Lewis Through the Shadowlands, is a 1985 television film written by William Nicholson, directed by Norman Stone and produced by David M. Thompson for BBC Wales.
One day, Lewis receives a captivating letter from an American woman, New York divorcée: Joy Gresham (Claire Bloom).
Shadowlands began life as a script entitled I Call it Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone.
Screenwriter William Nicholson adapted a stage version of the 1985 television movie, which premiered at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth on October 5, 1989.
The success of the stage play led Nicholson to adapt it once again as a feature film starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger; it was released in 1993.