Germany and became a hit in other countries as well. AwardsDie Sendung mit der Maus and its creators continue to receive high praise from both television critics and pedagogic experts. The most notable of the roughly 75 awards won by the show and its creators are: 1973 Golden Bambi 1985 Ernst Schneider Award 1988 Adolf Grimme Award in Gold 1993 Deutscher Fernsehpreis, special prize 1995 Bayerischer Fernsehpreis awarded for the special Postwar Mouse (Armin Maiwald) 1995 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armin Maiwald and Christoph Biemann 1996 Goldene Kamera 2002 Ernst Schneider Award 2005 Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism 2006 IQ Award International versions The program is today seen in almost 100 countries. In countries outside of Germany that carry the English-dubbed version of the show, Die Sendung mit der Maus airs under the title of Mouse TV. The program retains much of its original format, but the dialogue and narration have been dubbed into English. The English version was created in Australia and aired in the United States as part of the Nickelodeon series Pinwheel, on Astro TVIQ in Malaysia and Brunei, ABC TV in Australia, TVRI in Indonesia, Kuwait Television in United Arab Emirates and State of Palestine, TVE1, TVE2, ETB 1, TV3 and Clan TVE in Spain, Rai 1 in Italy, France 3 in France, RTP1, RTP2 and Canal Panda in Portugal, Thai PBS in Thailand and TV Cultura in Glub Glub on Brazil To encourage French children to learn German and vice versa, the program began airing on Arte, a Franco-German television channel, on Sunday mornings, beginning October 2005. In Germany, the show is dubbed into French and in each country, subtitles appear in the local language. In French, the program is called La souris souriante (The smiling mouse). In Bolivia and in El Salvador, the show aired in Spanish as El cajón de los juguetes (The toys box). In Japan, a part of short films was broadcast by NHK ETV and Cartoon Network as Daisuki! Mausu (だいすき!マウス) as part of the "2005/2006 Deutschland in Japan" bilateral exchange programme between WDR and NHK. This Show was also aired in Dutch Called Het Programma met de Muis, was aired on Nederland 1 As Part Of Nederlandse Omroep Stichting in 1976 until 1980. Spin-off Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten (The show with the elephant) is a spin-off aimed at pre-school children,