Name: The Thorn Birds
Released: 1983-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck

TV Show · Romance · Drama

A priest torn between God and human passion. A beautiful girl desiring only what she cannot have. Five decades of ambition, fear, longing and revenge.

1983 · 2h 24m

Starring Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck

Director Daryl Duke

EPISODE 1

The Thorn Birds

Father Ralph (Richard Chamberlain) must choose between his affection for Meggie (Rachel Ward) and the church.
EPISODE 2

The Thorn Birds

The tragic results of a fire bring Father Ralph (Richard Chamberlain) back to Drogheda; Meggie (Rachel Ward) agrees to marry sheep shearer Luke O'Neill (Bryan Brown).
EPISODE 3

The Thorn Birds

Meggie (Rachel Ward) gives birth to a daughter, Justine; Meggie unexpectedly meets Father Ralph (Richard Chamberlain) while recuperating on a secluded island.
EPISODE 4

The Thorn Birds

Cardinal de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain) returns to Australia and takes Meggie's (Rachel Ward) son to Rome to study for the priesthood; Justine (Mare Winningham) finds love with a German diplomat (Ken Howard).
EPISODE 1

The Missing Years: Night 1

Part 1 of the saga of forbidden love between ambitious Archbishop Ralph de Bricassart and willful Meggie Cleary.
EPISODE 2

The Missing Years: Night 2

Part 2 of the saga of forbidden love between ambitious Archbishop Ralph de Bricassart and willful Meggie Cleary.