Barbapapa (Dutch)

The dub is also available for streaming on Netflix.

History
Wieteke van Dort was heard in the first season of Barbapapa in. The actress did not provide a voice, but rather sang the songs. All characters were then still voiced by Leen Jongewaard, who also sang the theme song and voiced the narrator.

"They were beautiful songs," Van Dort said in an interview. "It was great fun to work on such a cheerful series. I had worked with Joop Stokkermans before," (the composer who also wrote the theme songs by Paulus de Boskabouter) "And it was great fun to work together."

For the second season of the series, Edwin Rutten was asked to provide the voice of the title character, among other things. Aart Staartjes and Marijke Merckens also voiced several creatures.

Rutten also enjoyed the series' speaking process. "Nowadays, if you record films, you come into the studio and you only do your pieces. At the time of Barbapapa, Aart, Marijke and I enjoyed recording things one after the other."

"You also did two, three typing, so then you suddenly had to go from 'Huub huub, barbatruc' to another voice. The text had to have the right intonation and the text had to be lipsynced. To be honest, you went a bit crazy," laughed Rutten. "After that, we always treated ourselves to a copious Indian meal."

Broadcast
Barbapapa formerly aired on NOS, VARA, TROS, NPO 1, NPO 2, NPO 3, NPO Zappelin, Kindernet, and Fox Kids in the Netherlands.

Cast
All of the characters are voiced by the narrator, Leen Jongewaard.


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Additional voices

 * Aart Staartjes
 * Marijke Merckens

Translations

 * "Hup hup hup, Barbatruc !": "Huub huub huub, Barbatruuk!"