The Phoenix and the Carpet

Directed by Michael Kerrigan

Written by Edith Nesbit, Helen Cresswell

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.

Cast

Miriam Margolyes

Cook

Lesley Dunlop

Eliza

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Ivan Berry

Robert

Christopher Biggins

Mr. Tonks

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Ben Simpson

Cyril

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Charlotte Chinn

Jane

Jessica Fox

Anthea

Jean Alexander

Lily

David Suchet

The Phoenix (voice)

Francis Wright

The Psammead (voice)

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Mary Waterhouse

Mother

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Nicola Redmond

Amelia