Release Date

16 Nov, 1997

Runtime

00:28: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

6/1

Synopsis

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by HIT Entertainment for BBC One, it aired from 16 November to 21 December 1997. 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.

Original Title

The Phoenix and the Carpet

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Specials

01 Jan, 1999

Miniseries

16 Nov, 1997

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.

Created By

Edith Nesbit

Actors

David Suchet

Francis Wright

Ben Simpson

Jessica Fox

Ivan Berry

Charlotte Chinn

Mary Waterhouse

Ian Keith

Crew

Edith Nesbit

Michael Kerrigan

Paul Hart

Giles Ridge

Anna Home

Ken Brinsley

Peter Tyler

Belinda Cottrell

Angela Grosvenor

George Kyriakides

Clara Morland

Lucy Nias

Joan Wadge

Malcolm James