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COLLECTION · Series · 1992

The Borrowers

In the English countryside, there live tiny humans called Borrowers, measuring just 15 cm tall. They reside in minuscule nooks and crannies within human homes, surviving by "borrowing" essentials from their human hosts. This series follows young Arriety and her parents, Pod and Homily, as they are forced to leave their home and search for a new one, with the help of a human boy named George.

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* 6.7 (12)ActionAdventureDramaFantasyScience Fiction
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Directors
John Henderson
Studios
BBC Two
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
08/11/1992
Score
6.7 / 10 (12)

Awards and nominations

  • 1993 Best Children's Programme (Fiction) (Nominated)
  • 1993 Best Design (Won)
  • 1992 Best Production Design (Won)
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The Borrowers
The Borrowers
6 episodes · 1992
Episode 1. Episode 1
1992-11-08 · 30 min

The first episode sets the scene and introduces us to the main characters and starts to show us what it is like to be only 15cm high. We find out that they are the only borrowers in the house and also meet the humans that co-inhabit the…

Episode 2. Episode 2
1992-11-15 · 30 min

While on a trip out Arrietty is seen. Thankfully this is by a young boy that is living in the house and he does not have the usual adult reaction to the borrowers. Unfortunately, his naivety later leads to problems but initially Arrietty…

Episode 3. Episode 3
1992-11-22 · 30 min

Things look too good to be true with their new human friend bringing them more presents than they know what to do with. Unfortunately, it is too good and the family of borrowers is discovered and the rat catcher is called in.

Episode 4. Episode 4
1992-11-29 · 30 min

The first two thirds of this episode are a wonderfully crafted and tense escape sequence with the rat catcher on the job and poisonous gas being pumped into the wall cavities. The last third sees our family out in the big wide world, and…

Episode 5. Episode 5
1992-12-06 · 30 min

The family have taken up refuge in an old boot that they have found in the forest. This is the base camp for Pod's excursions out to try and find another family of borrowers, one that is supposed to live in a badger's nest somewhere…

Episode 6. Episode 6
1992-12-13 · 30 min

Things take a turn for the worse as the boot that the family is sleeping in is picked up by the rat catcher and taken back to his caravan. The young borrower from the forest and the young boy from the house have to join forces to attempt…

The Return of the Borrowers
The Return of the Borrowers
6 episodes · 1993
Episode 1. Episode 1
1993-11-14 · 30 min

The Clock family - Pod, Homily and Arrietty - make a new home for themselves with their relatives Uncle Hendreary, Aunt Lupy and Eggletina.

Episode 2. Episode 2
1993-11-21 · 30 min

Pod tells the Hendrearys that he and his family are leaving. Eggletina shows them a way out through the scullery drain, but as they make their way, a roaring wall of water rushes towards them.

Episode 3. Episode 3
1993-11-28 · 30 min

The Borrowers make camp in Spiller's kettle.

Episode 4. Episode 4
1993-12-05 · 30 min

Ditchly and Ilrick's pranks have got the better of them and Pod reminds them what being a Borrower means.

Episode 5. Episode 5
1993-12-12 · 30 min

Miss Menzies and George are delighted to find they both know about the Borrowers.

Episode 6. Episode 6
1993-12-19 · 30 min

Final episode in the adaptation of Mary Norton 's classic books. Imprisoned in an attic the Borrowers must escape. They have five days before the Platters are to put them on public display. Arrietty persuades Pod and Homily to build a…

Cast by season
Rebecca Callard
Rebecca Callard
Arrietty
Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton
Homily
Ian Holm
Ian Holm
Pod
David Ryall
David Ryall
Crampfurl
Paul Cross
Paul Cross
George
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Mrs. Driver
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