VPRO

The Iron Century

In 13 episodes presenter Hans Goedkoop takes us back to the 19th century, in which a country came to be which we still know today - the start of the modern Netherlands.

Onze man in Teheran

Missie Aarde

Happy Christmas

What do you do when you lose everything and have to start all over again? Ten-year-old Lucas, the middle child of a wealthy family, lives in an expensive neighborhood in a large house, equipped with every luxury. Everything changes completely when Lucas, while searching for his Sinterklaas surprise, finds a large box of unpaid bills. Father Maarten turns out to have enormous financial problems and the family loses everything. The family is evicted and, with the help of their cleaner Nina, finds shelter in an old office building among other new poor people. While father (Jeroen Spitzenberger) and mother (Hadewych Minis) have a hard time with themselves and each other, and big brother Thomas (15) and sister Emma (7) have a terrible time getting used to the new situation, Lucas tries to make the best of it with the highest goal: a Merry Christmas for the whole family.

Freeks Wilde Wereld

Zondag met Lubach

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

Amor met een snor

De bergen achter Sotsji

Reizen Waes

United Stuff of America

De Hokjesman

Van Bihar tot Bangalore

Jelle Brandt Corstius is traveling through India. Whereas he previously attempted to explain Russia as an expert in the series From Moscow to Murmansk and From Moscow to Magadan, he is now trying to understand India as a stranger. The country has more poor people, 426 million, than the 26 poorest African countries combined. But there is also enormous wealth. Indian conglomerates are buying up Western companies. The biggest challenge for India is not to become more prosperous, but to distribute that prosperity more evenly. Brandt Corstius travels between two extremes across the country. From Bihar, located in the poor east, to Bangalore, the technological giant in the rich southwest.

Freek in het wild

Argos TV - Medialogic

Media logic investigates the difference between image and reality. Media serve as a guide to get a grip on reality. But to what extent are they a reliable guide? How is public opinion formed? And what influence does this have on the actions of administrators, journalists and citizens?

Van Dis in Indonesië

Adriaan van Dis, child of a Brabant peasant and a Dutch-Indonesian father, after long hesitation, made ​​a television series about the country that such a large role in his life. 'In the Netherlands, I was never brown enough, but suddenly I heard that.'

Beatrix, Orange under fire

Series about the life and work of Queen Beatrix, offering a meticulous dramatised interpretation of historical events. The series opens in the Royal tour bus, a few minutes before the attack on Queen’s Day 2009, and goes on to show other tough and fine moments in the monarch’s life. Is she really the business manager on the throne that the media often call her? What is she like as a mother and grandmother? How did she cope with her husband’s depressions and illness?

Het Gordijnpaleis van Ollie Hartmoed

Naive Amsterdam schoolboy Ollie Hartmoed's life is a complete mess. His parents and even his grandparents separate, so he's thrown together with step-brothers. Even the family firm, a mega drapery store, has been sold to a soulless firm, which runs it into the ground. Meanwhile Ollie strives to square family, friendship and a crush on rich alderman Tulp's brat daughter Germaine.

Nederland van Boven

De weg naar het Avondland

Framed

Communications consultant Michael Bellicher is forced to become a fugitive when he is framed for the murder of a colleague and his identity is stolen.