What is The Thorn Birds (miniseries)?
{{Infobox television | genre = Drama<br>Romance | creator = | based_on = | writer = Carmen Culver<br>[[Lee Stanley]]<br>[[Colleen McCullough]] (novel) | screenplay = | story = | director = [[Daryl Duke]] | starring = [[Richard Chamberlain]]<br>[[Rachel Ward]]<br>[[Barbara Stanwyck]]<br>[[Christopher Plummer]]<br>[[Jean Simmons]]<br>[[Bryan Brown]]<br>[[Philip Anglim]]<br>[[Richard Kiley]]<br>[[Piper Laurie]] | narrated = | theme_music_composer = [[Henry Mancini]] | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = 4 | executive_producer = [[Edward Lewis (producer)|Edward Lewis]]<br>[[David L. Wolper]] | producer = [[Stan Margulies]]<br>[[Lee Stanley]] (co-producer)<br>[[Swifty Lazar]] (associate producer) | location = [[William Andrews Clark Memorial Library]]<br>[[Big Sky Ranch]]<br>[[Kaua'i]]<br>[[Los Angeles City Hall]]<br>Warner Brothers Burbank Studios | editor = Robert F. Shugrue<br>[[David Saxon]]<br>Carroll Timothy O'Meara | cinematography = [[Bill Butler (cinematographer)|Bill Butler]] | runtime = 467 minutes | company = [[David L. Wolper|David Wolper]]-Stan Margulies Productions<br>Edward Lewis Productions<br>[[Warner Bros. Television]] | budget = | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | released = March 27-30, 1983 }} '''''The Thorn Birds''''' is an American television [[miniseries]] broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from March 27 to 30, 1983. It starred [[Richard Chamberlain]], [[Rachel Ward]], [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Piper Laurie]], [[Jean Simmons]], [[Richard Kiley]], [[Bryan Brown]], [[Mare Winningham]] and [[Philip Anglim]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/thornbirds/thornbirds.htm Encyclopedia of Television] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.arc