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Orson and Olivia (1993)

Orson and Olivia poster
Original title
Orson & Olivia
Directed by
Arthur Qwak
Genre
comedy television series
Country
France
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two orphan children get into scrapes and face challenges while surviving on the streets of Victorian London.

lightheartedwhimsicaladventurousperiod-flavoredmildly dramaticfamily-oriented

What happens

Orson and Olivia is an animated comedy-drama television series produced by Ellipse Entertainment and aired on TF1. It features the trials of two orphans living in London under Queen Victoria's reign. It is based on the French comics series Basil et Victoria by Edith and Yann, which got a complete English-language book edition in 2014 under the title "Basil & Victoria: London Guttersnipes". The series also aired in several countries around the world such as Rai Uno in Italy, TVP3 in Poland, Sky One in the UK, ABC in Australia, MetroVision and TV3 in Malaysia, Channel 5 in Singapore, KiKa in Germany, TVI in Portugal, SABC2 in South Africa, Showcase and Canal Famille in Canada, RTÉ Two in Ireland, HBO in New Zealand, Minimax in Hungary and ERT and K-T.V. in Greece. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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