Bij Sinterklaas

Bij Sinterklaas (English title: "With Santa Claus") is a Dutch television series that premiered in 2006 on the Dutch channel of Nickelodeon. Filming took place on location in Spain (25 main episodes) and the Netherlands (5 pilot episodes, video clip). It was the successor of the shows De Reis van Zwarte Piet (English title: "The Journey of Black Pete") and Kleine Klaas (English title: "Little Santa").
In 2007 all episodes were re-aired in a weekend marathon by Nickelodeon NL. Since 4 January 2021 all regular episodes are shown on the YouTube channel 'Sinterklaas TV-Nostalgie' (English title: "Santa Claus TV Nostalgia").
==Actors==
* Vivienne van den Assem
* Genio de Groot
* Martijn Fischer
* Michiel Meijer
* Loes Schnepper
==Episodes==
Number	Title 	Premiere
#01 	A visit to Spain 	2006-11-01
#02 	Merry Easter 	2006-11-02
#03 	Black Petes rule 	2006-11-03
#04 	Headache, headache, headache 	2006-11-06
#05 	A ride with the inspector 	2006-11-07
#06 	The addicting hobby 	2006-11-08
#07 	Bird-sitting 	2006-11-09
#08 	A curious letter 	2006-11-10
#09 	The exotic society 	2006-11-13
#10 	The passport check 	2006-11-14
#11 	A less rhyming Black Pete 	2006-11-15
#12 	Chinese Santa Claus celebration	2006-11-16
#13 	A cutting blue color 	2006-11-17
#14 	Refresh course 	2006-11-20
#15 	A black help Santa 	2006-11-21
#16 	The fake Santa Claus 	2006-11-22
#17 	Another lollipop 	2006-11-23
#18 	Santa Claus and love 	2006-11-24
#19 	A traditional future 	2006-11-27
#20 	The black prince charming 	2006-11-28
#21 	Nothing like a Black Pete 	2006-11-29
#22 	A dope servant 	2006-11-30
#23 	Looking for Santa Claus 	2006-12-01
#24 	The reconciliation attempt 	2006-12-04
#25 	All's well that ends well 	2006-12-05
There were five additional short episodes aired between 18 September 2006 and 22 September 2006 in which Vivienne interviews the Black Petes to find out what Santa Claus does outside of late autumn. Furthermore there was a videoclip broadcast featuring a longer version of the theme song in which Vivienne and two Black Petes sing the song in a recording studio featuring edited scenes from the series.
==Title song==
 Record company Cloud 9 released a longer version of the theme song in 2006 on compact disc (cd). In 2013 the single was re-released as digital stream on Spotify.
The cover pictures Vivienne with the two Black Petes holding her matey depicting hip gestures in front of her body. The song is sung by Vivienne with in the longer version some additional singing scenes from the Black Petes.
The cd album "Hits Bij Sinterklaas" (English title: "Hits With Santa Claus") features the videoclip which is playable on computers with a compact disc (or dvd) drive.
In 2006 the cd single was in the hit charts with peak position 51.
==Home video==
The 25 regular episodes were available at request through the production company BlazHoffski in cooperation with Warner Bros. It concerns a 3-DVD-box.
==Crew==
* Director: Jan-Willem Wit
* Screenplay: Rob Urgert, Silvester Zwaneveld
* Production: Marit Gerritsen, Dan Blazer, Erik van der Hoff
* Music: Martijn Schimmer
==Trivia==
* At the time the series had a popularity on the internet among adults, partly because of the participation of Vivienne.
Category:Dutch Nickelodeon series
Category:Saint Nicholas and Black Pete
Category:Dutch 2006 programs
Category:Dutch live-action series