Zoop
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 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	Dutch Nickelodeon
Release	5 April 2004 (2004-04-05) – 2007 (2007)

Zoop was an award-winning 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.

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 zoology.

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

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.

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.