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.

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Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 1'20'06''
  • Broadcast date: 2008
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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