
The Return of the Antelope
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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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Castaways
19-01-198630mThe 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
26-09-198630mThe 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
22-01-198630mThe 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
26-01-198630mPhilippa 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
02-02-198630mAngelic 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
09-02-198630mGerald 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
26-10-198630mThis episode concerns Lilliputian Brelca and a balloon trip in the skies.
- Ep 8
8.Philippa's Brave Deed
02-11-198630mBrelca goes down with food-poisoning when a heatwave turns the food bad in the Garstanton kitchen.
- Ep 9
9.The Temple of Doom
16-10-198630mWicked Harwell Mincing disguises himself as a Chinese conjuror, in his latest attempt to kidnap the tiny trio.
- Ep 10
10.The Lost Park
16-11-198630mImprisoned in a miniature Chinese temple, the Lilliputians are abandoned in a municipal park.
- Ep 11
11.The Bottle Of Amontillado
23-11-198630mHarwell Mincing has a new ruse—He opens a wine shop.
- Ep 12
12.Mrs. Mallarby's Day
30-11-198630mThe 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
07-12-198630mWill the Lilliputians escape to join the children in a new home? Last episode in the second series.
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