Belfast launches C.S. Lewis festival

To coincide with the release by Disney of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - planned as the opening salvo in a money-spinning series of major features - Belfast City Council launches the first C.S. Lewis Festival on December 3.

Clive Staples Lewis - bet you didn't know that - was born in East Belfast in l898.

The film will get its Irish premiere on December 8.