Andrew Sabiston is a multi-award nominated Canadian

children's television series Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during the early eveni ...

developer, story editor, writer and actor with over 1100 episodes to his credit. His mother is artist Carole Sabiston.

Early career

An early start as a stage actor in his childhood with the Belfry Theatre, Bastion Theatre and Phoenix Theatre in his native Victoria, BC, led to being cast in

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's 1983 film '' Ups and Downs'' alongside classmate Leslie Hope which was filmed at their high school, St Michaels University School. He soon landed a starring role on the multiple award-winning Disney Channel/CBC television series '' The Edison Twins'' which ran for six seasons, was widely syndicated and earned him a

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nomination for Best Young Actor in a Cable Family Series. Andrew Sabiston's first writing credit (Story Idea by) was for the ''Home Sweet Home'' episode of ''The Edison Twins'', which aired in 1984. Other film and television roles included starring in Paul Saltzman’s

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''When We First Met'' opposite Amy Linker in 1984, guest starring on MacGyver in 1987 (''Hell Week''; Season 3, Episode 9) alongside

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and appearing as a juror in the 1994 thriller ''

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'' starring

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and

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Children's television series

Developer

Many of the children's television series in which Andrew Sabiston has been involved are multiple award-nominees and/or winners airing internationally. As of 2019, series that he has created, developed or co-developed include: ''The Remarkable Mr. King'' (based on the ''Mr. King'' book series by author-illustrator Geneviève Côté, ''Kiki & Nuna'', ''

Super Wings ''Super Wings'' ( ko, 출동! 슈퍼윙스, Chuldong! Syupeo Wingseu, zh, s=超级飞侠, p=Chāojí fēi xiá) is an animated television series created by Gil Hoon Jung and produced by the company made by himself, FunnyFlux Entertainment, ...

'' (Seasons 3,4 and 5), '' Ranger Rob'' and ''The Moblees''.

Writer

Series with a writing credit include all of the above and '' Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe'', ''Hatchimals'', ''

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! ''The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!'' is a children's animated television series that premiered in 2010, on August 7 on Treehouse TV in Canada, on September 6 on PBS Kids in the United States and also in the UK on CITV and Tiny Pop. ...

'', '' Max & Ruby'', ''

The Adventures of Napkin Man ''The Adventures of Napkin Man!'' is a children's television series created by Tone Thyne and Josh Selig. It premiered in 2013 on CBC Television, as part of the '' Kids' CBC'' block. Mixing live action with animation, the series stars Yannick Bi ...

'', '' Dot.'', ''Trucktown'', '' Justin Time'', ''You & Me'' by Jason Hopley on CBC, ''The Travels of the Young Marco Polo'', '' My Big Big Friend'', '' Franklin and Friends'', '' Monster Math Squad'', '' Animal Mechanicals'', '' Pirates: Adventures in Art'', '' Bo on the Go!'', ''Strawberry Shortcake’s Seaberry Beach Party'', '' Turbo Dogs'' and ''

Lunar Jim ''Lunar Jim'' is a Canadian animated science-fiction stop-motion television series that aired from January 2, 2006 to April 24, 2012. The series centered around Lunar Jim, an astronaut on the blue moon L22. The series, produced by Halifax Film ...

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Voice

Series that Andrew Sabiston has voiced leading characters and guest roles on include: '' Corn & Peg'', '' Little Bear'', ''

Mike the Knight ''Mike the Knight'' is a CGI-animated children's television series created by Alexander Bar and written by Marc Seal. The series premiered in Treehouse TV in 2011. Premise The series is about Mike whose father, the King, is a knight who is away ...

'', ''

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'', '' Bo on the Go!'', '' Little Charmers'', ''

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'', '' Go Away, Unicorn!'', ''

BeyWheelz ''BeyWheelz'' is an anime series, a spin-off of the series ''Beyblade''. While produced in Japan, the series has yet to be aired in Japanese. Originally commissioned by Nelvana to make up for '' Beyblade: Metal Fury's'' sho ...

'', '' Polka Dot Shorts'', '' The Amazing Spiez'', ''

Totally Spies! ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian com ...

'', '' Super Why!'', ''Artopia'', '' Toot & Puddle'', '' Roboroach'', ''

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'', '' Air Master'', ''

Tales From the Cryptkeeper ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' is an animated horror children's television series made by Canadian studio Nelvana. The series was broadcast on YTV in Canada and on ABC in the United States, and on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was based on t ...

'', '' The Future Is Wild'', ''What It’s Like Being Alone'', ''Care Bears Movie: Journey to Joke-a-Lot'', ''Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: Droids'', ''

Super Mario World ''Super Mario World,'' known in Japan as is a platform game, platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan in 1990, North America in 1991 and Europe and A ...

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Stickin' Around ''Stickin' Around'' is a Canadian animated children's television series produced by Nelvana and created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary. The series originally aired from August 14, 1996 until April 13, 1998. ''Stickin' Around'', originating as ...

'', ''

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' is a series of children's books written and drawn by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds. The series is about a five-year-old boy named Harry, who has a bucket full of six dinosaurs named Taury, Trike, Patsy ...

'', ''

Babar and the Adventures of Badou ''Babar and the Adventures of Badou'' is a computer-animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series an ...

'', and ''

Wish Kid ''Wish Kid'' is an animated television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from September 14, 1991, through July 1992 on NBC starring Macaulay Culkin. It was produced by DIC Animation City and Italian company Reteitalia S.p.A., ...

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Theatre

For the theatre, Andrew Sabiston is the lyricist and co-book writer with composer Timothy Williams for the musical ''Napoleon'' which was first produced in 1994 at The Elgin Theatre in Toronto under the direction of John Wood. It was subsequently produced in 2000 at the

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in London under the direction of Francesca Zambello. In 2009, a new version was first presented in concert at Talk Is Free Theatre in Barrie, Ontario under the direction of

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. This marked the beginning of a reimagining of the musical as an intimate, behind-the-scenes political drama with a cast half the size of the original productions and a new book and