The Return of the Antelope

30min

Family

Drama

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.

Episodes

Cast

Castaways

1. Castaways

30min

19th Jan 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.

Lost and Found

2. Lost and Found

30min

26th Sep 1986

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

Studio Portraits

3. Studio Portraits

30min

22nd Jan 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.

Piano Lessons

4. Piano Lessons

30min

26th Jan 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.

Everything in the Garden

5. Everything in the Garden

30min

2nd Feb 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.

Where the Heart is

6. Where the Heart is

30min

9th Feb 1986

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

Brelca Goes Ballooning

7. Brelca Goes Ballooning

30min

26th Oct 1986

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

Philippa's Brave Deed

8. Philippa's Brave Deed

30min

2nd Nov 1986

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

The Temple of Doom

9. The Temple of Doom

30min

16th Oct 1986

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

The Lost Park

10. The Lost Park

30min

16th Nov 1986

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

The Bottle Of Amontillado

11. The Bottle Of Amontillado

30min

23rd Nov 1986

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

Mrs. Mallarby's Day

12. Mrs. Mallarby's Day

30min

30th Nov 1986

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

Moving On

13. Moving On

30min

7th Dec 1986

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

First air date

19th Jan 1986

Last air date

24th Jan 1988

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks