Tik Tak

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.[1]

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.[2]

The first broadcast of the program took place on 1 November 1981 [3] on the BRTN (originally called BRT). It was broadcast on Ketnet in Belgium until 2006.

The program was sold to about 30 countries, among them Australia, The Netherlands, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United States and South Africa. It is thus one of the biggest export products Belgian television has known.[4]

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 2019, a new Tik Tak 2.0 series remake into 52 HD episodes, now broadcast on Ketnet and NPO Zappelin.[5]

In July 2012 the German house duo Digitalism released the song Falling from which the clip consisted of fragments of Tik Tak.