7.2 /10 1 Votes
Genre Children's TV show No. of episodes 366 First episode date 1 November 1981 Number of episodes 366 | 7.3/10 IMDb Country of origin Belgium Original network BRT (now the VRT) Final episode date 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original release November 1, 1981 – 1991 Similar Hopla, Uki, Bumba, W817, Klumpies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tik Tak was a Belgian children's program that aired from on BRTN 1981 to 1991. It is aimed at toddlers.
Contents
Tridulki pan tik tak
History
The program was conceived by Mil Lenssens when he saw some children fascinated by the broadcast of a lottery draw. The predictable, repetitive mix of colors, movement and musical rhythms he then developed in the program, along with Clien De Vuyst in the program.
The show
There were 366 episodes produced (enough for one year, with 1 extra episode for leap years). Each episode begins with sheep (and the occasional dog) at sunset on a rotating platform, and ends with a shadow figure (Ann Ricour), who has all kinds of adventures in five differently colored books.
The first broadcast of the program took place on 1 November 1981 on the BRTN (originally called BRT). It was broadcast on Ketnet in Belgium until 2006.
The program was sold to about 30 countries, such as Australia, Netherlands (where the KRO, Kindernet and TROS aired), Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United States and South Africa. It is thus one of the biggest export products that Belgian television has ever known.
In 1999, Hopla was released as a spiritual successor of Tik Tak. Though unrelated, Hopla was also made in Belgium, targeted the same infant demographics, and had little to no dialogue.
In popular culture
In July 2012 brought the German house duo Digitalism the song Falling from which the clip consisted of fragments of Tik Tak.