Orson and Olivia

Orson and Olivia
GenreComedy-drama
Written by
  • Jean-Louis Bachellier
  • Yann le Pennetier
  • Véronique Herbaut
Directed byArthur Qwak
Starring
  • Bruno Raina
  • Aurélia Bruno
  • Marine Boiron
  • Patricia Legrand
  • Thierry Ragueneau
  • Gérard Loussine
  • Michel Papineschi
  • Monique Thierry
  • Gérard Rinaldi
ComposerYves de Bujadoux
Country of origin
  • Italy
  • France
Original languages
  • Italian
  • French
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerPhilippe Grimond
Running time24 minutes
Production companyEllipsanime
Original release
NetworkTF1
ReleaseMarch 8, 1993 (1993-03-08) –
1993 (1993)
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Orson and Olivia is an animated comedy-drama television series produced by Ellipse Entertainment and aired on TF1.[1] 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".[2]

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 and Minimax in Hungary.

  1. ^ SensCritique. "Orson & Olivia - Série (1995)". SensCritique (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ^ "Basil & Victoria". www.humanoids.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.