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Round the Twist
Round the Twist is an Australian children's comedy drama television series originally broadcast by the Seven Network, the program follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family, who leave their conventional residence to live in a lighthouse, in the fictional coastal town of Port Niranda.
The early episodes of the series were based on stories by author Paul Jennings who also co-wrote the series screenplay in collaboration with creator and Executive Producer Patricia Edgar and co-director Esben Storm.
The series was developed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF), the media company created by Edgar.
Patricia Edgar agreed to have Jennings write the series, on the condition he would be mentored by and collaborate with the director, actor, and writer Esben Storm.
Edgar previously worked with Storm on the children's show Winners and the TV film series Touch the Sun. The partnership between Edgar, Jennings and Storm was an efficient team for the development of the first series, whose characters and community were set around a lighthouse on a coastline. Jennings and Storm drew from the plots in Jennings's existing short stories and created new ideas, sometimes using two stories in an episode to fill out the plots.
Edgar's instructions, based on research done on Australian children's viewing preferences, was to balance the stories around a family with three leading child characters. The teenage twins Pete and Linda Twist, and their younger brother Bronson were given equal time throughout the episodes' stories. The rest of the cast were to be gender-balanced. Edgar stressed the importance of jokes and humour and told Storm to push the boundaries, while grounding the series firmly in the emotions and issues of growing children.
Round the Twist was first produced by Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) in 1989. The four series of the program won 16 national and international awards, including the Prix Jeunesse, the Banff Rockie Award for Best Children's Program, the Grand Jury Prize, two Gold World Medals in the Youth Category at the New York Festivals, two Australian Film Institute awards for Most Outstanding Children's program, and five Australian Teachers of Media Awards.
The series was screened in over 70 countries by broadcasters such as Fox Kids (USA), BBC One (UK), Nickelodeon (UK), CBC Television (Canada), France 2 (France), ZDF (Germany), Network 2 (Ireland) and NHK (Japan).
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Round the Twist
Round the Twist is an Australian children's comedy drama television series originally broadcast by the Seven Network, the program follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family, who leave their conventional residence to live in a lighthouse, in the fictional coastal town of Port Niranda.
The early episodes of the series were based on stories by author Paul Jennings who also co-wrote the series screenplay in collaboration with creator and Executive Producer Patricia Edgar and co-director Esben Storm.
The series was developed by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF), the media company created by Edgar.
Patricia Edgar agreed to have Jennings write the series, on the condition he would be mentored by and collaborate with the director, actor, and writer Esben Storm.
Edgar previously worked with Storm on the children's show Winners and the TV film series Touch the Sun. The partnership between Edgar, Jennings and Storm was an efficient team for the development of the first series, whose characters and community were set around a lighthouse on a coastline. Jennings and Storm drew from the plots in Jennings's existing short stories and created new ideas, sometimes using two stories in an episode to fill out the plots.
Edgar's instructions, based on research done on Australian children's viewing preferences, was to balance the stories around a family with three leading child characters. The teenage twins Pete and Linda Twist, and their younger brother Bronson were given equal time throughout the episodes' stories. The rest of the cast were to be gender-balanced. Edgar stressed the importance of jokes and humour and told Storm to push the boundaries, while grounding the series firmly in the emotions and issues of growing children.
Round the Twist was first produced by Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) in 1989. The four series of the program won 16 national and international awards, including the Prix Jeunesse, the Banff Rockie Award for Best Children's Program, the Grand Jury Prize, two Gold World Medals in the Youth Category at the New York Festivals, two Australian Film Institute awards for Most Outstanding Children's program, and five Australian Teachers of Media Awards.
The series was screened in over 70 countries by broadcasters such as Fox Kids (USA), BBC One (UK), Nickelodeon (UK), CBC Television (Canada), France 2 (France), ZDF (Germany), Network 2 (Ireland) and NHK (Japan).