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The Edison Twins
The Edison Twins The Edison Twins is a Canadian children’s television pro-
gram which aired on CBC Television from 1983 to 1986.
The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the
mid-1980s.[1] 6 seasons were produced by Nelvana.
It starred Andrew Sabiston and Marnie McPhail as
Edison,
fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison Sunny Besen
Paul,
Thrasher as their mischievous little brother Paul and Mi-
lan Cheylov as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. 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.
The Edison Twins opening
Each episode ends with a short animated sequence il-
Format Comedy-drama lustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the
preceding live action story.
Starring Andrew Sabiston
Marnie McPhail The last name of ’Edison’ is an homage to the inven-
Sunny Besen Thrasher tor Thomas Edison.
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 6
External links
• IMDB page for The Edison Twins
No. of episodes 78
• Episode titles and air dates
Production
Running time 30 minutes References
Broadcast [1] Disney Channel Magazine (various months from
Original channel CBC Television
1980’s)
Original run 1983 (1983) – 1986 (1986)
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Categories:
• 1983 Canadian television series debuts
• 1986 Canadian television series endings
• Canadian children's television series
• CBC network shows
• Disney Channel shows
• Television series produced in Toronto
• TVOntario shows
• Canadian television program stubs
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