Mr. Microchip is a live-action children's television series, and one of the first three of its kind produced by Canadian animation studios, Nelvana

Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...

 Limited. 13 episodes focusing on the world of computer technology were made and broadcast in 1983. The series has never aired outside its native Canada, and as of has not yet received a home video or DVD release.

Synopsis

Aimed at school students aged nine to fifteen, the episodes, designed to teach children basic knowledge about computers, feature Skip, an adult computer consultant, and his two neighbours, twelve year-old Stevie and his ten year old sister, Dayna. During their visit to Skip's workshop, Stevie and Dayna learn about computers through hands-on demonstrations and clear, analogy-filled explanations.

See also

• The Edison Twins
  The Edison Twins
  The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which aired on CBC Television from 1983 to 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s...
  
  , Nelvana's first live-action series.
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
  Bill Nye the Science Guy
  Bill Nye the Science Guy is an educational television program that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to June 20, 1998, hosted by Bill Nye and produced by Buena Vista Television. The show aired on PBS Kids and was also syndicated to local stations, making it the second first-run television...
  
  
• Beakman's World
  Beakman's World
  Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
  
  
• The Screen Savers
  The Screen Savers
  The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world...