The series stars Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton and Rebecca Callard and was directed by John Henderson.

Both series follow the Clocks, a family of tiny people who are forced to flee from their home under the floorboards in an old manor into the English countryside.

The main characters are a teenage borrower girl named Arrietty and her parents, Pod and Homily.

The tiny family, who live under the kitchen floorboards of an old manor (Chawton House in Hampshire was used for on location filming), are eventually discovered by the other humans who occupy the home and are forced to flee into the English countryside.

After finding an old boot to live in, the family befriends a fellow Borrower – a young man who goes by the name "Dreadful Spiller".