TV Show Details
Air Date:November 16th, 1997
Last Air Date:November 16th, 1997
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Kids , Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Original Language:English
Production Companies:HiT Entertainment, BBC
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
BBC One
Miniseries
WriterHelen Cresswell
Plot
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.
