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The Borrowers is a BBC TV miniseries first broadcast in 1992 on BBC2 and then later on American television station TNT. The miniseries is adapted from the 1952 Carnegie Medal-winning first novel and second novel of author Mary Norton's The Borrowers series: The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield, respectively. The film stars Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton and Rebecca Callard and was directed by John Henderson. The miniseries was named on the BFI's list of "100 Greatest British Television Programmes".
Original Release
11/08/1992 on BBC
US Release
11/27/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Holm | Pod |
Penelope Wilton | Homily |
Rebecca Callard | Arrietty |
Paul Cross | George |
Siân Phillips | Mrs. Driver |
David Ryall | Crampfurl |
Stanley Lebor | Uncle Hendreary |
Pamela Cundell | Aunt Lupy |
Victoria Donovan | Eggletina |
Tony Haygarth | Mildeye |
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# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 08 November 1992 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Sunday, 15 November 1992 |
3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 22 November 1992 |
4 | Episode #1.4 | Sunday, 29 November 1992 |
5 | Episode #1.5 | Sunday, 06 December 1992 |
6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 13 December 1992 |
Directors
Writers
Richard Carpenter, Mary Norton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ian Holm | Pod |
Penelope Wilton | Homily |
Rebecca Callard | Arrietty |
Paul Cross | George |
Siân Phillips | Mrs. Driver |
David Ryall | Crampfurl |
Stanley Lebor | Uncle Hendreary |
Pamela Cundell | Aunt Lupy |
Victoria Donovan | Eggletina |
Tony Haygarth | Mildeye |
Daniel Newman | Spiller |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tim Bevan | Executive Producer |
Walt deFaria | Executive Producer |
Grainne Marmion | Producer |
Fiona Morham | Producer |