who remembers a show called The Gemini Factor?

Question

It was screened in the mid-late 80s and there was only a few episodes. It was about 2 twins seperated at birth, a boy and a girl and I think one was called Lee and the other Leah. The opening titles were almost as though the two heads merging into one

Answer 1

The Gemini Factor was a children's TV drama series made by Thames Television in 1987 (though some sources attribute it to Central TV). Over the course of six half-hour episodes it tells the story of two apparently unconnected fourteen-year-olds; the aggressive, antisocial Lee (portrayed by Charlie Creed-Miles), and the shy, well-behaved Leah (portrayed by Louisa Haigh who, possibly envious of Charlie's hyphen, now goes by the name of Louisa Millwood-Haigh).
The CGI opening title sequence was an obvious steal of M.C.Escher's Rind and Bond of Union.

Lee and Leah are both fourteen years old, and share the same birthday. They were both found abandoned as babies - separately - and with each of them had been left a ring depicting half a yin-yang symbol. As soon as they come within a few miles of one another they start experiencing visions of one another's experiences. The revelation that they were in fact twins came as little of a surprise, especially after the CITV presenter's introductory announcement that the series was about "a brother and sister with telepathic powers".

The series was occasionally reminiscent of parts of Thames' earlier telepathic-boy-meets-girl drama, Chocky's Children, but was rather darker in style and content. Its no-holds-barred portrayal of such horrors as theft, a little boy nearly falling off the roof of a tall building, big scary dogs, and - perhaps most disturbing of all - a school PE lesson, led to a small number of complaints from frightened parents.
The series was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Children's Drama (or something), but lost out to Grange Hill. However to the best of my knowledge The Gemini Factor was never repeated in the UK, although it was aired in other countries, among them Australia.
It currently resides with Pearson Television.

The series was written by Paula Milne, produced by Sheila Kinany, directed by Renny Rye, edited by Richard Halladey, and executively produced by Alan Horrox.
In November 1987, a paperback novelisation was published by Thames Magnet, written by Thea Bennett (ISBN 0-423-02300-4). This book has of course been out-of-print ever since.

Answer 2

Here are a few links on the show:

Answer 3

Barely! What are you wanting to know??? I don't believe I ever watched it.

Answer 4

no darling

Answer 5

no.