TV series · 1976
The Phoenix and the Carpet
First aired 29 December 1976 Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Kids TMDB ↗
The Phoenix and the Carpet is an eight-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by the BBC, it aired from 29 December 1976 to 16 February 1977. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms 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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Richard Warner
as The Phoenix (voice)
Gary Russell
as Cyril
Joe Barton
as The Phoenix
Tamzin Neville
as Anthea
Jane Forster
as Jane
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Hilary Mason
as Mrs Biddle
Edward Brooks
as Father
Susan Field
as Cook
Daphne Neville
as Mother
Deddie Davies
as Mrs Wigson
Bernard Holley
as Burglar
Nigel Lambert
as Reverend Septimus Blenkinsop
Bernice Stegers
as Madame
V.M. Hartman
as The Lamb
Trisha Mortimer
as Eliza
Max Harris
as Robert