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The Return of the Antelope

Return of the antelope, the season 1

1986 · 13 episodes

  1. 1. Castaways

    1986-01-19 · 30m

    The start of a new six-part serial from Granada, a sort of Gulliver’s Travels in reverse, with three tiny Lilliputians shipwrecked on an English beach in 1899. In 1899 a ship, The Antelope, with a crew of Lilliputians is shipwrecked off the northeast coast of Britain, the survivors are befriended by two schoolchildren.

  2. 2. Lost and Found

    1986-09-26 · 30m

    The Lilliputians (captured in a picnic hamper, and kept in the children's bedroom) brave the stairs and the boarding-house cat.

  3. 3. Studio Portraits

    1986-01-22 · 30m

    The tiny Lilliputians are installed in the doll's house in the children’s nursery in part three of this serial. Harwell Mincing suspects the existence of the Lilliputians, so he sets a trap to try to catch them.

  4. 4. Piano Lessons

    1986-01-26 · 30m

    Philippa and Gerald persuade the little people to do their piano practice for them. When the Lilliputians take over the children's piano practice and pink blancmange begins to mysteriously disappear, Milly the maid is convinced she is working in a haunted house.

  5. 5. Everything in the Garden

    1986-02-02 · 30m

    Angelic and devilish work is afoot at the Garstanton household when grandfather photographs a client, and a new gardener starts work. The Lilliputians continue to be chased by villain Harwell Mincing, who is disguised as a gardener.

  6. 6. Where the Heart is

    1986-02-09 · 30m

    Gerald and Philippa are ready to help the homesick Lilliputians sail home. But can they find a suitable vessel for the dangerous voyage?

  7. 7. Brelca Goes Ballooning

    1986-10-26 · 30m

    This episode concerns Lilliputian Brelca and a balloon trip in the skies.

  8. 8. Philippa's Brave Deed

    1986-11-02 · 30m

    Brelca goes down with food-poisoning when a heatwave turns the food bad in the Garstanton kitchen.

  9. 9. The Temple of Doom

    1986-10-16 · 30m

    Wicked Harwell Mincing disguises himself as a Chinese conjuror, in his latest attempt to kidnap the tiny trio.

  10. 10. The Lost Park

    1986-11-16 · 30m

    Imprisoned in a miniature Chinese temple, the Lilliputians are abandoned in a municipal park.

  11. 11. The Bottle Of Amontillado

    1986-11-23 · 30m

    Harwell Mincing has a new ruse—He opens a wine shop.

  12. 12. Mrs. Mallarby's Day

    1986-11-30 · 30m

    The children recount Gulliver's story of a war over which end to open an egg. Blind beggar brings danger to the Lilliputians.

  13. 13. Moving On

    1986-12-07 · 30m

    Will the Lilliputians escape to join the children in a new home? Last episode in the second series.

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