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The Borrowers

TV·1992–1993·2 seasons, 12 episodes·BBC Two·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure·30m

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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.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1992AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1November 8, 1992The 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 fin
  2. S01E02Episode 2November 15, 1992While 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 rea
  3. S01E03Episode 3November 22, 1992Things 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
  4. S01E04Episode 4November 29, 1992The first two thirds of this episode are a wonderfully crafted and tense escape sequence with the rat catcher on the job and poisonous gas b
  5. S01E05Episode 5December 6, 1992The 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
  6. S01E06Episode 6December 13, 1992Things 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. T

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes1993AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Episode 1November 14, 1993The Clock family - Pod, Homily and Arrietty - make a new home for themselves with their relatives Uncle Hendreary, Aunt Lupy and Eggletina.
  2. S02E02Episode 2November 21, 1993Pod tells the Hendrearys that he and his family are leaving. Eggletina shows them a way out through the scullery drain, but as they make the
  3. S02E03Episode 3November 28, 1993The Borrowers make camp in Spiller's kettle.
  4. S02E04Episode 4December 5, 1993Ditchly and Ilrick's pranks have got the better of them and Pod reminds them what being a Borrower means.
  5. S02E05Episode 5December 12, 1993Miss Menzies and George are delighted to find they both know about the Borrowers.
  6. S02E06Episode 6December 19, 1993Final episode in the adaptation of Mary Norton 's classic books. Imprisoned in an attic the Borrowers must escape. They have five days befor

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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