Self-proclaimed omnivore and culinary journalist Joël Broekaert takes the viewer along in an adventurous research into the world and the history behind the five basic tastes. Joël devotes his life to everything that has to do with food, and everything related to taste. But what are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami exactly? Why do those flavors exist? Why are we tasting them? Why are we always looking for sweets, why did we start to eat bitterly and why was salt so scarce in the past?
Arnout Hauben travels through the Netherlands and Belgium with Philippe Niclaes and Ruben Callens. In his own unique way, he speaks to people he meets along the way and looks for stories that have given color to our regions.
Documentary series on the occasion of the 70th commemoration of the Flood disaster. Archival material and compelling eyewitness accounts map out how the disaster could unfold, how the impending danger was not sufficiently anticipated in advance and what we have learned from the disaster.
An original series by well known Dutch writer Paul Biegel, later released as a book, A doctor is asked to cure a Duke from his 'Gold Fever' by way of being sent a chest full of gold. Intrigued the doctor finds himself on a journey full of surprises
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.
Due to the economic crisis, Wilhelmina is canceling official receipts and gala clothes. There is more color in the Orange family again through the marriage of Bernhard and Juliana, even though the husband comes from the hated Hitler Germany. When the Second World War actually breaks out, the young generation and the idea of innovation give the Queen new inspiration in London.
In Langs de IJssel, Huub Stapel follows the IJssel, the most idiosyncratic river in our country. It does not flow from East to West like other rivers, but towards the North. Huub investigates the role this river plays in the landscape, its history and the lives of the people who live on its banks.
In the four-part documentary series STAAL we follow steel factory Tata Steel and its neighbors in changing times. After a century of steel production in the dunes of Wijk aan Zee, the residents of the IJmond are diametrically opposed to each other. For many IJmond residents, the factory is their life and their bread. They see the smoking colossus in the dunes as a self-evident part of the landscape.