From 1860 to 1978, twenty thousand girls with difficult childhoods were cared for in five homes in the Netherlands, the Monasteries of the Good Shepherd. Britta Hosman travels with Lies Vissers, Joke de Smit and R. Riet to the city and country to reconstruct what they and everyone else experienced during their youth.
Special broadcasts in which a special guest explains scenes from the Simplicity Alliance. From 1974 onwards, Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie gave criticism and analysis of Dutch society in their own unique way for years. What do you know? The themes of then are also the themes of today.
Historian Hans Goedkoop traces back the life of his grandfather: Rein van Langen. 'Grandpa Rein', born on Java, served in the colonial military between 1900 and 1950 - a period when the Dutch rule over the 'East Indies' began to falter.
Who are the winners and losers of Brexit? Former United Kingdom correspondent Tim de Wit returns to reflect on his own role as a journalist and to investigate what became of the Brexit promises. Has migration decreased? Has healthcare improved?
A four-part series about the shadowy world of espionage, sabotage and disinformation. Journalist Huib Modderkolk investigates the Dutch involvement in a secret intelligence operation in Iran. In Ukraine, Taiwan and Brussels we see the threat of invisible attacks increasing.