1990).

The serial stars Jonathan R. Scott as Caspian, Samuel West as King Caspian in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader segment, and features Warwick Davis as Reepicheep. Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook, and Jonathan Scott, who played Peter, Susan, and Edmund in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, return in their respective roles in Prince Caspian.

The production utilized similar visual effects techniques as its predecessor, including extensive use of puppetry and animatronics, particularly for characters like Aslan and Reepicheep. The series was filmed on location and in studio, aiming to bring the fantastical world of Narnia to life. While generally faithful to the source material, the adaptation necessarily omits or condenses certain plot elements to fit the television format.

The serial was originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom and has subsequently been released on VHS and DVD. It has been subject to mixed reviews, with some praising its faithfulness to the books and its special effects for the time, while others have criticized its pacing, acting, and visual presentation compared to later adaptations. It remains a notable and widely viewed adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia series.