The Borrowers (1997)
Based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Comic adventure based on the Mary Norton novels about a family of people only four inches tall who live beneath the floorboards of a human house. The family's future is threatened when the house falls into the hands of an evil property developer, who plans to destroy it. With John Goodman and Jim Broadbent.
TweetLicence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Adaptation
- Channel: BBC One
- Duration: 1'20'06''
- Broadcast date: 2008
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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The Borrowers (2011)
After being discovered by 'human beans', a family of borrowers - tiny people who live under the floorboards - must leave their home.
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