Orson and Olivia


Orson and Olivia is an Italian-French animated comedy-drama television series produced by Ellipse Entertainment and Collingwood O'Hare 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 TVP3 in Poland, Sky One in the UK, ABC in Australia, MetroVision and TV3 in Malaysia, Channel 5 in Singapore, TVI in Portugal, SABC2 in South Africa, Showcase in Canada, RTÉ Two in Ireland, and Minimax in Hungary.

Summary

Orson and Olivia are two eleven-year-old orphans who live on a boat in the St Katharine Docks. They have to find food in order to survive and catch rats to make money. They also get into various situations with their friends. These include brushes with the law, encountering people from foreign countries and meeting Queen Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, Lewis Carroll and Charles Dickens.

Characters

Main

EpisodeTitle
1Henrietta
2The Music Hall
3The Crown Jewels
4The Conquerors of the North Pole
5Black Hoof
6The 37th Duke of Sutherland
7Heart of Stone
8Dancing Eyes
9The Marahjah's Children
10The Bomb
11A Shameful Wager
12Baobab
13Mister William
14Jim the Docker
15The Squatting Scribe
1620th Century Woman
17The Revenge of Robbex
18Exit Please
19April Fools
20Faltstaff's Bird
21The Swans from the Thames
22Oochy-Coochy
23The Other Side of the Fog
24The Pink Ribbon
25Romeo and Olivia
26The Christmas Pudding