![]() It features Matthew Goodgame as Ralph, the priest, and West-End star Helen Anker as Meggie, his lover - and this time McCullough thoroughly approves of the cast. So disgusted was she with the series that McCullough is about to launch a corrective musical version on which she has been working for 15 years. 'The filming was done in Hawaii, there was only one kangaroo on set and everyone sounded American except Bryan Brown, whose Oz accent stuck out like a dingo's bits.' 'Ward couldn't act her way out of a paper bag and Chamberlain wandered about all wet and wide-eyed. 'It was instant vomit!' she shrieks through a cloud of smoke. The stars of that series, Richard Chamberlain as Father Ralph de Bricassart and Rachel Ward as Meggie, were adored by the viewing public. ![]() The 1983 television series - globally the most watched mini-series of all time - is today as well remembered as the book. ![]() Forbidden love: Rachel Ward and Richard Chamberlain in the 1983 mini-series The Thorn Birds ![]()
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