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The Return of the Antelope

1986 - 1988

Castaways

19th January 1986
Episode 1
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

26th September 1986
Episode 2
The Lilliputians (captured in a picnic hamper, and kept in the children's bedroom) brave the stairs and the boarding-house cat.

Studio Portraits

22nd January 1986
Episode 3
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

26th January 1986
Episode 4
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

2nd February 1986
Episode 5
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

9th February 1986
Episode 6
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

26th October 1986
Episode 7
This episode concerns Lilliputian Brelca and a balloon trip in the skies.

Philippa's Brave Deed

2nd November 1986
Episode 8
Brelca goes down with food-poisoning when a heatwave turns the food bad in the Garstanton kitchen.

The Temple of Doom

16th October 1986
Episode 9
Wicked Harwell Mincing disguises himself as a Chinese conjuror, in his latest attempt to kidnap the tiny trio.

The Lost Park

16th November 1986
Episode 10
Imprisoned in a miniature Chinese temple, the Lilliputians are abandoned in a municipal park.

The Bottle Of Amontillado

23rd November 1986
Episode 11
Harwell Mincing has a new ruse—He opens a wine shop.

Mrs. Mallarby's Day

30th November 1986
Episode 12
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

7th December 1986
Episode 13
Will the Lilliputians escape to join the children in a new home? Last episode in the second series.
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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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Stephanie Cole

Sarah Mincing

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Derek Farr

Mr. Garstanton

Gail Harrison Image

Gail Harrison

Brelca 1

Annie Hulley Image

Annie Hulley

Brelca 2

Alan Bowyer Image

Alan Bowyer

Gerald

Claudia Gambold Image

Claudia Gambold

Philippa

Paul Chapman Image

Paul Chapman

Harwell Mincing

Richard Vernon Image

Richard Vernon

Mr. Garstanton

John Quentin Image

John Quentin

Fistram

John Branwell Image

John Branwell

Spelbush

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