The Water is Coming!

90's Dance

January 2025 •Dutch

Hila Noorzai reflects on their success with artists and producers of the most successful Eurodance acts from the 90s. Together with 2 Unlimited, Twenty 4 Seven, SNAP!, 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor and T-Spoon she discusses the highs and lows of their career.

Floods - Challenging our Future

January 2025 •English

The catastrophic floods of New York, Bangkok and New-Orleans have shed light on the extreme vulnerability of more than 130 coastal cities faced with the violence of the sea. The mega-cities are threatened by a series of unusual phenomena: a surprising subsidence of soils, an unexplained rising of the level of the sea in some parts of the world, an increase in the frequency of extreme climatic events and exponential urbanization. Considering that science is capable of anticipating dangers and of suggesting protections, why do such disasters occur so often? Can they be avoided?

De Battle naar Parijs

January 2025 •Dutch

The street dance 'breaking', which originated in the 1970s, is becoming an Olympic sport for the first time. The Dutch breakers are among the top in the world. Can they qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris? And can breaking maintain its bravado in the strictly defined world of top sport?

Jekels Jacht

January 2025 •Dutch

Peter and Erik

January 2025 •Dutch

The twin brothers Peter Anema and Erik Hulsegge did not know about each other's existence for 17 years. Why were they separated upon adoption?

Der Theo

January 2025 •Dutch

Theo Maassen grew up in Germany and was the only boy in his class in '74 not to become World Champion. With the European Championship approaching and football as a starting point, Theo gives an adventurous tour to get to know the real Germany. Are the Germans smarter, faster, stronger and better than us?

Het land van Jan en Alleman

January 2025 •Dutch

Filmmaker Geertjan Lassche focuses his camera on the region in this new EO program. What regional diversity does the Netherlands harbor?

With us at the AZC

January 2025 •Dutch

A series about the AZC (Asylum Seekers Centre) in Zutphen. An unusual, intimate portrait of people who live together under a glass bell jar. About their joy, sadness, and sometimes despair. Every aspect is highlighted, from the desire to belong to the emotional bonds that develop between residents and employees.

China's Mega-Dam

January 2025 •English

Vaarwel Vaderland

January 2025 •Dutch

What drives people to start a new life thousands of kilometers from their homeland? Some follow their dreams, others came out of necessity. They have one thing in common: they all leave their homeland. What does that do to a person? Various immigrants tell their stories.

In de TBS

January 2025 •Dutch

Hans Faber spends a year in a TBS clinic. The death of his niece, Anne Faber, in 2017 marked a turning point in forensic care. What has changed since then? And what actually goes on within the walls of a TBS clinic? What dilemmas do employees face?

De Oorlog

January 2025 •Dutch

Droomdorp

January 2025 •Dutch

After the holidays, do you sometimes get the feeling that you would like to change course? For example, spend more time in nature, live more sustainably, grow your own food and care more about each other? A group of people from all corners of the Netherlands didn't think about it, but decided to do it. Their ideal village had to be built in the Oosterwold district of Almere. Documentary series 'Droomdorp' followed the group for four years and shows how the residents try to uphold their ideals and dreams together.

De butlers

January 2025 •Dutch

At The International Butler Academy in Simpelveld, The Netherlands, students from all over the world and of all ages are taught the tricks of the butler trade. The film follows six students during their training. What motivates them to choose this servile profession?

The High Art of the Low Countries

January 2025 •English

This 3 part series is presented by the British Art Critic, Andrew Graham-Dixon. He explores the Low Countries of the Netherlands and Belgium and how history has influenced the area's art, architecture and culture. Cloth was used in the area's first expression of art in the making of tapestries going back to the 14 th century. They were the No. 1 luxury item of the day. The Low Countries were well placed geographically for markets for their art.

Ondertussen aan de Hofvijver

January 2025 •Dutch

The Binnenhof (Dutch Houses of Parliament) is being renovated. It will be closed off from the outside world for five years. During the years of renovation, Splinter Chabot closely follows developments.

Holland's past

January 2025 •English

A series of eight episodes documenting 250.000 years of history. Charles Groenhuijsen takes us along sights and locations that historically harbored various inhabitants of ‘The Lowlands’. In what today is known as The Netherland, Belgium, Germany, New York, Ghana, Surinam, and Indonesia, Charles will be looking for the stories of ‘our’ past through potsherds, bones, stones, ancient text's, drawings, paintings, pictures, radio, and tv- fragments

Going Dutch

January 2025 •English

After an epically unfiltered rant, an arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world.

't Schaep Ahoy

January 2025 •Dutch

Kootje won a cruise on the Rhine and takes Door with him on vacation.

Zondag met Lubach

January 2025 •Dutch

Sunday with Lubach is a satirical television program of the VPRO network that is presented by Arjen Lubach.