The Return of the Antelope
Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 16
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(13)
1. Castaways
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.
Air Date : 1986-01-19
2. Lost and Found
The Lilliputians (captured in a picnic hamper, and kept in the children's bedroom) brave the stairs and the boarding-house cat.
Air Date : 1986-09-26
3. Studio Portraits
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.
Air Date : 1986-01-22
4. Piano Lessons
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.
Air Date : 1986-01-26
5. Everything in the Garden
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.
Air Date : 1986-02-02
6. Where the Heart is
Gerald and Philippa are ready to help the homesick Lilliputians sail home. But can they find a suitable vessel for the dangerous voyage?
Air Date : 1986-02-09
7. Brelca Goes Ballooning
This episode concerns Lilliputian Brelca and a balloon trip in the skies.
Air Date : 1986-10-26
8. Philippa's Brave Deed
Brelca goes down with food-poisoning when a heatwave turns the food bad in the Garstanton kitchen.
Air Date : 1986-11-02
9. The Temple of Doom
Wicked Harwell Mincing disguises himself as a Chinese conjuror, in his latest attempt to kidnap the tiny trio.
Air Date : 1986-10-16
10. The Lost Park
Imprisoned in a miniature Chinese temple, the Lilliputians are abandoned in a municipal park.
Air Date : 1986-11-16
11. The Bottle Of Amontillado
Harwell Mincing has a new ruse—He opens a wine shop.
Air Date : 1986-11-23
12. Mrs. Mallarby's Day
The children recount Gulliver's story of a war over which end to open an egg. Blind beggar brings danger to the Lilliputians.
Air Date : 1986-11-30
13. Moving On
Will the Lilliputians escape to join the children in a new home? Last episode in the second series.
Air Date : 1986-12-07
