0:00:07 > 0:00:13# Have yourself a merry little Christmas
0:00:13 > 0:00:20# Let your heart be light
0:00:20 > 0:00:27# From now on Our troubles will be out of sight
0:00:33 > 0:00:39# Through the years We all will be together
0:00:39 > 0:00:45# If the fates allow
0:00:46 > 0:00:55# Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
0:00:57 > 0:01:00# And have yourself
0:01:00 > 0:01:04# A merry little Christmas
0:01:04 > 0:01:08# Now
0:01:12 > 0:01:17# Have yourself a merry little Christmas
0:01:17 > 0:01:19# Now. #
0:01:54 > 0:01:56FAINT FOOTSTEPS
0:01:58 > 0:02:02CAT GROWLS
0:02:02 > 0:02:04FAINT FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE
0:02:09 > 0:02:13POP-CLUMP, POP-CLUMP
0:02:13 > 0:02:15POP-CLUMP!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01GROANING
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Whoa!
0:03:32 > 0:03:39Aaaargh!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44CAT MIAOWS
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Oof!
0:03:57 > 0:03:59(ABOVE) Gran?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Oh, no!
0:04:05 > 0:04:06I take it Dad's not home.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07CAT GROWLS
0:04:07 > 0:04:08What's up with Henry?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Shut the door, quick. We can't let it escape.- Let what escape?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13One of them. The little people!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16The little people?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Aaargh!
0:04:18 > 0:04:22There we go! Get it, Henry! It's under the sofa.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Quick, hold this. Me and Henry will herd them towards you.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- You're our net man. Don't just stand there!- Your net man?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36That's it, Henry, don't let him escape.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Tuck your shirt in, James.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41RUMBLING ABOVE
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Mum!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Did you hear that? - Hear what, Etty?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49There were beans, and a cat, and then I heard a loud thump.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Nonsense, you're letting your imagination run away with you.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Phe-ew!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06MIAOWS
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Dad's in trouble!- He'll be fine.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14VACUUMING ABOVE
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Aaargh!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Aaaargh!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Aaargh!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25VACUUM CLEANER SWITCHES OFF
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- What are you doing?- I was going to ask you the same thing.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Switch it back on, it'll escape!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- What will?- There it is!
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- What?- It was one of them. It was right there.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I'm sure of it.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Yeah. All right, Gran.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- You really expect me to believe nothing happened?- Yeah.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Well, what about the banging? The cat?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The hoover?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Hoover? What hoover?- I could hear through the floorboards.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Don't be silly, Etty, your dad's far too clever to get mixed up with those creatures.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35You'd have to be an idiot to go upstairs when there's beans about.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38That's right. You've got to realise that borrowing is boring.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Well, let me come with you next time, so I can see for myself.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Why? Everything you need, I provide. - Not everything.- I told you,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46there aren't other Borrowers round here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51You'd have to walk for miles. It'd take weeks, months even.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55What about my aunt and uncle? My cousin Eggletina?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We can't.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03We could go visit them. You must know where they are.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05We are not visiting anyone.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Why not?- Because I said so.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It's so unfair!
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I hate you!
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- "Thank you, Dad, for the beautiful strawberry cream..." What's that for?- I was worried sick.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I had it under control.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah. Sounded like it, too.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29You know, you weren't much older than her
0:07:29 > 0:07:31when you got your first pickings.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Down here, she's safe. Down here, we can take care of her.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Yeah, and having the time of her life(!)
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Well, she has it better than most. - It's not enough for her!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44She's like you. Borrowing's in her blood.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45HE SIGHS
0:07:49 > 0:07:52FOOTSTEPS ABOVE
0:07:59 > 0:08:02FLOORBOARDS CREAK ABOVE
0:08:27 > 0:08:29DOOR CREAKS
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Arrietty?
0:09:06 > 0:09:12# Black turns beamy bright
0:09:12 > 0:09:17# Turning on the light
0:09:17 > 0:09:22# Tfoday is gonna be the day
0:09:22 > 0:09:24# You hear somebody say
0:09:24 > 0:09:28# We need you wide awake
0:09:39 > 0:09:45# Tiptoe over the floor
0:09:45 > 0:09:51# What are you waiting for?
0:09:51 > 0:09:56# So so and no more
0:09:56 > 0:10:01# That's all to be sorry for
0:10:01 > 0:10:06# Today is gonna be the day
0:10:06 > 0:10:09# You hear somebody say
0:10:09 > 0:10:13# We need you wide awake
0:10:13 > 0:10:17# No time for tea or lemonade
0:10:17 > 0:10:20# Someone has set the date
0:10:20 > 0:10:24# We're only half the way
0:10:25 > 0:10:28# Drink a toast to the sun
0:10:28 > 0:10:30# To the things that never come
0:10:30 > 0:10:34# To the break of the day
0:10:34 > 0:10:38# That is all I say... #
0:10:38 > 0:10:41SHE PUFFS
0:10:44 > 0:10:47SHE PANTS
0:10:58 > 0:11:01DISTANT WHIRRING
0:11:12 > 0:11:14WHIRRING CONTINUES
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Aaargh!
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- Aaarghh!- Aaargh!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Get away from me!
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- Ow!- If that's someone breaking in, I suggest you break back out again.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Gran, you won't believe this.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- You can't let her see me.- But... - You can't! Please!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58What is it?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03What are you hiding in there?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Nothing.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07My paint pots.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Well, which is it?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Both. It's nothing. Well, no, it's not nothing, it's my paint pots,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14which is nothing.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18I'm not hiding anything. Have a look if you like.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Well, keep it down.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- You might not need your beauty sleep, but I do.- You're telling me. - I heard that.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35I can't believe she was right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37My own little person!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Who are you calling little?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Well, you are quite small.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46No, I'm not. It's you who's...too big, a great big overgrown giant.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48We're just the right size.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50We? There's more of you?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I didn't say that.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58- Get back!- Ow! I was only going to help you out.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00You aren't going to eat me?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Eat you? What would be the point?
0:13:05 > 0:13:06My name's James.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Arrietty.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22You want a hand?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Yes, please. Oh...!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28If that was supposed to be funny...!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Well, it serves you right for stealing my gun.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34We don't steal, we borrow.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35So there ARE more of you?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41What's that?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45How about I show you?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53So what exactly does this thing do...aaargh!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Arrietty, are you all right?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Look, I'm so sorry. I had no idea you'd fly so...well.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Can we do it again?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10ARRIETTY LAUGHS
0:14:10 > 0:14:11That was the furthest yet!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13What shall we do now?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23What's out there?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25How about I show you?
0:14:41 > 0:14:48I've tried to imagine what it looked like, the sky, the houses.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51It's amazing.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56We call it Hackney.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Right, you must promise not to tell anyone.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15I promise.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Who's that?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19My mum.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22She died last year.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Sorry.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29We don't talk about her in case it upsets me.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I'll see you soon.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Well, go on. Don't just sit there gawping. Go.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42See ya.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Cebuella pygmaea, the pygmy marmoset.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09The pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Microcebus myoxinus, the pygmy mouse lemur, which let us not forget, is,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17like you and me, a primate.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22And, er, Atelerix albiventris, the African dwarf hedgehog,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26so called because of its white stomach.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Countless times, we come across these examples of,
0:16:30 > 0:16:35of life in miniature...and yet,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and yet, the very notion
0:16:37 > 0:16:42of miniaturisation in the Homo genus is dismissed...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46..as absurd.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Despite clear photographic evidence.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Hmm?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Yes?
