The Thorn Birds

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American television series television miniseries

The Thorn Birds is a popular 1983 American television miniseries, based on Colleen McCullough’s novel, about a decades-long forbidden love affair on an Australian sheep station.

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The Thorn Birds canonical 7
The Thorn Birds (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
audioFormat mono ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial Colleen McCullough ⓘ
award Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series ⓘ
basedOn The Thorn Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Thorn Birds (novel)
character Father Ralph de Bricassart ⓘ
Fee Cleary ⓘ
Luke O’Neill ⓘ
Mary Carson ⓘ
Meggie Cleary ⓘ
Paddy Cleary ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bill Butler ⓘ
composer Henry Mancini ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Daryl Duke ⓘ
distributor ABC ⓘ
editor Donald R. Rode NERFINISHED ⓘ
executiveProducer David L. Wolper ⓘ
format miniseries ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
mainSetting Drogheda sheep station ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a decades-long forbidden love affair ⓘ
high ratings on American television in the 1980s ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
originalReleaseEndDate 1983-03-30 ⓘ
originalReleaseStartDate 1983-03-27 ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1983 ⓘ
pictureFormat color ⓘ
producer David L. Wolper ⓘ
productionCompany David L. Wolper Productions ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 120 minutes ⓘ
settingLocation Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
stars Barbara Stanwyck ⓘ
Bryan Brown ⓘ
Christopher Plummer ⓘ
Jean Simmons ⓘ
Rachel Ward ⓘ
Richard Chamberlain ⓘ
teleplayBy Carmen Culver ⓘ
Jackie Babbin ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Henry Mancini ⓘ
writer Carmen Culver ⓘ
Jackie Babbin ⓘ

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Christopher Plummer → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
Barbara Stanwyck → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
Richard Chamberlain → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
Bryan Brown → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
Jean Simmons → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Plummer
The Thorn Birds → basedOn → The Thorn Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Thorn Birds (novel)
Frederic Forrest → notableWork → The Thorn Birds ⓘ