The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
Drama
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Overview
The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1983-03-27
Runtime: 2h 1m
Director: Daryl Duke
Writer: Carmen Culver, Colleen McCullough, Lee Stanley
Top Cast
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
Ralph de Bricassart
Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward
Meggie Cleary
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown
Luke O'Neill
Brett Cullen
Brett Cullen
Bob Cleary
Stephanie Faracy
Stephanie Faracy
Judy
Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin
Pete
John de Lancie
John de Lancie
Alastair MacQueen
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Mary Carson
Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie
Anne Mueller
Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman
Luddie Mueller
Philip Anglim
Philip Anglim
Dane O'Neill
Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Episode 1
When the wealthy but now elderly owner of a large sheep farm in the outback of Australia realizes that her affections towards a banished but ambitious young priest will never be returned, she sets out to manipulate his life and career from the grave once she discovers him giving his attention to her young niece instead.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Episode 2
Having left Australia with a significant sum of holdings in hand willed to the Catholic Church by the wealthy socialite and sheep farmer Mary Carson, Father Ralph de Bricassart finds himself courted by power brokers within the Vatican. Meanwhile, the Drogheda Ranch suffers a devastating brush fire that spawns more tragedy in the Cleary family, and eventually leads to an uneasy reunion between Meggie and Father de Bricassart. However Meggie soon meets a young suitor who captures her heart.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Episode 3
Now married, living on a sugar cane plantation, and working as a maid in Queensland, Meggie finds her new husband is more interested in his own work and dalliances than in her. She bears him a child but is still unable to change his ways. Meanwhile, Father de Bricassart has moved up in the Church hierarchy and eventually returns to Australia as a Cardinal. And in yet another uneasy reunion between himself and Meggie, he finally succumbs to temptation by consummating forbidden love and breaking his vow of chastity.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Episode 4
Meggie 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 and reconciles with both her mother Fee and her daughter Justine.
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