The Borrowers

The Borrowers

Limited Series 1992 · 12 eps · ★ 6.7 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

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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.

Directed by John Henderson · Written by Richard Carpenter

Network: BBC Two

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