Zoop (TV series)

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Zoop
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Zoop Cast
Genre Family
Comedy
Drama
Written by Sander Donker
Johan Nijenhuis
Directed by Johan Nijenhuis
Jamel Aattache
Starring Juliette van Ardenne
Vivienne van den Assem
Nicolette van Dam
Jon Karthaus
Sander Jan Klerk
Theme music composer Martijn Schimmer
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons3
Production
Producers Alain De Levita
Johan Nijenhuis
Production locations Ouwehands Dierenpark, Rhenen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Editor Sandor Soeteman
Running time10 minutes
Production company Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV B.V.
Original release
Network Dutch Nickelodeon
Release5 April 2004 (2004-04-05) 
2007 (2007)

Zoop was a Dutch youth-oriented TV series about eight young adults working in the Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen. The series was sold to Brazil, France, India and Sweden.

Contents

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

Rangers
ActorCharacterYears
Juliette van Ardenne Sira Schilt20042006
Viviënne van den Assen Elise Pardoel20042006
Erwan van Buuren Alwin Bendorff20042005
Nicolette van Dam Bionda Kroonenberg20042006
Ewout Genemans Bastiaan van Diemen20042006
Jon Karthaus Moes Brinksma20042006
Sander Jan Klerk Aaron Zomerkamp20052006
Patrick Martens Mike Bosboom20042006
Monique van der Werff Taffie Arends20042006
Mentors
ActorCharacterYears
Sabine Koning Gaby Meerman Berenger20042006
Raymi Sambo Bowey Berenger20052006
Thomas Sykora Fabian de Beurre20042005

Movies

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

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ZOOP cast at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Awards

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Sign at a Zoop meet & greet, indicating that at this point in the line, the wait is 60 minutes

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.

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