Orkney Snork Nie

The show was based in the mining town of Orkney, near the city of Potchefstroom (and not too far from Johannesburg), and followed the exploits of an Afrikaner family named Van Tonder, a common Afrikaans surname. The head of the household, Hendrik, worked on the mines and his wife, Maggie, was a housewife. They had four children (listed from oldest to youngest): Ouboet, Bennie, Hester and Wimpie. Neels (nicknamed Ouboet, played by Frank Opperman) was a car mechanic. He and his wife, Yolanda (nicknamed Yollie), had a little baby of their own, named Hendrik after his grandfather. Hester (nicknamed Hess) and Wimpie (called Wimps by his girlfriend) were both at school. The character of Bennie was rarely seen as he joined the army in the first season of the series. Wimpie had an on and off relationship with a girl named Sonja, and a best friend named Koert. From time to time other family members, such as grandfathers and grandmothers would stay with the family and cause all sorts of mischief. Later the family also adopted two orphans, a young Afrikaner girl named Riekie and a coloured boy named Neelsie.

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TheTVDB.com Series ID 217481
Status Ended
First Aired May 10, 1989
Recent October 6, 1992
Airs Wednesday, at 6:00pm
Network SABC 1
Average Runtime 25 minutes
Genres Comedy Family
Original Country South Africa
Original Language English
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Season	From	To	Episodes
All Seasons
Specials			3
Season 1	May 1989	August 1989	13
Season 2	August 1990	November 1990	13
Season 3	April 1992	July 1992	13
Season 4	July 1992	October 1992	13
Unassigned Episodes			1