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Homo sapiens redactus,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08wise man reduced.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09BELL RINGS
0:17:09 > 0:17:14Well, thank you all for your attention.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Evidence, Jonathan, you need evidence.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- There are photos.- As there are of the Loch Ness monster.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Fairies, pixies, leprechauns, the Hawaiian Menehune,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27the Yunwi Tsunsdi of Cherokee legend, the Scandinavian Smafolk.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- The South African tokoloshe. - Let's not forget the tokoloshe.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Myths. Legends.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Yes. In almost every culture around the globe,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38there are references to "little people".
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Now, are we to dismiss it as mere coincidence
0:17:40 > 0:17:44that separate cultures individually dreamt up the same myth,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47or is it not more likely that there is in fact truth behind that myth?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Look, I've had complaints.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Drop it from the course. I'm no longer asking.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57What a total chomp.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Worry not, Jennifer,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03the inquisition may have forced Galileo to recant his notion
0:18:03 > 0:18:08that the Earth revolves around the sun, but I am not so easily turned.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34For breakfast?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I had a word with your dad about taking you upstairs.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Really?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Yeah. Don't get ahead of yourself, though, you've got a lot to learn.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I'll be able to do it.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57You're just as cocky as your dad was.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58I'm nothing like him.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01You'd better hope that's not true.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Why?- Because great Borrowers have an instinct.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09They know what's going to happen before it actually does, sense a bean before they're seen.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Do you have it?
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Yeah. I just like to let your dad take most of the glory.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You don't, do you?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20No, I don't have it. But your dad does.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22As did his father and his father before him.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26So I might have it?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I thought you didn't want to be like him.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I don't.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12CLOCK TICKS
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Hello.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49We haven't got much time.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Why, what's happening?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I've been seen. Get your things. Come on, come on!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Can you give me a hand?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10James? What are you doing with those?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13You're not to touch your mum's dolls' house! Ever!
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Sorry, I wasn't...
0:21:14 > 0:21:17What's the clock doing like that?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- Who did this?- Look, leave it, Gran, I'll get it out.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38What are you...? No, Gran, don't!
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Don't!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Gran!
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- Gran, would you please stop? - Not until I see what's down there.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00There isn't anything. Gran, please!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04You're tearing the house to pieces!
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Dad...?
0:22:07 > 0:22:08- The table, now!- Gran!
0:22:08 > 0:22:09No!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Please!
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Gran!
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Stop!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Gran!
0:22:22 > 0:22:23My things.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28My compact, my old wristwatch.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29I was just playing.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37That looks like your grandfather's gold sovereign.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Aaargh! Something just moved down there.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I didn't see anything.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45BORROWERS SCREAM
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Ugh! They're everywhere!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50They've got your grandfather's gold coin. Thieving little pickpockets!
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Run, Arrietty! Run!
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- Don't hurt them!- Vermin!- Gran, stop! Please don't hurt them!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Gran, stop, please!- Arrietty!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- Arrietty!- Come on! Go, go, go, go, go!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Gran, stop!- Vermin!- Leave them alone!
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Through there.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Please!- Ow, get off!
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- What's going on?- It was them!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Little thieves, with their little hands, little faces.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25He saw them, too. Tell him!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I didn't see anything.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Liar!- Carol.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I'm not crazy, Robert. I know what I saw, and so does he.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Go, go, go! Come on!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Go! Jump! Go!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54What was all that about?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I built a den under there for my toys.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59You OK?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I'm used to it by now.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Come here.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Try not to let it upset you, OK?
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Your gran's still getting used to having us here.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Leave this lot. I'll sort it out when I get back.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Where are you going?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I've taken a night job, just to tide us over.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28You look after your gran for me.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Want a house left to come home to.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45ARRIETTY SCREAMS
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Aaaargh!
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Aaargh!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Help! Help!
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Help!
0:24:56 > 0:24:57OK?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02He called you Arrietty.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- What?- The boy, he knew your name!
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Look, if you'd have let me go up with you...
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- How could you be so stupid? - I'm sorry!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15I made sure he didn't see... see where we lived.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18You should never have spoken to him in the first place.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20You should never have been upstairs.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- He could've killed you. - Pod, breathe!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24This isn't funny!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28I know it's not, but you're turning purple and you're scaring her.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Maybe if we wait a while, they'll, they'll forget. We could go back.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35No. Now that we've been seen, it's over.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37All that work and what I did on the house - gone!
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Yeah, but shouting at her isn't going to bring it back.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42We're alive, that's all that matters.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Where will we live?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Somewhere new.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I've looked outside. There's hundreds of houses, thousands.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You know, we might even find some other Borrowers.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Too many beans.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04We'll emigrate.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07We'll move somewhere far from here.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Somewhere safe.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Come on.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11OK.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Let's go.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Move, move, move!
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So, um, if I can ask,
0:26:35 > 0:26:40how exactly did you find out about my particular area of expertise?
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- On the internet. - Ah, a silver surfer, eh?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Well, platinum blonde, if you will.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Naturally.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Ahem.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Oh, I'm sorry, this is Jennifer, my international research student.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02She has a rare and inquisitive mind.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Rest assured, Carol, anything you wish to say to me,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07you can say in front of her.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09So, how can I help you?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14I've seen one of them.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17One of what, exactly?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20One of the little people.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26We should have been honest with her.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26You said that there weren't any others!
0:28:28 > 0:28:30You said we'd have to travel for months.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33You lied to me!
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Your dad had his reasons.- Homily. - She should know.- Know what?
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Stay with your mother.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Oh, where are you going?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42To find someone to get us out of here.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Pod?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's been a while.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46It certainly has.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48How do people know Dad?
0:28:50 > 0:28:54There's a nest of them under the floor. It makes my skin crawl thinking about it.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56You are certain it was here?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Where's it gone?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00It was there. My wristwatch was on the wall.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- They took my husband's half sovereign, the thieves. - No-one stole anything.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I was only borrowing it.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16This watch went missing long before you and your father moved here.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Tell me the truth now, and I won't be cross. Well, that's not true.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I will be cross, but not as much as if you lie.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24I took it.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Young man, have you any idea of the scientific value of these creatures?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33A species so similar to our own,
0:29:33 > 0:29:38we could learn so much from Homo sapiens redactus!
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Huh?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41From the little people.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45What little people? Are you for real?
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Oh, yes, I most assuredly am for real.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Professor? Check this.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Tweezers.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Well, now,
0:30:30 > 0:30:35if you were planning to set a trap for Homo sapiens redactus,
0:30:35 > 0:30:41what would be the most irresistible bait, do you think?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Liquorice shoelaces!
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Liquorice shoelaces!
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Mum, please don't embarrass me!
0:30:52 > 0:30:56What do you mean? What can be embarrassing about this? It's...
0:31:06 > 0:31:09No, Arrietty, you...no.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Watch out!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- Are you OK?- Yeah.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- All right, boys, I still got the top score, yeah? - Mum, where are you going?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46You with the hair! I'm talking to you!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Hi.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Hi? Don't "hi" me. Didn't you see my daughter there?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Mum, it's OK. I'm fine.- Hi.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Hi.- My name's Spiller.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59She doesn't care what your name is!
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Have you ever been on the back of a motorbike?
0:32:02 > 0:32:03No.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07No, and you won't either. Take it from me, they're not worth the risk.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09You've been on a motorbike?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- We're not talking about me! - Well, maybe we should be.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- Oh, you keep rubbing me up the wrong way, see what happens.- I won't rub you up any way.- Apologise!- Ow!
0:32:18 > 0:32:19- Apologise!- For what?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20For running her over.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22OK, OK! I'm sorry.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Were you hurt?
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- No, no... I just grazed my hand. - Oh, well, let me kiss it better.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- I don't think so.- Where else are you hurt? I've got plenty more kisses.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Right, right, let's just get out of here.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40You never told me your name.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46So close, so close.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49And you wonder why your father kept you under the floorboards.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58BEEPING
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It's really changed here.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10It's bigger.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Blimey, Pod, that's insightful.
0:33:14 > 0:33:15Well, it is.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19You've got a fight on your hands just walking down the street.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Yeah, but it's...it's fun to be at the heart of it all again.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28I found a guide. He's going to take us to a house far away from here.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Outside the city.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Only one bean.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Plenty of borrowings.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I was thinking maybe we could stay here?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44We leave tomorrow.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Yeah, but I think it might be better for Arrietty. I mean, down here,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51we are far from any beans.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I wouldn't be able to keep me eye on her.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Maybe that's a good thing.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00We leave tomorrow.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38# We are all made of air
0:34:38 > 0:34:43# There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair
0:34:43 > 0:34:48# And I'm running away It makes me feel better
0:34:52 > 0:34:57# It's just like you told me it'd be
0:34:57 > 0:35:03# It's nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin' at all
0:35:12 > 0:35:16# When it comes down to this
0:35:16 > 0:35:21# I'm neither sorry nor coarse nor unfit
0:35:21 > 0:35:26# And I'm running away There's smoke on my sweater
0:35:31 > 0:35:35# It's just like you told me it'd be
0:35:35 > 0:35:42# It's nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin' at all... #
0:35:46 > 0:35:49'I'm sorry! I had no idea you'd fly so well.'
0:35:49 > 0:35:52'Can we try it again?'
0:35:52 > 0:35:55# I had some brand new shoes
0:35:55 > 0:36:00# They were all red But they gave me the blues
0:36:00 > 0:36:05# And they're runnin' away They left me a letter
0:36:09 > 0:36:14# It's just like you told me it'd be
0:36:14 > 0:36:17# It's nothin', nothin', nothin' Nothin' at all. #
0:36:37 > 0:36:42Throw a handful. You might stand a chance of hitting something.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Let's see.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48No, wait, don't! You nearly had my eye out!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50It serves you right for nearly running me over.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Why are you staring at me like that?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Cos you never told me your name.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Arrietty.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Hey, I didn't know she was your daughter.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Not that I'd dream of doing anything.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14I see you've met our guide.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17We were only getting to know one another.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Not too well, I hope.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I know your reputation, but I have to ask.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Payment on arrival, as agreed. - Can I at least see it?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34How do you know my dad?
0:37:34 > 0:37:35He doesn't.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Do you want some rat? It's good.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I hope you've got something else for us to eat.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50- Got some hedgehog.- You're really quite grubby, aren't you?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Don't know how you mean.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Everything all right, Jennifer?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58Yes, Prof. Just, there's quite a funk down here.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Is there any sign of our quarry?
0:38:02 > 0:38:07I can't see any... Wait... I can see some footprints.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08Looks like two. Three, maybe.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13Set the trap. And make sure that the mechanism is well camouflaged.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14What are you doing with those?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Oh, hello, um...
0:38:17 > 0:38:23..boy. Er, well, we're trying to ensnare your unwanted guests.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Er, alive preferably, but if not,
0:38:25 > 0:38:27well, a dead specimen is as much a proof
0:38:27 > 0:38:30of the existence of the species as a live one, isn't it?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I'm going to lower down another trap now.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35You're wasting your time.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Oh, really?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39They don't exist.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43I think I'd rather believe your grandmother on that score, thank you.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48By the way, I was wondering, is there a Mr Driver?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51No, Grandad died years ago.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Excellent.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59I mean, isn't it...isn't it excellent how your grandmother copes?
0:38:59 > 0:39:04She's so alive, she's so, so vital.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- You won't find anything down there. - Ah, that's what you think.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Give my warmest regards to your grandmother.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Tell her we won't rest till we've captured all of these creatures.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Rob, it's really dark down here.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Oh, don't be such a cry-baby.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Arrietty!
0:39:48 > 0:39:52It runs all the way out of the city. Beans never come down here,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55so it's safe to travel, night and day.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56Well, how do we get down?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I'll show you.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Argh!
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Oh!
0:40:04 > 0:40:06You are such a pig!
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Now who's grubby, huh?
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Whoa!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- Come on, these are the only clothes I've got.- I'm not doing anything.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- You've got that look. - What look?- That look.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- What?- Oh, Homily...- God, you're such a grumpy old man these days.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Aaargh!
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- You are such an idiot!- You're the one who can't stand up straight.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- I really don't like you.- That's because you haven't got to know me.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Right. You're dead!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Hey, hey! Not the face!
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Come on, you know you love it, Dad!
0:40:56 > 0:40:58What's all this?
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Nothing, really. Clearing out some old junk.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03But this is your favourite game.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08No, it's Daniel Wickes' favourite game, only bid, £3.50.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10These are your toys, you can't!
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Well, I hardly play with them any more.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16James, you don't have to do this.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Garth Woods, £2.50.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Didn't your mum get you this?
0:41:29 > 0:41:32She'd understand.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Right, better get going.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43No, wait, Dad.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Your tie's wonky.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53So what does "shortlist" actually mean?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Two, maybe three other candidates. - So you've got a good chance, then?
0:41:57 > 0:42:02Oh, yeah. Don't suppose you've seen my keys anywhere, have you?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Where's my key-ring?
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Jeremy Harris, 70 pence.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Just...don't sell Gran, OK?
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I'll be cleaning myself for a week.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45God, you're such a princess.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52She made a mistake.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14It's called snow.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I know.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25You know, no matter how much you think you know about something,
0:43:25 > 0:43:31until you've actually experienced it, you've no idea.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33I was trying to do right by you.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37- By keeping me under the floorboards? - You're still young.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39I'm 16!
0:43:39 > 0:43:45If you'd shown me how to borrow, I'd have been more careful. I wouldn't have been seen.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48You went upstairs once, and look what happened.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51I didn't know what I was doing! If you'd've taught me...!
0:43:51 > 0:43:54- It was too dangerous! - You're as bad as each other!
0:43:54 > 0:43:56No, Mum! I'm sorry, but no.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Arrietty!
0:44:00 > 0:44:02What is it?
0:44:03 > 0:44:06Proper food.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08You be careful.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12- You're never happier than when you're telling me what to do. - Listen to him.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Arrietty!
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Mum?
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Dad?
0:44:26 > 0:44:30HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Yeah! I totally rock on! In your face, Axeman 95!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44APPLAUSE AND CHEERING FROM SCREEN
0:44:44 > 0:44:50Thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55COMPUTER BEEPS
0:44:59 > 0:45:03Prof. Trap 501 has been deployed.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10It's no use. It's too heavy.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14- The candle! Maybe we could melt the frame.- It's worth a try.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17NOISES IN DISTANCE
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- What is it?- Pod...- I know. Hurry!
0:45:35 > 0:45:38- Give them here.- I can do it!
0:45:38 > 0:45:41GROANING
0:45:42 > 0:45:45- You've got to keep her safe. The coin's still in my pack.- Dad?
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- You promise me you'll keep her safe. - I promise.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52I don't understand. The matches will dry, we'll get you out.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54- It's too late.- They're here. - Who are?
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Beans.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58Go with Spiller.
0:45:58 > 0:45:59No, I'm not leaving you.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02- You've got to.- I won't. - We'll find a way to escape.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Go with him to the Underground.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07- No! I won't leave you here. - You've got to listen to your father.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10- No!- Just listen to him. - I'm sorry.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Don't be. Take her, Spiller.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- Come on.- No! Get off me!
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- We've got to go. - I love you so much.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Mum! Dad!
0:46:18 > 0:46:20- We'll be fine.- Mum!
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Oh!
0:46:33 > 0:46:37Aren't you gorgeous?
0:46:43 > 0:46:44How did it go?
0:46:44 > 0:46:49Er, they said I had too much experience.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- Well, that's a good thing, isn't it? - It means he's too old.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58What're you doing with those?
0:46:58 > 0:47:02I thought we could put them up on the roof. Gran's got a ladder in the garden.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04I'm sorry.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08We'll do it another time, yeah? Come on.
0:47:15 > 0:47:16I made you a sandwich.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19I cut the crusts off so your hair won't go curly.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Let me. You're making a right mess.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Your dad doesn't want to be out all hours, you know.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Feels like he does.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53He's got job interviews, and the only reason he's working every night
0:47:53 > 0:47:58- humping meat around is so we can afford a nice Christmas. - I don't care about Christmas.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Thanks for giving back the watch and the mirror.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I thought they'd gone for ever.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09There's just one thing still missing.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15Your grandfather's gold sovereign.
0:48:15 > 0:48:16Is it worth a lot of money?
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Your grandfather always said so.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Still, it's gone...
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Isn't it?
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Why are you asking me?
0:48:28 > 0:48:32Because you took...sorry, "borrowed", the other things.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40Come on, James, you can talk to me. I'm your grandmother.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I haven't got your stupid coin!
0:48:43 > 0:48:44Hey!
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Where are you going? Huh?
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- Look, there's nothing we could've done.- We could've tried!
0:48:57 > 0:49:02And we'd have been taken too! Come back.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Get off of me! Get off!
0:49:05 > 0:49:08Look, you can't go after them. They're gone!
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Don't you say that!
0:49:10 > 0:49:12OK, OK, I'm sorry.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21Getting yourself killed isn't going to bring them back.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Go back to the Underground, Spiller!
0:49:59 > 0:50:01There's no way out.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03What are they going to do to us?
0:50:03 > 0:50:08I dread to think. I'm just glad Etty's safe.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10For now.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13What do you mean?
0:50:13 > 0:50:16There's no way she's going to let Spiller take her to the Underground.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- She's far too stubborn for that. - Oh, she gets that from you.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21From me?!
0:50:30 > 0:50:32She doesn't just get the bad bits from you,
0:50:32 > 0:50:35she gets the good stuff too.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Your cleverness, your courage, your warmth.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Rugged good looks?
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I wouldn't go that far.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48But you should be proud,
0:50:48 > 0:50:50you should be pleased she wants to travel the world,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- that she's got the same sense of adventure as you.- I am.
0:50:56 > 0:51:02- I've been an idiot, haven't I?- Yes, you have.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06But you're my idiot,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09so you're forgiven.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Hello?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Spiller, is that you?
0:51:52 > 0:51:58'Th... This is a message for Carol, my platinum blonde bombshell.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01'Anyway, I wanted you to be the first to hear the good news.
0:52:01 > 0:52:02'We have them -
0:52:02 > 0:52:06- 'the little thieves that have been terrorising you for so long.' - DOOR OPENS
0:52:06 > 0:52:09'Message deleted.'
0:52:09 > 0:52:11SHE COUGHS
0:52:32 > 0:52:33SHE STRAINS
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Jump! Come on, I got you!
0:52:49 > 0:52:50Phew!
0:52:50 > 0:52:54A woman's heart is a curious thing.
0:52:55 > 0:53:00An enigma wrapped in a quandary - a cryptic conundrum secretly scrawled
0:53:00 > 0:53:05on a scroll of finest woven papyrus and locked in a cyrus cylinder
0:53:05 > 0:53:09of the utmost complexity - it's unfathomable.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Utterly unfathomable.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17I suppose that's why we find it so alluring, isn't it, Clive?
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Oh, Clive.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23I understand the creatures of the world at a cellular level,
0:53:23 > 0:53:24molecular, even,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27yet the secrets of a woman's heart
0:53:27 > 0:53:30are a mystery that I've never been able to solve.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Until now! Ha!
0:53:34 > 0:53:39Now, now, I can play the part of the conquering hero,
0:53:39 > 0:53:44the triumphant warrior returning, having slain the beast...
0:53:45 > 0:53:48..and I can lay my heart open at the homestead of my love.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Professor?
0:53:51 > 0:53:55How long have you been standing there listening to me?
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Not long... Seconds.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Good. Very good.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Excellent, so, how can I help you?
0:54:01 > 0:54:05There's a problem with the specimens.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Sorry, I mean, "the beasts".
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Do we get to slay them now?
0:54:10 > 0:54:11Be quiet, Jennifer!
0:54:13 > 0:54:15We should be safe here.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18What is this place?
0:54:18 > 0:54:19Hey, you're shivering.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21We need to get you dry.
0:54:21 > 0:54:22How?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Come on.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39Hmm, I think I'll use ultrasound...
0:54:39 > 0:54:41see if I can detect a heartbeat.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43What happened?
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Well, it could be any number of causes, really.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50Proximal factors, close human contact, airborne diseases, shock.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Does this mean I get to dissect the little skebangas?
0:54:53 > 0:54:57I have to say, I find it a little disconcerting that you had that
0:54:57 > 0:54:59quite so readily to hand.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00Jenny?
0:55:00 > 0:55:01Yes, Prof?
0:55:01 > 0:55:02Where have they gone?
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Seriously, where are they?
0:55:07 > 0:55:09What? That's impossible.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13And do I get a thank you?
0:55:13 > 0:55:14What for?
0:55:14 > 0:55:15For saving your life!
0:55:15 > 0:55:17I'd have thought of something.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I should've let you get sucked up by that machine.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21So why didn't you?
0:55:21 > 0:55:25- Don't think it's because I like you. I don't. - So why did you come back, then?
0:55:25 > 0:55:29Because I want that coin. And I need to keep you safe to get it.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31So you're going to help me?
0:55:31 > 0:55:34Don't look at me like that. I meant what I said. I still don't like you.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36That's because you haven't got to know me yet.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Is that an offer?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Oh!
0:55:41 > 0:55:43You move fast! Not that I'm complaining.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45- Beans are coming! - What? No, they're not.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47DOOR OPENS
0:55:53 > 0:55:54Beginner's luck.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02(Which way?)
0:56:04 > 0:56:06- Pod?- I'm thinking.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10Ah, how wonderful! You can talk!
0:56:10 > 0:56:11Run!
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Got you!
0:56:13 > 0:56:17# With the angelic host proclaim
0:56:17 > 0:56:22# Christ is born in Bethlehem
0:56:22 > 0:56:26# Hark, the herald angels sing
0:56:26 > 0:56:32# Glory to the newborn king! #
0:56:32 > 0:56:35How do you know the words to this?
0:56:35 > 0:56:39I picked it up. They sing it every borrowing season.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42You know the beans don't call it that. They call it Christmas.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43Who cares?
0:56:43 > 0:56:45All I know is that for three weeks every year,
0:56:45 > 0:56:48the beans leave rich pickings for us Borrowers.
0:56:48 > 0:56:54Hmm. Strawberry cream for dessert every night. Nuts. Chocolate...
0:56:54 > 0:56:56I could tell you were spoilt.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57I lived in a hole.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Yeah, your dad's a bit of a nutter, isn't he?
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Don't call him that.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03You've changed your tune.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09How do you know my dad?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12You may not think to look at him now, but your old man's a hero.
0:57:12 > 0:57:13What?!
0:57:13 > 0:57:16He stopped the beans from finding the Underground,
0:57:16 > 0:57:18and risked his life to do it too.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21I don't believe you.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22Fair enough.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Spiller, what happened?
0:57:26 > 0:57:29Your dad wasn't able to save everyone. There was a girl -
0:57:29 > 0:57:31she didn't make it.
0:57:31 > 0:57:32Why?
0:57:32 > 0:57:34He had to make a choice.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40What was she called?
0:57:40 > 0:57:41Eggletina.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43My cousin!
0:57:43 > 0:57:48Yeah, well, after that he wasn't seen around the Underground again.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52Even though he saved the town, everyone blamed him for her death?
0:57:52 > 0:57:55No, no, but he did.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59That probably explains why you had it so good -
0:57:59 > 0:58:01if you didn't want for nothing,
0:58:01 > 0:58:04there'd be no reason for you to go getting into trouble, would there?
0:58:04 > 0:58:08Nuts, chocolate, strawberry cream!
0:58:08 > 0:58:10I haven't got close to strawberry cream in years,
0:58:10 > 0:58:13and you've been getting them every night!
0:58:16 > 0:58:19Do you really think we'll be able to find them?
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Yeah.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Of course we will.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28No idea how yet, but...
0:58:32 > 0:58:35REVEREND: ..whom in the Lord Jesus...
0:58:36 > 0:58:41Can you get us back home - to my old home, I mean?
0:58:41 > 0:58:44- There's someone there who I think can help.- Who?
0:58:46 > 0:58:48No, you can't be serious. Not one of them.
0:58:48 > 0:58:49They can't be trusted!
0:58:49 > 0:58:50This one can be.
0:59:00 > 0:59:02Well, I'm very sorry to hear about your grandmother -
0:59:02 > 0:59:04I hope it's nothing too serious.
0:59:04 > 0:59:06No. Just a cold.
0:59:06 > 0:59:09Rhinitis acuta catarrhalis.
0:59:09 > 0:59:11Well, make sure you give her my very best wishes.
0:59:11 > 0:59:12Yeah.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14Now then, young man,
0:59:14 > 0:59:18do you remember telling me that this was from one of your dolls?
0:59:18 > 0:59:20I suppose I must've been wrong.
0:59:20 > 0:59:23Indeed. Behold.
0:59:27 > 0:59:28Can I have a closer look?
0:59:28 > 0:59:31Don't touch. They're wily little weasels.
0:59:31 > 0:59:33Who are you calling a weasel?
0:59:33 > 0:59:35I thought we agreed not to speak to them!
0:59:35 > 0:59:37I'm not putting up with her insults -
0:59:37 > 0:59:38calling us names like that!
0:59:38 > 0:59:40It's fascinating, isn't it?
0:59:40 > 0:59:43Their domestic constructs are not so different from our own.
0:59:43 > 0:59:46We demand food and water and to be released immediately!
0:59:46 > 0:59:49Sustenance will naturally be provided.
0:59:49 > 0:59:53We want you in the rudest possible health before you're presented to the world.
0:59:53 > 0:59:55You'll be the scientific discovery of the age.
0:59:55 > 0:59:59You know what you can do with your scientific discovery,
0:59:59 > 1:00:01you can stick that right up your...
1:00:01 > 1:00:04MUFFLED SPEECH
1:00:04 > 1:00:06You're going to put them on display?
1:00:06 > 1:00:07Only for a very short period
1:00:07 > 1:00:12before we get down to the serious business of anatomical analysis - physical tests, blood work.
1:00:12 > 1:00:15- Dissection.- Obviously dissection.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17- You're going to cut them up?! - It's not as bad as it sounds.
1:00:17 > 1:00:21We'll gas them first. We're not monsters, you know.
1:00:21 > 1:00:23Were there any others?
1:00:23 > 1:00:26- These were the only two we captured. Why? Have you see any more?- No.
1:00:26 > 1:00:29- I just saw those two.- Oh.
1:00:29 > 1:00:32Now, this exquisite grandmother of yours,
1:00:32 > 1:00:38do you think she's a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates sort of person, hm?
1:01:05 > 1:01:07(Is James in?)
1:01:13 > 1:01:15Do you think he'll like it?
1:01:16 > 1:01:19I think he'd rather his dad was around than some swish toy.
1:01:21 > 1:01:23I wanted it to be special.
1:01:23 > 1:01:25Well, what a stupid waste of money!
1:01:25 > 1:01:29- I thought I'd done something right for a change!- That would've been a change!- He's my boy.
1:01:29 > 1:01:33Yeah, I know, and how many more times are you going to let him down?
1:01:41 > 1:01:43I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
1:01:44 > 1:01:46- It's all right.- It's not.
1:01:51 > 1:01:53You distract yourself with the little things,
1:01:53 > 1:01:58and you end up forgetting about what's really important.
1:01:58 > 1:01:59I'm sorry.
1:02:08 > 1:02:09What's this?
1:02:13 > 1:02:17We didn't have enough to get by. I thought you would get a job soon
1:02:17 > 1:02:20and I thought I could keep up the repayments.
1:02:20 > 1:02:22They're taking the house.
1:02:28 > 1:02:32Keep out of sight and let me do the talking.
1:02:32 > 1:02:34"Thanks for getting me back, Spiller(!)
1:02:34 > 1:02:38"Without you, I wouldn't have had a clue where I was going, Spiller"(!)
1:02:38 > 1:02:40The attention of the scientific community will tomorrow
1:02:40 > 1:02:43be focused on the zoological department of a London University.
1:02:43 > 1:02:45Professor Jonathan Mildeye...
1:02:45 > 1:02:50- That's him!- You're alive! - That's the bean who took my parents!
1:02:51 > 1:02:53- Argh!- Arrietty, run!
1:02:53 > 1:02:56- Argh! You're pulling my face off! - Let him go!
1:02:56 > 1:02:58JAMES GROANS
1:02:58 > 1:03:00- He was going to squash you. - No, he wasn't!
1:03:00 > 1:03:03Are you all right?
1:03:03 > 1:03:05This is Spiller.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07He's an idiot.
1:03:07 > 1:03:09- Hey!- That... Who is he?
1:03:09 > 1:03:13His name's Professor Mildeye. He has them in his laboratory.
1:03:14 > 1:03:18- So they're still alive, then? - For now.
1:03:18 > 1:03:20..and if it's true, it will be one of
1:03:20 > 1:03:24if not THE greatest discovery in natural history we've ever known.
1:03:56 > 1:03:59Here, I got you this.
1:03:59 > 1:04:01It should be comfortable.
1:04:01 > 1:04:04The mattress has real springs and everything.
1:04:04 > 1:04:05Wow, it's beautiful.
1:04:05 > 1:04:07SPILLER SIGHS
1:04:11 > 1:04:16I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but is this the only one you have?
1:04:16 > 1:04:19- What's up with it? - Oh, nothing! It's perfect,
1:04:19 > 1:04:21it's just that there's only one of it.
1:04:21 > 1:04:24What's the problem? There's plenty of room for both of us.
1:04:24 > 1:04:28Well, Gran's upstairs now and I can't risk taking another.
1:04:28 > 1:04:32Do you really think we're going to be able to pull it off?
1:04:32 > 1:04:34I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
1:04:34 > 1:04:35DOOR OPENS
1:04:35 > 1:04:37I'd better get to bed.
1:04:37 > 1:04:40- Night, James. - Night. Hold on tight.
1:04:47 > 1:04:50Come on. Saved you a spot.
1:05:03 > 1:05:06I knew I'd win you round in the end.
1:05:07 > 1:05:08WOAH!
1:05:09 > 1:05:12HE GROANS
1:05:12 > 1:05:14HE SIGHS
1:05:27 > 1:05:29All these years, I've wanted to get away.
1:05:32 > 1:05:34I miss them.
1:06:03 > 1:06:07REPORTER: '..where the lecture is due to begin.
1:06:07 > 1:06:11'We're hearing from a reliable source that Professor Mildeye has in fact
1:06:11 > 1:06:15'managed to capture one of the creatures, and there's speculation he'll reveal it to us.
1:06:15 > 1:06:19'The interest is huge and scientists from all over the country
1:06:19 > 1:06:21'have descended upon the university
1:06:21 > 1:06:23'eagerly awaiting this morning's presentation.'
1:06:23 > 1:06:27HE LAUGHS AND HUMS TO HIMSELF
1:06:32 > 1:06:34Ah, are we primed?
1:06:34 > 1:06:37The camera's set up, ready to broadcast across the net.
1:06:37 > 1:06:40We've already had over a million hits on the site.
1:06:40 > 1:06:44I've been waiting for this moment all my life.
1:06:44 > 1:06:45Years of ridicule,
1:06:45 > 1:06:51ostracised for expounding a theory that has turned out to be correct.
1:06:51 > 1:06:53I've always been solid behind you.
1:06:53 > 1:06:55And soon they all will be.
1:06:55 > 1:07:00I shall join the pantheon of scientific greats - Darwin, Mendel,
1:07:00 > 1:07:02Crick, Watson.
1:07:02 > 1:07:04Mildeye.
1:07:19 > 1:07:20Are you OK?
1:07:21 > 1:07:23Hold on tight.
1:07:27 > 1:07:29If you want to get out, this is your last chance.
1:07:29 > 1:07:31Nah, you'd miss me too much.
1:07:31 > 1:07:35ENGINE STARTS
1:07:41 > 1:07:42Oh, no!
1:07:43 > 1:07:45This doesn't feel good!
1:07:45 > 1:07:47Come on, climb!
1:07:52 > 1:07:53We're not going to make it!
1:07:55 > 1:07:57Climb!
1:07:57 > 1:07:59THEY SCREAM
1:08:03 > 1:08:05THEY BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF
1:08:23 > 1:08:25You nervous?
1:08:25 > 1:08:28It's OK to admit it. Even I am a little bit.
1:08:30 > 1:08:32You can do this.
1:08:32 > 1:08:35You know, Spiller, you're a complete idiot!
1:08:35 > 1:08:37So you've said.
1:08:37 > 1:08:41And...and quite annoying. Actually, very. And arrogant!
1:08:41 > 1:08:43Completely and utterly.
1:08:43 > 1:08:45But I'm glad you're here.
1:08:47 > 1:08:50You know, despite, you being you.
1:08:52 > 1:08:54If I wasn't, you wouldn't like me.
1:08:54 > 1:08:56Probably not.
1:08:56 > 1:08:58So you DO like me?
1:09:03 > 1:09:06THEY SCREAM
1:09:09 > 1:09:11Pull the cord! Pull it!
1:09:24 > 1:09:26There's the air vent.
1:09:27 > 1:09:30- Wait! Arrietty!- What?!
1:09:30 > 1:09:34So? Do you?
1:09:34 > 1:09:35Do I what?
1:09:35 > 1:09:37You know.
1:09:37 > 1:09:40Spiller, we haven't got time for any of your stupid games!
1:09:41 > 1:09:45- HE SCOFFS - Unbelievable!
1:09:46 > 1:09:49CHATTER
1:10:06 > 1:10:11- HE LAUGHS - The penmanship and enthusiasm.
1:10:11 > 1:10:13They're almost childlike.
1:10:13 > 1:10:16Well, she's getting on now. Her hands are a bit shaky.
1:10:16 > 1:10:20So what would you suggest I give her next?
1:10:20 > 1:10:22Erm, silk stockings, perhaps?
1:10:24 > 1:10:28But there is something else you could do to get my gran's attention.
1:10:28 > 1:10:31- Go on? - Those creatures of yours.
1:10:31 > 1:10:33Homo sapiens redactus?
1:10:33 > 1:10:36Yeah. She hates them, wants them all wiped out
1:10:36 > 1:10:39and I know where you can find a whole load more of them.
1:10:43 > 1:10:48- Keep back! That's my husband you're molesting.- Homily, don't start!
1:10:48 > 1:10:52- The Professor wants them to get a good look at your anatomy. - I don't care what you call it,
1:10:52 > 1:10:54- you're not getting your hands on my husband's!- Come here.
1:10:54 > 1:10:58Dad's in his underpants and Mum's shouting. So I guess they're OK.
1:10:59 > 1:11:01PHONE RINGS
1:11:01 > 1:11:02Prof...
1:11:04 > 1:11:06I'm on my way now.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10I want those clothes off by the time I get back.
1:11:14 > 1:11:18Oh, Pod, I don't know how much more I can take of this.
1:11:18 > 1:11:20It's going to be all right.
1:11:20 > 1:11:24How? How is it going to be all right?! How can you say that?!
1:11:24 > 1:11:28- Because Arrietty's just about to save us.- What?!
1:11:28 > 1:11:31- Arrietty.- Yes!- Is that you?! - It is!
1:11:31 > 1:11:33Now grab the thread! We haven't much time!
1:11:34 > 1:11:35- OK, grab it.- OK.
1:11:40 > 1:11:42- You first.- But I... - Don't start!
1:11:46 > 1:11:50..get inside and see whether the organs are...
1:11:53 > 1:11:56Pull! That's it, that's it!
1:11:58 > 1:12:00THEY GASP AND GROAN
1:12:07 > 1:12:11The boy made the most extraordinary suggestion.
1:12:11 > 1:12:15He claims that there are whole communities of these Borrowers living underground.
1:12:20 > 1:12:24Hey, I've got the car. I'll be waiting for you.
1:12:24 > 1:12:26Thanks! You're amazing!
1:12:28 > 1:12:30"Thanks, you're amazing!"
1:12:30 > 1:12:32- Are you jealous?! - Hey, I don't do jealous.
1:12:32 > 1:12:36Right, if anything, he's probably jealous of me...if anything.
1:12:51 > 1:12:53Come on!
1:12:59 > 1:13:02I thought I'd never see you again!
1:13:12 > 1:13:14Pull!
1:13:17 > 1:13:20..great warrens of them beneath our very feet as we speak.
1:13:20 > 1:13:23The implications of them are extreme...
1:13:24 > 1:13:25Thank you.
1:13:27 > 1:13:30Where are you going, boy?
1:13:35 > 1:13:39Pull!
1:13:39 > 1:13:41- You gotta keep going! - I'm trying!
1:13:51 > 1:13:55You have secured the specimens?
1:13:59 > 1:14:02- What is it? Why've you stopped pulling?- He's about to be seen!
1:14:02 > 1:14:05- The beans are coming! - Are you sure?
1:14:05 > 1:14:07- If she says so, I believe her. - Hurry!
1:14:10 > 1:14:12Pull!
1:14:12 > 1:14:14Oh! Where's my card?!
1:14:14 > 1:14:17- Come on!- Oh, come on!
1:14:17 > 1:14:20Ah, it's no use! Hold him steady!
1:14:20 > 1:14:22THEY GROAN
1:14:22 > 1:14:25What are you doing?! We can't give up now!
1:14:25 > 1:14:28- We haven't got a choice! - Spiller!
1:14:31 > 1:14:35- Hold him! Hold him!- Pull!
1:14:42 > 1:14:43HE SNIGGERS
1:14:44 > 1:14:46So you thought you'd get away, did you?
1:14:46 > 1:14:50- See you around some time. - No, wait! Spiller!
1:14:56 > 1:14:58Get him, get him!
1:14:58 > 1:15:01- Spiller!- Go! I'll be fine! Run!
1:15:01 > 1:15:03We'll be caught if we go back for him now. Run.
1:15:03 > 1:15:06- We've got to go! Run! - No. This way, this way!
1:15:07 > 1:15:11Ha! Have you found him?! He's got to be there somewhere!
1:15:11 > 1:15:14Are you sure you know what you're doing?
1:15:14 > 1:15:16Homily, just let her get on with it.
1:15:16 > 1:15:17TYRES SCREECH
1:15:18 > 1:15:21- Relax, stay calm. - Get us out of here now!
1:15:25 > 1:15:27Come on, you little beggars!
1:15:27 > 1:15:29Etty?
1:15:29 > 1:15:31No, I...I can't... I can't just leave him.
1:15:31 > 1:15:34- He risked his life to save you. - We'll go back for him.
1:15:34 > 1:15:36But now, we really need to get out of here.
1:15:36 > 1:15:37The little swine.
1:15:37 > 1:15:39I suggest we get moving now!
1:15:39 > 1:15:41Etty, trust me, please.
1:15:41 > 1:15:42Right!
1:15:43 > 1:15:45TYRES SCREECH
1:15:45 > 1:15:48What? It's... They're getting away!
1:15:49 > 1:15:51Get that specimen!
1:15:52 > 1:15:55THE CAR BANGS ALONG THE VENT
1:15:56 > 1:15:58Oh, no!
1:15:58 > 1:16:00HE FOLLOWS THE SOUND OF THE CAR
1:16:03 > 1:16:04Disperse! Disperse!
1:16:11 > 1:16:15Get out of the way! Get out of the way. Come on, get out of the way!
1:16:18 > 1:16:19Oh, no!
1:16:20 > 1:16:22THEY SCREAM
1:16:26 > 1:16:28Watch out!
1:16:35 > 1:16:36Get out the way!
1:16:38 > 1:16:39Ah!
1:16:40 > 1:16:43Stop that infernal contraption!
1:16:47 > 1:16:49No!
1:16:49 > 1:16:52MUZAK PLAYS
1:17:14 > 1:17:16What?!
1:17:16 > 1:17:19Arrietty, I think you've done really well,
1:17:19 > 1:17:23but I think your mother's right, and I think I should drive now.
1:17:23 > 1:17:26You two worry too much. LIFT DINGS
1:17:26 > 1:17:28THEY SCREAM
1:17:28 > 1:17:30Someone stamp on it! Stop it!
1:17:32 > 1:17:37Somebody stop that! Somebody stop those wretched little creatures!
1:17:40 > 1:17:44Please! Stop, they're getting away! Oh!
1:17:46 > 1:17:47Somebody, please!
1:17:49 > 1:17:51Don't let them escape!
1:17:58 > 1:17:59No! No!
1:17:59 > 1:18:03Don't just jump out of the way!
1:18:06 > 1:18:09Stop that car!
1:18:09 > 1:18:12- Etty!- It's all right, we'll fit underneath them.
1:18:12 > 1:18:15I don't think that's what your father's worried about!
1:18:15 > 1:18:17THEY SCREAM
1:18:21 > 1:18:26No, no! Boy, stop! Stop, stop that boy!
1:18:26 > 1:18:28He's got...
1:18:29 > 1:18:32Come...come... Oh, God!
1:18:32 > 1:18:34HE SIGHS
1:18:42 > 1:18:46- If anything's happened to Spiller... - He'll be fine.
1:18:46 > 1:18:48If Mildeye's got him, we're going back.
1:18:48 > 1:18:50Wait, something's happening.
1:19:00 > 1:19:03Thank you... Thank you all for your patience.
1:19:03 > 1:19:06Today, ladies and gentlemen,
1:19:06 > 1:19:11you're going to witness something truly remarkable.
1:19:11 > 1:19:18In years to come, this will be regarded as one of the greatest discoveries in scientific history.
1:19:20 > 1:19:22Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
1:19:22 > 1:19:26Homo sapiens redactus...
1:19:30 > 1:19:31- ..Jacket. - CAMERAS CLICK
1:19:31 > 1:19:34LAUGHTER
1:19:35 > 1:19:41Yes, yes, I know, I know it looks like a doll's jacket. Well, that's because it is a doll's jacket...
1:19:41 > 1:19:42Erm, I, I, I...
1:19:42 > 1:19:45I believe these creatures to be scavengers.
1:19:45 > 1:19:48Where... Where are you going?!
1:19:48 > 1:19:50Wait! The truth frightens you, does it!?
1:19:50 > 1:19:53You're scared of the truth! Well, I'm not surprised,
1:19:53 > 1:19:57because Homo sapiens redactus lives amongst us! You Philistines!
1:19:57 > 1:19:58Well, don't blame me,
1:19:58 > 1:20:01you go home and check your crawl spaces and skirting boards
1:20:01 > 1:20:05and your...and your attics, and when things go missing,
1:20:05 > 1:20:07don't come running to me because these people are watching us.
1:20:07 > 1:20:10And they're laughing at us. But I'll have the last laugh.
1:20:10 > 1:20:15I'll be vindicated! I WILL be vindicated! I will!
1:20:15 > 1:20:17These creatures do...ex...
1:20:17 > 1:20:22You really thought those clumsy beans had any chance of catching me?
1:20:22 > 1:20:23Spiller!
1:20:28 > 1:20:32- I really thought you were dead. - No, not even close.
1:20:38 > 1:20:39HOMILY: AHEM!
1:20:39 > 1:20:43Sorry, I, um, just obviously, I'm glad you're safe.
1:20:43 > 1:20:46- So you DO like me. - Thanks, Spiller.
1:20:46 > 1:20:49- Just returning the favour. - If you hadn't done what you did...
1:20:49 > 1:20:52Maybe I had another reason.
1:20:52 > 1:20:58- If I didn't do it, I wasn't going to get my reward, was I?- What?
1:20:58 > 1:21:02Well, that was the deal, right? I get the coin.
1:21:02 > 1:21:05What, so that's the only reason that you did what you did?
1:21:05 > 1:21:07Well, no, but...
1:21:07 > 1:21:10I thought you were doing something noble, something brave.
1:21:10 > 1:21:13Hang on a minute, it was brave! Wait...
1:21:14 > 1:21:16Here, take your stupid coin.
1:21:20 > 1:21:23Excuse me, would you mind if I have a look at that?
1:21:48 > 1:21:50You know that was your mother's favourite toy?
1:21:50 > 1:21:52She used to play with it for hours.
1:21:58 > 1:22:02She used to talk to her dolls as if they were real people.
1:22:18 > 1:22:20I miss her.
1:22:24 > 1:22:27Yeah. So do I.
1:22:30 > 1:22:32Come here.
1:22:36 > 1:22:40- It'll get easier. - Yeah, I know.
1:22:40 > 1:22:43Now all we need is somewhere to live.
1:22:43 > 1:22:45Yeah, I found the letter.
1:22:45 > 1:22:47You sneaky child!
1:22:47 > 1:22:50Sorry, we should've told you.
1:22:50 > 1:22:53Try not to worry, we'll sort something out.
1:22:53 > 1:22:57Not sure what yet. Might end up sleeping in a tent.
1:22:57 > 1:23:01Still, it'll be an adventure, won't it?
1:23:01 > 1:23:02What's that?
1:23:06 > 1:23:07How did this get here?
1:23:20 > 1:23:24A tie with an electric guitar on it! Just what I've always wanted!
1:23:24 > 1:23:26You're lucky I didn't knit you a sweater!
1:23:26 > 1:23:29- Socks!- You haven't even opened it yet. How do you know?
1:23:29 > 1:23:32I don't need to. Aunty Julie always gets me socks.
1:23:32 > 1:23:34Maybe this year it'll be something different.
1:23:35 > 1:23:39- Pants! She bought me a pair of pants!- Ooh. Lucky old you.
1:23:39 > 1:23:41Ooh, choco-lattes.
1:23:41 > 1:23:43SHE LAUGHS More chocolate.
1:23:47 > 1:23:49I just don't understand... How is it possible?
1:23:49 > 1:23:52I wonder where they've gone.
1:23:52 > 1:23:54There's no wrappers. It's like they've disappeared.
1:23:54 > 1:23:58- What have?- The strawberry creams. Every one of them's been eaten.
1:23:58 > 1:24:02Well, don't look at me. I like the purple ones.
1:24:02 > 1:24:03Penny toffee.
1:24:03 > 1:24:08Right, so if it wasn't either of you two and it wasn't me, who else could it be?
1:24:12 > 1:24:15You said I could have that coin.
1:24:15 > 1:24:18- It wasn't ours to give... Remember, we don't take things.- We borrow.
1:24:18 > 1:24:21Which means sometimes you have to give them back.
1:24:21 > 1:24:23No, it doesn't. That's a stupid idea.
1:24:23 > 1:24:27And keep her safe, I was told, and I get the coin! I kept her safe!
1:24:27 > 1:24:30- Rubbish! I was the one looking after you!- What?!
1:24:30 > 1:24:33If it wasn't for me you'd have been sucked up into that machine.
1:24:33 > 1:24:36- I'd have thought of something.- Yeah, you'd have been shredded to pieces.
1:24:37 > 1:24:41- It really wasn't as bad as it sounds. - Arrietty...
1:24:41 > 1:24:44- Please, don't say I'm can't go out again.- I'm not going to.
1:24:44 > 1:24:45What?
1:24:45 > 1:24:47I was wrong.
1:24:51 > 1:24:53You've got a gift.
1:24:54 > 1:24:58We think you should be allowed to go out and use it.
1:24:58 > 1:25:00What?
1:25:00 > 1:25:02Go, go where?
1:25:03 > 1:25:09Anywhere you want. Back to the Underground, wherever you choose.
1:25:12 > 1:25:14But I've only just found you.
1:25:14 > 1:25:16We'll always be here.
1:25:40 > 1:25:44- See you, squirt. - Thanks for everything, James!
1:25:49 > 1:25:52Take care.
1:25:52 > 1:25:55- I'll see you soon. - Make sure you look after Spiller.
1:25:55 > 1:25:57Laters.
1:26:05 > 1:26:07I love you, Dad.
1:26:10 > 1:26:11Wooh!
1:26:14 > 1:26:17- Try and be careful. - You know me.
1:26:25 > 1:26:29Woo-hoooo!
1:26:42 > 1:26:46# It's like easy come, easy go
1:26:46 > 1:26:50# Sometimes without goodbye Sometimes without hello
1:26:50 > 1:26:53# She's got one magic trick
1:26:53 > 1:26:54# Just one... #
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