The Borrowers

Overview

The Borrowers are small, 15cm high humans who live in the English hinterland. They live out their lives in mouse-hole sized nooks in human homes, and survive by 'borrowing' all they need from the house and its inhabitants. This series follows young girl Arriety, and her parents Pod and Homily, as they are displaced from their home and try to find a new home, with the help of a human boy, George.

Episodes

S01E01 Episode 1

November 8, 1992 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...

S01E02 Episode 2

November 15, 1992 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...

S01E03 Episode 3

November 22, 1992 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...

S01E04 Episode 4

November 29, 1992 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...

S01E05 Episode 5

December 6, 1992 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...

S01E06 Episode 6

December 13, 1992 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...

Cast

Rebecca Callard
Rebecca Callard
Arrietty
Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton
Homily
Ian Holm
Ian Holm
Pod
Paul Cross
Paul Cross
George
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Mrs. Driver

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