The Phoenix and the Carpet 1997
Created by Edith Nesbit
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
- 28 min episodes
- 1 season
- 6 episodes
- Ended
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.
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Cast
- David SuchetThe Phoenix (voice)
- Francis WrightThe Psammead (voice)
- Ben SimpsonCyril
- Jessica FoxAnthea
- Ivan BerryRobert
- Charlotte ChinnJane
- Mary WaterhouseMother
- Ian KeithFather
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- Edith NesbitCreator
- Michael KerriganDirector
- Edith NesbitNovel
- Ken BrinsleyDirector of Photography
- Peter TylerDirector of Photography
- Paul HartOriginal Music Composer
- Belinda CottrellEditor
- Giles RidgeProducer
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- Miniseries6 eps · 1997
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