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The Flying Nun is an
American sitcom produced by
Screen Gems for
ABC based on the book
The Fifteenth Pelican, by
Tere Rios. The sitcom ran for three seasons, and produced 82 color episodes from
1967 until
1970.
Series background
Developed by
Bernard Slade, the series centered on the adventures of a community of
Daughters of Charity nuns in the
Convent San Tanco in
Puerto Rico. The comic elements of the storyline were provided by the flying ability of a
novice nun, Sister Bertrille, played by
Sally Field in her second sitcom role after
Gidget.
