The Borrowers

The Borrowers is a novel by Mary Norton about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal humans and keep their existence unknown.

Adaptations

There have been three distinct screen adaptations of the book.

• The first was an American made-for-TV movie, shot on videotape to facilitate the necessary special effects.

• The second was a BBC television series starring Ian Holm.

• The third was a 1998 theatrical movie starring John Goodman as an evil lawyer and Jim Broadbent as the head of the Borrowers family, set in a fictional country that contains elements of Britain, France and America. Two of the movie's other actors, Tom Felton and Mark Williams, went on to appear in the Harry Potter films.