Piet Piraat

Piet Piraat
Created by	Danny Verbiest Gert Verhulst Hans Bourlon
Starring	Peter Van De Velde Anke Helsen Dirk Bosschaert Dirk Van Vooren Vic De Wachter Remi De Smet
Composer	Alexius Tschallener
Country of origin	Belgium
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	120
Production
Executive producer	Bart Van Leemputten
Cinematography	Alain Jongen
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time	5 minutes
Production company	Studio 100
Original release
Network	Ketnet
Release	24 December 2001 (2001-12-24) – 11 November 2004 (2004-11-11)

Piet Piraat is a Flemish children's program written and produced by Studio 100. Shown in Belgium on Ketnet and in the Netherlands on Z@PP, Piet Piraat is a good-natured pirate who crosses the Seven Seas with his crew, getting into various adventures. The five-minute stories bear resemblance to Studio 100's main production, Samson en Gert, and mostly deal with the same subject matter: "cheaters never win" and "honesty is the best policy".

Characters

The series features four characters.

Piet Piraat "Peter Pirate" (Peter Van De Velde): The captain of the Scheve Schuit (The Crooked Barge in English, although it is anything but crummy). He appears to be far more intelligent than the others and is always there to resolve any problems or fights.

Piet Pieraat in Plopsaland, Belgium

Stien Struis "Steen Strong" (Anke Helsen): Strong, but a little dim, Stien tries to solve everything by using her strength, managing only to break stuff in the process.

Berend Brokkenpap "Brian Porridgechucks" (Dirk Bosschaert): The ship's chef, and a decidedly sneaky character. Berend is constantly causing problems, staging pranks and generally annoying the rest of the crew, but he always gets his comeuppance, only to fall back into his old behaviour after apologizing.

Steven Stil "Silent Steven" (Dirk van Vooren): His name translates to 'Silent Steve' since he is unable to talk. Although Steven is Berend's sidekick, he often finds himself on the receiving end of whatever it is that goes wrong.

Comic adaptations

Between 2002 and 2012, Piet Piraat was adapted into a comics series by Wim Swerts and Luc Van Asten.

Film adaptations

Like other Studio 100 characters Piet Piraat was given a feature-length film: Het zwaard van Kapitein Zilvertand (Captain Silvertooth's Sword) premiered in 2008 and featured Dutch actor Peter Faber as the Captain Teague-style nemesis. Many other films followed.

Spin-off

There is currently a spin-off of the series called "Piet Piraat Wonderwaterwereld" ("Piet Pirate Wonderwaterworld"). In this series Piet teaches the little viewers things about the ocean. The other cast members are not seen in this show.

External links

• Belgium (Dutch)
• The Netherlands (Dutch)