Morangos com Açucar
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| Starring | List |
| Country of origin | Portugal |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 2,642 |
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| Running time | 55 minutes |
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| Original network | TVI |
| Original release | 30 August 2003 – 15 September 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Morangos com Açúcar (lit. Strawberries with Sugar; distributed internationally as Sweet Strawberries) was a Portuguese teen drama. It was broadcast daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI between 30 August 2003 to 15 September 2012. It has also been broadcast in Angola, Syria, Brazil and Romania.
There are two versions of the show. One airs during the normal school year, and the other one, "Férias de Verão", is a summer series that is aired during the summer months.
From the first to the fourth season, the main scenario was in a private school. The fifth and sixth seasons were mainly in a public school. From the seventh season onwards it was mainly set in a public artistic school.
A film of the series was released on 30 August 2012, and grossed €1,207,647.10.
In May 2006, an outbreak of the so-dubbed "Morangos com Açúcar Virus" was reported in Portuguese schools. 300 or more students at 14 schools reported similar symptoms to those experienced by the characters in a then recent episode where a life-threatening virus affected the school depicted in the show. Symptoms of the "virus" included rashes, difficulty breathing, and dizziness. The perceived outbreak forced some schools to temporarily close. The Portuguese National Institute for Medical Emergency eventually dismissed the illness as mass hysteria.
This outbreak raised the concern of some parents regarding the major influence this series has on children who watch it. The story was reported internationally in newspapers, magazines and online.
In July 2012, Henrique Jales was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing a child while casting for the show for TVI.
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