We ’re allwaiting anxiouslyfor Studio Ghibli ’s magical adaptation of Mary Norton ’s The Borrowers , which hit U.S. screens in February . But the BBC is live on head - to - head with Ghibli with its own borrower adaption … and it ’s the first boob tube production from the mythological Working Title Pictures .
Not only that , butthe BBC versionboasts a cast to rival Ghibli ’s English voice cast , such as Saoirse Ronan . The BBC / Working Title product include Christopher Eccleston , Stephen Fry and Victoria Wood . A snip from it is included in the BBC ’s Christmas Trailer , here on Youtube . The TV movie airs on December 26 . This is n’t the first BBC adjustment of The Borrowers — there was a very Masterpiece Theater - y 1992 version , which you’re able to watch here .
Talking to the Guardian , Working Title Television ’s Juliette Howell explains the solicitation of The Borrowers :
With The Borrowers , here is a family who is hurt , they ca n’t even afford Christmas . These things have a resonance . However , I also do imagine people need escape at the minute , but not empty - headed escapism .
That ’s one of those quotes that just says so much , really .
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