The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
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The Thorn Birds

7.2 / 10
1983
1 season
4 episodes
Drama

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.

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  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    8.8
    27-03-1983144m

    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 re...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    8.3
    28-03-198397m

    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 fin...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    8.3
    29-03-198397m

    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...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    8.3
    30-03-1983144m

    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...

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