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SpangaS is a Dutch youth soap opera created by KRO-NCRV. The series revolve around a group of students at Spangalis College. The episodes revolve around a wide range of student activities, personal drama and other themes young people usually experience during secondary education. The format and subject matter in SpangaS is similar to Canadian series Degrassi, but with a more light-hearted feel aimed towards younger teens. The series is broadcasted every school day.

Two SpangaS movies were premiered. One in 2009 and a second in 2015. The series was awarded the Gouden Stuiver in 2008, which is a prize for best youth series. It is also one of the longest-running soap operas in The Netherlands.

Story
Every student has their own individual storylines. These usually involve events in their school lives, but occasionally their home lives as well. The show deals with verious topics relevant to secondary school students and the viewing audience, like love, bullying, friendship, death, divorce, finding a sense of belonging and discrimination. SpangaS also covers LHBTQ topics, something was considered taboo to cover in past series aimed at children. Past episodes have had students coming to terms with their orientations, like Flip struggling with his homosexuality. Later episodes also introduced transgender characters.