The Phoenix and The Carpet (Flight Sequence)

[custardo1]

Loved this as a child and that other show think it was the enchanted garden and these statues of dinosaurs or a rhino came to life and these kids had hid inside it

[Vampiregothmother]

Childhood Memories, very much so...

[fantasyfangirlno1]

i just bought the book.

[likewowmanhey]

@fantasyfangirlno1 How was the book?

[fantasyfangirlno1]

@likewowmanhey the only EXCITING classic i've read so far.

[seck73]

the enchanted castle

[MikeyO89]

This was the programme of my very early childhood. I have such fond memories of it! I don't remember it looking quite this *old* though haha!

[blueyodeller]

I thought this was a good video, (as a kid). Imagine being able to travel anywhere in the world (for free) on a carpet. I then saw Bedknobs and Broomsticks and I then thought that a comfortable ride on a nice mattress was the real answer.

Anyone whom has laid on a carpet down on the floor would really relish the opportunity to ride on a nice comfy bed instead, which is where I'm going now

only I won't be riding the bed, hee! hee!

[likewowmanhey]

@blueyodeller I never saw this as a kid. I think I might have seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks though and I love Mary Poppins too and I always like Pippy Longstocking as well. Anyway I loved reading your comment it made me laugh..which is always nice..

[radiofan21]

any chance kizzy from 1976 can be uploaded on here about a gypsy girl that lived in a caravan with her grandmother very hard to find but a great programme.

[Cool2BCeltic]

Before CGI and before Harry Potter but still wonderful.

[Kursteen]

Thanks for posting this. Loved this show as a kid. Ghosts of Motley Hall and Famous Five as well. I wish there were shows like this now for my kids. Don't suppose anyone remembers one particular show where an old vaudeville fellow catches a bullet ? Sorry, not much of a clue. Just a fragment of a memory. Thanks again

[Kursteen]

Thanks for posting this. Loved this show as a kid. Ghosts of Motley Hall and Famous Five as well. I wish there were shows like this now for my kids. Don't suppose anyone remembers one particular show where an old vaudeville fellow catches a bullet ? Sorry, not much of a clue. Just a fragment of a memory. Thanks again

[picoharmotimpo]

Thanks very much for posting. I loved this show as a kid, after having just read the book. It stands up very well!

[TheMusicman12ize]

i wonder is there a chance if u tube has got this. can they get hold of a tv programme from the same year 1976 called kizzy on here ive tried every where to get that i cant even see it on here and you tube usallly has everything

[MrChribio]

someone remember if in this kids movie was an MECHANICAL OWL inside,not a Phoenix but a grey mechanical owl with other guys all around in a house.In any case the phoenix or an Owl has got something like red eyes that became red & doing something like laser-eye or something like that?!

The story is similar at this movie but i remember very well this OWL.

Please help me in this problem because is from 30 years that i remember that bird!!!

[ROoooo80]

I remember sitting on a carpet just like that, aged 4, watching this with my friend Helen.. those were the days

[Miantuan71]

The children's series where the statues came to life was "The Enchanted Castle" - the same question had been driving me mad too! Both series are based on books written by the same author - E. Nesbitt. I had totally forgotten about "The Pheonix and the Carpet" until I saw the book in a second hand book shop, and then the memories came flooding back!

[stu030273]

this is the sort of stuff i'm gonna watch when i'm old, this and grange hill with tucker and that haha

[PeromyscusLeucopus]

I remember watching this show on TVO as a kid, and also another show called Tom's Midnight Garden!

[jodycrosier]

I watched and loved this series. It made me think I could fly as a four-year old, and I had lots of vivid flying dreams as a result.

[KnowledgeInLatin]

I was 6 when this was aired. That Phoenix used to scare the crap out of me. Especially coming out of the fireplace.

I came to youtube to fund it, thanks for posting. I can sleep now LOL

[VamLoveAndKisses]

All I remember from this is watching a scene where the phoenix first comes out the fireplace, and another where they are flying and then land on a volcano or something, and I loved it so much, but I never got to see it again.

[E5D7S]

I have never known that there is a film version of that book. I liked reading the book as a child. Does anyone have the whole movie/series? Would like to watch it.

[shortandstylish]

I remember this!

[gavinproud]

i vividly remember watching this scene and the closing credits cant believe i've found it. 1976? I was three

[mosstick]

is it me or is that Lucy from The Lion The witch and the Wardrobe BBC 1987

[sunstreak1]

I remember this!! Oh the memories!

[bigyellowcat]

I'd love to see A Traveller in Time again - the Alison Uttley book it was based on was a childhood favourite. Other programmes that seem to have disappeared into the ether include The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, Smith and The Little Princess. Happily, I discovered that Midnight is a Place is now out on DVD.

[debxcg]

I loved the strange affair of adelaide harris everytime I see freddie jones I say to my husband 'eh boot' and he thinks I'm bonkers!!

[somethingstupid123]

heretics!

[MrBooojangles]

Mrs. Biddle her name was the old witch.

[MrBooojangles]

This was what I was looking for. I used to watch all these and there used to be a real old miserable witch of a woman in it I remember. I really did not realise it was from 1976 OMG!

[Kaosapts]

I loved this as a youngster.

Have you got the whole series?

[Colpeperite]

The BBC should bring out all the classic Dorothea Brooking shows on DVD - this one, A Traveller in Time, Tom's Midnight Garden, The Moon Stallion, The Secret Garden and Kizzy.

