The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

1996 film directed by Kevin James Dobson
Movie miniseries Q932864
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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

Summary

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years is a miniseries[1]. It draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (miniseries category, ranking #237 of 738).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's instance of is recorded as The Missing Years — instance of (P31): miniseries[3].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's instance of is recorded as The Missing Years — instance of (P31): television film[4].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was directed by The Missing Years — director (P57): Kevin James Dobson[5].
  • The Missing Years — screenwriter (P58): Colleen McCullough wrote the screenplay for The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years[6].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's genre is The Missing Years — genre (P136): film based on a novel[7].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's based on is recorded as The Missing Years — based on (P144): The Thorn Birds[8].
  • A cast member of The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was The Missing Years — cast member (P161): Richard Chamberlain[9].
  • The original language of The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was The Missing Years — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[10].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's original broadcaster is recorded as The Missing Years — original broadcaster (P449): American Broadcasting Company[11].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's country of origin is recorded as The Missing Years — country of origin (P495): United States[12].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's country of origin is recorded as The Missing Years — country of origin (P495): Australia[13].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was published on January 1, 1996[14].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years began on February 11, 1996[15].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years ended on February 13, 1996[16].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[17].
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years'}[18].

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Authorship and Creation

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was directed by The Missing Years — director (P57): Kevin James Dobson[5]. The Missing Years — screenwriter (P58): Colleen McCullough wrote the screenplay for it[6]. A cast member of it was The Missing Years — cast member (P161): Richard Chamberlain[9].

Publication

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years was released on January 1, 1996[14]. The original language of it was The Missing Years — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[10]. Its genre is The Missing Years — genre (P136): film based on a novel[7].

Why It Matters

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (miniseries category, ranking #237 of 738).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Mcampany · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original broadcaster American Broadcasting Company
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    Number of episodes {'amount': '+2'}
    Based on The Thorn Birds
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