The Borrowers

Step into the hidden world of the Clock family, a group of tiny people standing only 15 centimeters high. Living in mouse-hole-sized nooks within the walls of English homes, these "Borrowers"—Pod, Homily, and their teenage daughter, Arrietty—survive by discreetly taking the everyday items they need from the "big people" who inhabit the house. For the Clocks, life is a delicate balance of caution and necessity. However, Arrietty’s irrepressible curiosity and fascination with the human world threaten to shatter their carefully maintained anonymity. When their sanctuary is compromised, the family is forced out of their home and into the vast, dangerous English hinterland. Displaced and vulnerable, they must navigate a world not built for their size as they search for a new place to call home. Their only hope for survival may lie in an unlikely alliance with a human boy named George. Adapted from Mary Norton’s classic novels, this acclaimed 1992 BBC series—starring Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, and Rebecca Callard—brings the enchanting and perilous life of the Borrowers to the screen. Named one of the BFI’s "100 Greatest British Television Programmes," this six-part series is a captivating tale of family, discovery, and the courage required to survive in a world where you are never meant to be seen.