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The Thorn Birds
TV Series (1983)
Based on Colleen McCullough's famous 1977 novel, this mini-series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart.
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01x04 Episode 4 Aired: Mar. 30, 1983Meggie has repeated the mistakes of her past by favoring her son over her daughter. She finally admits the truth about Dane's paternity to Ralph …
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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996) is taking place in the middle of the original Thorn Birds miniseries, which chronicled the love affair of Meggie Cleary and Fr. Ralph de Bricassart from 1920 to 1962, this two-part miniseries begins in 1943.
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Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Mar. 27, 1983
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
600 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- According to Rachel Ward, the water that Ralph and Meggie were swimming in on Matlock Island was ice cold.
- Olivia Newton-John auditioned for the part of Meggie.
- Goof (factual errors): The name of the farm is mispronounced. It is named after the Irish town Drogheda. The American cast did not know that 'gh' in Irish is pronounced like an 'h' in…
[show]Goof (factual errors): The name of the farm is mispronounced. It is named after the Irish town Drogheda. The American cast did not know that 'gh' in Irish is pronounced like an 'h' in English. The cast said Drow-Geeda whereas the proper pronunciation is Dro-huh-duh, where Dro is pronounced like in "drop".
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