''Zoop'' was an award-winning

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. The series was sold to Brazil, France, India and Sweden. The series has had three seasons since 2004, all on the Dutch Nickelodeon channel. The series also spawned three spinoff films. Episodes continued to be broadcast up until 2014.

Cast

Movies

The spinoff movies followed the characters to countries where they continued their education in

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Zoop in Africa ''Zoop in Africa'' ( nl, Zoop in Afrika) is a 2005 Dutch adventure film directed by Dennis Bots and Johan Nijenhuis. The film is based on the TV series ''Zoop (TV series), Zoop'' and is followed by ''Zoop in India'' (2006) and ''Zoop in South Am ...

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Zoop in India ''Zoop in India'' is a 2006 Dutch family film. It is a sequel to '' Zoop in Africa'' (2005) and is followed by '' Zoop in South America'' (2007). The film received a Golden Film award in 2006 for selling 100,000 cinema tickets in the Netherlan ...

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Awards

* "Gouden Stuiver" (''Golden Nickel''), an award for best Dutch youth program. * "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award", an award for the best TV series. * "Kinderkast Televisieprijs", an award for the best youth TV series. ZOOPfandagbord

Fan days

Zoop "fan days" were organised, where cast members would sign autographs. An average of 11,000 people showed up at each event. After several public appearances almost got out of hand (because the actors were overwhelmed by hundreds of fans), Nijenshuis announced in 2006 that the security details provided to the actors would be enlarged.

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0419385, title=Zoop Dutch children's television series Dutch television soap operas 2000s Dutch television series 2004 Dutch television series debuts 2007 Dutch television series endings Rhenen Television shows adapted into films