This is a BBC production of some of CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (The Magician's Nephew, The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle are absent). I don't mind that The Last Battle is absent - I really think of all of the Narnia books, that is the weakest. These are live action, there is a little violence (defeat of the White Witch, for instance), but it is mild violence. I preferred reading these books (minus The Last Battle) to my child, but this is another way to get the story across. Not nearly as realistic as the Disney version of the movies that have been released over the past several years.