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How is it possible that in the Netherlands the gap between rich and poor still exists and is even widening? In the six-part VPRO series Sander en de gorge, Sander Schimmelpenninck has a mission: to expose wealth and opportunity inequality in our country.
Orphan Lena hasn't been too happy. Her foster parents only see the eleven-year-old as a pay check. But one day, Lena finds a huge gorilla at the doorstep: It is Benedict, her last remaining relative. He has the papers to prove it. A wonderful life begins for the two as they move in together. And even though Benedict can't talk, he sure can read and write. But there are problems: Lena's old foster parents hatch a plan to get her and her money back. Yes, Benedict is a gorilla - but they belong together, and everybody needs to deal with that.
In the late 1980s, a Dutch anti-terrorism detective sets out to take down an IRA cell ruthlessly targeting English military personnel on leave in the south of the Netherlands.