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The Return of the Antelope

9.0·2 seasons·16 episodes·30 min avg.

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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Castaways
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Jan 19, 1986

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.

02
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
Sep 26, 1986

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

03
Studio Portraits
Studio Portraits
Jan 22, 1986

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.

04
Piano Lessons
Piano Lessons
Jan 26, 1986

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.

05
Everything in the Garden
Everything in the Garden
Feb 2, 1986

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.

06
Where the Heart is
Where the Heart is
Feb 9, 1986

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

07
Brelca Goes Ballooning
Brelca Goes Ballooning
Oct 26, 1986

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

08
Philippa's Brave Deed
Philippa's Brave Deed
Nov 2, 1986

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

09
The Temple of Doom
The Temple of Doom
Oct 16, 1986

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

10
The Lost Park
The Lost Park
Nov 16, 1986

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

11
The Bottle Of Amontillado
The Bottle Of Amontillado
Nov 23, 1986

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

12
Mrs. Mallarby's Day
Mrs. Mallarby's Day
Nov 30, 1986

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

13
Moving On
Moving On
Dec 7, 1986

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

Cast

10 credited
Stephanie Cole
Sarah Mincing
Derek Farr
Mr. Garstanton
Gail Harrison
Brelca 1
Annie Hulley
Brelca 2
Alan Bowyer
Gerald
Claudia Gambold
Philippa
Paul Chapman
Harwell Mincing
Richard Vernon
Mr. Garstanton
John Quentin
Fistram
John Branwell
Spelbush

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