[lillabethsmum]

I would love Kizzy to be shown again

[Homevideoz08]

Very corny but very loveable! Who remembers The box of Delights? x

[quixote22]

AAAahhh...man...memories of Mr. Goldring's library class at Happy Valley Elementary School (yes that was the real name). Like someone said before, the exact moment i remember from the show...

THANK YOU!

[iloveshetlandponies]

Omg, so many memories..

This is the exact bit which I remember, where the Pheonix is sitting by the fire...

[Kronnenberger]

Yep,I remember being made to watch this program...found it so dull and boring..seeing this brings back memories of being a fed up 7 year old all over again!

[Kronnenberger]

Yep,I remember being made to watch this program,found it so dull and boring...this brings back those horible memories of me being a 7 year old fed up kid all over again!

[StoneygateSquirrel]

I remember really loving this series as a child. Although I didn't realise it was from as far back as '76 - that makes me feel old!

Thanks for posting.

[kingofthecastle1]

I have the serial complete on video tape (from original broadcast) should anyone be interested.

cheers.

[UKSazzy67]

I would be interested in having the whole serial on video tape to show my daughter. How much do you want for it?

[suburbanmom]

It's available at Amazon.

[dinnydonnydingdongs]

Probably the first children's drama I made I point of watching (aged 5 or 6). Seeing this clip brought a lot of very old memories back. Gratifyingly, it's still superb stuff!

[joshisaac]

Thanks! Brings back memories!

[Blondi000]

hi, i am looking for this serial so long that i can't believe i found it now ! only one question... there's anyone who ownes a dvd or a vhs of this serial ? or anyone sharing it anywhere in the web !?!?!

thanx !

[VERDELOCO]

wish to god my carpet would do that-I loved this programme and its lovely to see it again even if it is short and sweet

[trysirsaiddougal]

Brilliant! Thanks SO VERY MUCH for the posting - I've been looking for this for years. Was my absolute favourite program growing up... (close my eyes and wish for a DVD to come out). Cheers!

[PiPsQk]

:O) Classic

[lillabethsmum]

Don't know why the bbc remade this in the 90's this version was far better

[funkykitty2]

do you have any epsiodes of the phoenix and the carpet

[L43CLARE]

thanks for that, i will be able to sleep at night

[maud23]

Sorry, the enchanted castle

[L43CLARE]

no, i know it definately wasn't that, cos this had 3 or more kids in it

[maud23]

I always wondered what that series was called, so I looked around and found it on sausagenet, its called The Enchanted Garden (1979)

[L43CLARE]

how ace is this? can anyone remember the name of the kids tv series out the same time as this, it was about statues in a garden that came alive in front of children at night, the question has been driving me nuts

[teshia2323]

Might have been Tom's Midnight Garden.

[JohnPreston888]

@L43CLARE - - - - - Perhaps it's pointless me responding to a question you posed three years ago, but were they "statues", or "rocks". There was a programme called "Escape Into The Night", based on the novel "Marianne Dreams".

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I will spare you most of the details (available on other websites), but in order to escape, the two children had to shine a torchlight at the rocks.

[thehoodedgumboot]

@L43CLARE

The enchanted castle was the same of the show with the statues that came alive.

[franc431]

@thehoodedgumboot do you where i could find this series if not on youtube?

[ladybelucky12345]

@L43CLARE

Could it be Moondial? there's plenty clips on youtube to see.

[profbaldwin77]

@L43CLARE

Might also have been 'children of the stones' - although may have pre-dated this...

[franc431]

@L43CLARE , god i have been looking for the same series!. Thought it was Moondial or Toms midnight garden but i'm afraid not. The statues came alive at night, could it be an earlier episode of one of these series perharps, does anyone know!!??

[PlainAnne]

@L43CLARE The Enchanted Castle :)

[PlainAnne]

@L43CLARE The statues coming alive at midnight was The Enchanted Castle. also by E Nesbit. I long for the BBC to put it on DVD and this wonderful The Phoenix and the carpet :)

[wosser]

@L43CLARE

[wosser]

@L43CLARE the secret garden maybe

[chipsteak]

@L43CLARE That sounds like you are describing 'The Enchanted Garden'.

[MrHullkrfan]

@L43CLARE

hi it was the children of the stones

it was a very scarey programme lol xx

[heartandhumour]

Thanks for posting:) brings back many a memory!

[teshia2323]

I know, this series would totally rock on DVD. Fond fond memories indeed.

[likewowmanhey]

@teshia2323 Its on DVD now. I just watched it Wed night :-)



[T6CLUB]

@likewowmanhey Where did you get the DVD from?

[likewowmanhey]

@T6CLUB I don't know. I can't even remembrer posting about this video..what was my original comment on this do you know? I am sorry, my memory must be failing me. I am thinking that I either got this DVD from the library or my mom had it at her house for my neices this summer when I was visting her, at any rate try amazon.com they normally have everything!!

[Flossie1904]

really wish this would be repeated on tv or released on dvd dont make em like this anymore!

[leeejack]

Loved this show! I thought it quite high tech in 1979, lol

[jaxbovary]

I've been looking for a while to find the original release of the Golden Phoenix & the Magic Carpet (or the Phoenix & the Carpet)on DVD or Video but have only been able to find re-makes, so it was great to finally find a couple of clips here!

[Erik113091]

They actually made a series of that tatty old book? Wow.