The Borrowers (1992)

Directed by

John Henderson

Genre

fantasy television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

U

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family of tiny people called the Clocks live secretly under the floorboards of an old manor. When their hiding place is discovered, they must escape into the English countryside and find a new home.

whimsicalgentlesuspensefulcozyadventurousnostalgiccliffhanger-driven

What happens

The Borrowers is a British television series first broadcast in 1992 on BBC2. The series is divided into six parts, and is adapted from the 1952 Carnegie Medal-winning first novel and the second novel of author Mary Norton's The Borrowers series: The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield (1955). The series stars Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton and Rebecca Callard and was directed by John Henderson. The series was named on the BFI's list of "100 Greatest British Television Programmes". Throughout the series, every episode (except the last one) ended on a cliffhanger. The series was followed by The Return of the Borrowers which aired in 1993, also on BBC2. Both series follow the Clocks, a family of tiny people who are forced to flee from their home under the floorboards in an old manor into the English countryside. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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