Women in construction are still very much in the minority. The figures speak for themselves: of all construction workers, only 8 percent are women. But those women certainly stand their ground! With the same ease with which they use a curling iron, these tough ladies operate a crane, concrete mixer or bulldozer.
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.
Based on the best-selling novel, it depicts the real life of a Dutch-Moroccan millennial Mano Bouzamour navigating between two cultures, his sudden success and his identity in Amsterdam.
This elaborate and curated fairy tale adventure tells the story of Lampje, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, who has to climb a grand staircase every evening to light the lantern and shrink ships before the rocks. One night, in the midst of an approaching storm, she finds that her matches have run out - disaster strikes and an adventure begins.
Unsightly chihuahua Henk hates people, but does wag his tail when he is finally adopted, in this animation series. Unfortunately by a nasty influencer fond of attention and outward appearances. Should Henk escape? But what will the real world be like?
In “We gaan er allemaal aan” (PowNed, NPO 3) Valerio Zeno explores the different ways in which humanity comes to an end: a nuclear war, the eruption of a supervolcano, AI, the impact of an asteroid, climate change, a pandemic, or do aliens exterminate us? Valerio speaks leading scientists about these themes and also investigates how popular films and books, for example, thought of them.