Orson & Olivia

The above review contained some incorrect information about the 1990s children's cartoon Orson and Olivia. It was set not in the 1950s, but at the turn of the 20th century (1890s-1900s). Orson and Olivia are two orphaned street kids who live on a small boat in the river Thames. The show follows a series of dramatic adventures of Orsen and Olivia and their other street kid chums on the streets of London. From my memory of the show, they had a pet dog whom they used to help them catch rats for money. They cooked pancakes slept on makeshift beds on their boat. In their adventures they came across famed turn of the century characters (real and fictional) Sherlock Holmes and an elderly Queen Victoria. Of the former, I recall O & O becoming involved with Sherlock Holmes in the pursuit of solving a few crimes and mysteries. The show also included Holmes' rivals, the Inspectors of Scotland Yard, also competing in the race to solve the same mysteries. I remember one particular show which featured Queen Victoria where Orson and Olivia become embroiled in bogus attempt to assassinate the Queen. One episode even had a plot where the orphans meet Lewis Carroll. I enjoyed watching this show as a kid in the 1990s. It was exciting to imagine living the independent life of two orphans in the city, free of the patronising of school and parents.This was not a silly show that was patronising of the taste of children with silly jokes. It was a suspenseful and imaginative show that was educational about London and its famed residents in the late 1800s.

I think the name of the cartoon you're looking for about the boy and the girl in China is "The Twins of Destiny". I also saw that cartoon on the ABC as a teenager in the 1990's. The story was that Jules (The Chinese boy) and Juile (the blonde haired French(?) girl) were born on the same night to different fathers, and I'm not sure of the details, I think both mothers died in childbirth and the moon goddess was their real mother or something. There was some prophecy they were meant to fulfill, and the entire series is about them travelling to do that and the attempts to stop them by the Dowager Empress' thugs. I hope that's the one you're looking for!

I thought I'd put a comment on here because the page is so empty and neglected. Back many years ago when I was but a primary school student, I was interested in watching the children's cartoons on the local public broadcasting network, certain shows are remembered because they entertained and was enjoyable, "the animals of farthing woods" "speed racer" "samurai pizza cats" some show about these children who were trying to find their parents and it was based in china, then also there was Orson & Olivia.

Orson & Olivia was about 2 orphan children who lived on the waterfront during around the 1950's.

As you can tell after 14yrs I can't really remember much details about the show and all this is just padding because it requires 10 lines, so I'll ask for help on that unknown name cartoon. The two children a boy and a girl spend all their time together and are believed to be brother and sister, twins at that. In the end (it only ran for like 1 season) the children find their parents and discover that they aren't brother and sister, in fact not related and their parents want to split them up and take them off to their separate homes, but the children don't want to be separated so choose instead to run away together. You can tell which show had the greater impact on me.