The Return of the Antelope
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The Return of the Antelope

1986
2 seasons
16 episodes
FamilyDrama

The Return of the Antelope was a UK TV series aired on ITV between 1986 and 1988. It was a children's fantasy series about two English children, circa 1899, who befriend a group of shipwrecked Lilliputians.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Castaways

    19-01-198630m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.Lost and Found

    26-09-198630m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Studio Portraits

    22-01-198630m

    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 se...

  • Ep 4

    4.Piano Lessons

    26-01-198630m

    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 myst...

  • Ep 5

    5.Everything in the Garden

    02-02-198630m

    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 vill...

  • Ep 6

    6.Where the Heart is

    09-02-198630m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Brelca Goes Ballooning

    26-10-198630m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.Philippa's Brave Deed

    02-11-198630m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.The Temple of Doom

    16-10-198630m

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

  • Ep 10

    10.The Lost Park

    16-11-198630m

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

  • Ep 11

    11.The Bottle Of Amontillado

    23-11-198630m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.Mrs. Mallarby's Day

    30-11-198630m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Moving On

    07-12-198630m

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

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