Zoop (TV series)

Zoop is a Dutch youth-oriented television series about eight young adults working in the Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen. The series was sold to Brazil, France, India and Sweden. ^[1] The series has had three seasons since 2004, all on the Nickelodeon Netherlands channel. The series also spawned three spinoff films. Episodes continued to be broadcast up until 2014. ^[2]

Zoop
Zoop Cast
Genre	Family Comedy drama
Created by	Marcel Boekhoorn
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 origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	3
Production
Producers	Alain De Levita Johan Nijenhuis
Production locations	Ouwehands Dierenpark, Rhenen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Editor	Sandor Soeteman
Running time	10 minutes
Production company	Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV B.V.
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon Netherlands
Release	5 April 2004 (2004-04-05) – 2007 (2007)

Cast

Rangers

Actor	Character	Years
Juliette van Ardenne	Sira Schilt	2004	2006
Viviënne van den Assem	Elise Pardoel	2004	2006
Erwan van Buuren	Alwin Bendorff	2004	2005
Nicolette van Dam	Bionda Kroonenberg	2004	2006
Ewout Genemans	Bastiaan van Diemen	2004	2006
Jon Karthaus	Moes Brinksma	2004	2006
Sander Jan Klerk	Aaron Zomerkamp	2005	2006
Patrick Martens	Mike Bosboom	2004	2006
Monique van der Werff	Taffie Arends	2004	2006

Mentors

Actor	Character	Years
Sabine Koning	Gaby Meerman Berenger	2004	2006
Raymi Sambo	Bowey Berenger	2005	2006
Thomas Sykora	Fabian de Beurre	2004	2005

Movies

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

• Zoop in Africa (2005)
• Zoop in India (2006)
• Zoop in South America (2007)

ZOOP cast at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Awards

• "Gouden Stuiver" (Golden Nickel), an award for best Dutch youth program. ^[3]
• "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award", an award for the best TV series.
• "Kinderkast Televisieprijs", an award for the best youth TV series.

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. ^[4]