Return of the antelope, the season 1

The Return of the Antelope

Return of the antelope, the season 1

Jan 19, 1986 13 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

Castaways

Jan 19, 1986 30 min

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.

Episode 2

Lost and Found

Sep 26, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 3

Studio Portraits

Jan 22, 1986 30 min

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.

Episode 4

Piano Lessons

Jan 26, 1986 30 min

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.

Episode 5

Everything in the Garden

Feb 02, 1986 30 min

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.

Episode 6

Where the Heart is

Feb 09, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 7

Brelca Goes Ballooning

Oct 26, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 8

Philippa's Brave Deed

Nov 02, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 9

The Temple of Doom

Oct 16, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 10

The Lost Park

Nov 16, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 11

The Bottle Of Amontillado

Nov 23, 1986 30 min

Harwell Mincing has a new ruseβ€”He opens a wine shop.

Episode 12

Mrs. Mallarby's Day

Nov 30, 1986 30 min

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

Episode 13

Moving On

Dec 07, 1986 30 min

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