The Borrowers: Series 1 [1992 TV mini series] (1992)

by John Henderson (Director), Richard Carpenter (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Rebecca Callard (Actor), Ian Holm (Actor), Richard Lewis (Narrator), Grainne Marmion (Producer), Mary Norton (Original book) — 2 more, Siân Phillips (Actor), Penelope Wilton (Actor)

Series: The Borrowers (1992 TV Series) (1)

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Relates the adventures of a family of miniature humans who live by borrowing things from normal-sized people. A family of tiny people live underneath the boards of an English home and "borrow" what they need.

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I prefer this version to the one with John Goodman. Ian Holm is a great actor. The British version is more true to the book, and less slapstick. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Henderson, John	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Carpenter, Richard	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Callard, Rebecca	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Holm, Ian	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lewis, Richard	Narrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marmion, Grainne	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Norton, Mary	Original book	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Phillips, Siân	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilton, Penelope	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Relates the adventures of a family of miniature humans who live by borrowing things from normal-sized people. A family of tiny people live underneath the boards of an English home and "borrow" what they need.

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