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that they were going to produce the show until 2001, as well as retaining a right to show reruns the first five years following, they decided to opt out of the production deal in 1998 due to lowered ratings. NRK also decided that the resources used to produce
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with yellow and red hair and the youngest at the station. She was hatched from a large blue egg that appeared on a train. Played by
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