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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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Edith Nesbit
BBC One
Jane Forster
Jane
V.M. Hartman
V.M. Hartman
The Lamb
Daphne Neville
Daphne Neville
Mother
Edward Brooks
Edward Brooks
Father
Deddie Davies
Deddie Davies
Mrs Wigson

Hilary Mason
Mrs Biddle
Nigel Lambert
Nigel Lambert
Reverend Septimus Blenkinsop

Bernard Holley
Burglar
Trisha Mortimer
Trisha Mortimer
Eliza
Susan Field
Susan Field
Cook
Wendy Lovelock
Wendy Lovelock
Miss Peasmarsh

Bernice Stegers
Madame
Kay Tremblay
Kay Tremblay
Amelia

Diana King
Selina
Philip Dunbar
Philip Dunbar
Mr Bolam