Kappatoo (1990). S01 E01 = "A STITCH IN TIME" [review]

Kappatoo was an ITV children's show based on a book by Ben Steed, starring Simon Nash in the dual roles of time traveler from the future (2270) Kappatoo (ENTP) and his lookalike, 1990 schoolboy soccer player Simon Cashmere (Se dom).

A review by a Texan, an Englishman, and a German-Pole.

Plot: "Kappatoo, who lives in the year 2270, has his computer scan the history files for a time twin who looks exactly like him, so he can swap places and have the time twin beat his arch enemy Sigmasix on The Hypergrid. The computer locates an identical time twin called Simon Cashmere, who lives with his parents and sister Lucy in the year 1990. Kappatoo time travels back to Simon Cashmere's bedroom and explains that the two will change places. After some brief hesitation by Simon, it is agreed that in return for Simon beating Sigmasix in The Hypergrid, Kappatoo will ace an upcoming computer test and try and convince Tracy Cotton to go out with Simon. Simon then travels to Kappatoo’s time. The next morning, Kappatoo realises how difficult it will be for him to live in the twentieth century, not realising that people move around so much and can’t just particle beam to where they want. He struggles to adapt.

Simon, on the other hand, is enjoying the twenty-third century and enjoys Mufour’s company a girl Kappatoo is interested in so he refuses to swap back when contacted by Kappatoo." - Wikipedia.