The Flying Nun

*The Flying Nun*
The Flying Nun
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Max Wylie; Harry Ackerman;
Based on	The Fifteenth Pelican; by Tere Ríos
Developed by	Bernard Slade
Starring	Sally Field; Madeleine Sherwood; Marge Redmond; Shelley Morrison; Alejandro Rey; Linda Dangcil; Vito Scotti;
Theme music composer	Dominic Frontiere
Opening theme	"Who Needs Wings to Fly?"
Composers	Dominic Frontiere; Warren Barker; Harry Geller; Hugo Montenegro; Will Schaefer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	82 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Harry Ackerman
Producers	Jon Epstein; Ed Jurist; William Sackheim;
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Screen Gems
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 7, 1967 –; April 3, 1970
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The Flying Nun is an American fantasy sitcom television series about a community of nuns, which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, written by Tere Ríos. Sally Field starred as the title character, Sister Bertrille.

The series originally ran on ABC from September 7, 1967, to April 3, 1970, producing 82 episodes, including a one-hour pilot episode.