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The Edison Twins
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Starring Andrew Sabiston
Marnie McPhail
Sunny Besen Thrasher
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 78
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release January 3, 1984 (1984-01-03) – 1986 (1986)

The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which ran for six seasons on CBC Television from January 3, 1984 to 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. Six seasons were produced by Nelvana.

Synopsis

The series stars Andrew Sabiston and Marnie McPhail as fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison, Sunny Besen Thrasher as their mischievous little brother Paul, and Milan Cheylov as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. Brian George stars as their police officer friend Sgt. Paganee. The show focused on the adventures of the main cast as they stumbled onto one problem after another, using Tom and Annie's scientific wit to solve the situation.

Many episodes end with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.

The last name of "Edison" is a homage to the inventor Thomas Edison.

All six seasons are available via streaming through Amazon Video. In Canada, all seasons were available on shomi. The show has not been released on DVD, however.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Los gemelos Edison para niños

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