Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976)Season 1
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.
- Creator
- Edith Nesbit
- Writers
- John Tully, Edith Nesbit
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- December 29, 1976
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Richard WarnerThe Phoenix (voice)- Joe BartonThe Phoenix
Gary RussellCyril- Tamzin NevilleAnthea
- Max HarrisRobert
- Jane ForsterJane
- V.M. HartmanThe Lamb
- Daphne NevilleMother
- Edward BrooksFather
- Deddie DaviesMrs Wigson
Hilary MasonMrs Biddle- Nigel LambertReverend Septimus Blenkinsop
Bernard HolleyBurglar- Trisha MortimerEliza
- Susan FieldCook
- Wendy LovelockMiss Peasmarsh
Bernice StegersMadame
Kay TremblayAmelia
Diana KingSelina- Philip DunbarMr Bolam
Episodes
0/8 watched- Episode 1: The Magic Fire25 min · Dec 29, 1976
- Episode 2: Queen of the Island25 min · Jan 5, 1977
- Episode 3: Some Indian Things25 min · Jan 12, 1977
- Episode 4: The Temple of the Phoenix25 min · Jan 19, 1977
- Episode 5: Gifts from Persia25 min · Jan 26, 1977
- Episode 6: What to Do with a Burglar25 min · Feb 2, 1977
- Episode 7: The Hole in the Carpet25 min · Feb 9, 1977
- Episode 8: A Night at the Theatre25 min · Feb 16, 1977
