The Thorn Birds

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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.

Type: Scripted
Status: Canceled/Ended
Premiered: Mar. 27, 1983
Normal Runtime: 600 min.
Network: ABC
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Special Announcement: 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.