The Phoenix and the Carpet

• 1976 –1977
• •
• Ended

• Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Kids

★ 6.4 TMDB Rating · 5 votes

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.

Created by

Edith Nesbit

Seasons

1

Episodes

8

Episode length

~25m

First aired

Dec 29, 1976

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom