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LITTLE AND LARGER.(Features)

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From: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date: 19960407
Author:Robinson, Scott

When Jonathan Swift wrote the classic adventure Gulliver's Travels, his very first fans were obviously Scots.

For as soon as they'd read the yarn, way back in 1726, they were inspired to coin the immortal phrase...

WEE ARE THE PEOPLE!

But there is nothing wee about tonight's TV version of the masterpiece.

Directed by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited), produced by Duncan Kenworthy (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and written by Simon Moore (Traffik), it cost pounds 13 million to make. Heading the show are former Cheers star Ted Danson and his real-life wife ...

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