Social & External
Rotterdam: city of 'no talking, just cleaning'. A city that is one of the largest in our country with almost 700,000 inhabitants. But who are these cleaners and who gives Rotterdam colour? In this four-part series we follow the ups and downs of the most striking and funny residents.
Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories - reliable, honest and essential viewing with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson.
This year, Janny van der Heijden and André van Duin are keeping their boat in the harbor. Instead of exploring the Netherlands, the famous duo is exploring the animal world—because animals offer comfort, humor, and a sense of calm at a time when the need for connection is great. *Beestenboel* is an uplifting program that fosters connection, with animals—and, of course, their well-being—at its heart.
In the new Bureau season, Ewout Genemans shadows police officers in Utrecht. It's a large and busy city, of course, so the program maker will have plenty of interesting cases to tackle.
Rob Geus, the Netherlands' best-known hygiene expert and quality inspector, dives into the world of hygiene, bacteria, and contamination risks. Armed with a stack of dramatic online reviews, he visits hotels, restaurants, campsites, saunas, nail salons, and other locations to see if their reputations match reality. Gyms, bowling alleys, and public spaces like restrooms do not escape his inspections either. What is the situation there regarding hygiene, bacteria, and the risk of infection?
A special team searches for missing persons.
John van den Heuveland his team take on international child abductions. They give it their all to safely reunite the child with their parent back in the Netherlands.
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
