The Phoenix and the Carpet

(1976)

5.7/10

3 votes

25 min/ep

December 29, 1976

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Overview

Adaptation of E Nesbit’s story about an Edwardian family in London, who experience a series of extraordinary and magical events.

Network

BBC One

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Keywords

flying carpet

based on children's book

phoenix (mythical bird)

Miniseries

8 EpisodesAir Date: December 29, 1976

Original BBC mini-series adaptation of E. Nesbit's 1904 book 'The Phoenix and the Carpet.' The story features four Edwardian children who find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants them wishes and also turns the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

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