The Phoenix and the Carpet

Overview

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. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

Directed by Michael Kerrigan

Top cast

Miriam Margolyes

Cook

Lesley Dunlop

Eliza

I

Ivan Berry

Robert

Christopher Biggins

Mr. Tonks

B

Ben Simpson

Cyril

C

Charlotte Chinn

Jane

Jessica Fox

Anthea

Jean Alexander

Lily

David Suchet

The Phoenix (voice)

Francis Wright

The Psammead (voice)

M

Mary Waterhouse

Mother

N

Nicola Redmond

Amelia

Shaun Dingwall

Burglar

Gemma Jones

Mrs. Bibble

Ian Keith

Father

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