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- A hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam.
- A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
- A retired musical star is being haunted by musical fantasies.
- In the thirteenth century, the Netherlands consists of several counties and duchies. The young count Floris V never knew his father, but has to succeed him. Will he be able to unite the Dutch nobility and avenge the death of his father?
- In the fourteenth century, Europe has to face a terrible plague. The Church states it's a punishment from God. Meanwhile, the printing press contributes to the development of critical citizens that take on the Church, like the Anabaptists.
- In the sixteenth century the Eighty Years' War broke out in the Netherlands. In this war between Catholics and Protestants, William of Orange must make a choice between his own interests and those of the Spanish king.
- At the end of the 18th century, the Dutch Republic was torn apart by civil war. The last steward, Prince William V, flees and citizens seize their chance to introduce democracy. Will the country become a monarchy or a democratic republic?
- Amsterdam, 1658-59. Suffering from the plague, although it's not epidemic time, Govert Flinck looks back on his life in Rembrandt's shadow. Although financially the best rewarded painter of their age, Govert never caught up artistically with the master, whose stubborn integrity ruined his chances at many commissions. Evcen Govert's own son took lessons from Rembrandt. The last and most prestigious city commission, Claudius's "Dutch rebellion against Rome", ended in tragedy for both of them and posterity.
- With the marriage of Count Engelbrecht of Nassau to the Dutch Johanna van Polanen, the German Nassau family set foot on Dutch soil for the first time. More than a century later, descendant William inherited the title of Prince of Orange.
- The power of the Orange kings crumbled in the nineteenth century. A new constitution gives parliament more power at the expense of the king. Much to the frustration of King William III, who did everything he could to turn the tide.
- Lodewijk Napoleon gave the Netherlands its identity and set up many important institutions. Hans Goedkoop examines the ambitions plans and silent departure of the Netherlands' first king.
- In a time when women are not permitted to work for money and are expected to obey their husbands and stay at home, Betsy Perk stands up for women's rights. Hans Goedkoop chronicles the life of this remarkable woman and her ideals.