Guy Moeyaert is a well-meaning colonial official in a jungle district of the Belgian Congo in the last years of white colonial rule, after the Second World War, a paternalistic system where the state, unable to be properly present all over the vast, sparsely populated country, collaborates systematically with the Roman Catholic missions -in his post, father Alexis- and private enterprise, in case mainly the mining company -locally represented by engineer Lenaers- which also helps out with money and labor for such public tasks as road building. Even his grip on the natives is weak, as they live under hereditary tribal leaders, which must take from its people what they are legally obliged to deliver to the state in taxes and labor; coercion is done by force, including whipping on the bare buttocks, which Guy hates. Guy also starts a love affair with Hélène Vermarcke, who gets estranged from her husband Luk (the three were already friends in Belgium) as he devotes all his efforts the their plantation, le
In Kennismakers, a new dazzling science show on channel één, Tom De Cock invites the brightest minds in Flanders to join the live audience at home to introduce the wonderful world of science to viewers
Blokken is a Belgian quiz show based on the Tetris video game. It is broadcast by Eén and hosted by popular Belgian television personality Ben Crabbé. The show is currently the longest running quiz show on Belgian television. On april 13th 2013 the show will air its 4000th episode.
Tom Waes has already successfully completed many challenges. Running the Marathon des Sables, becoming a bodybuilder, climbing El Capitan... Adrenaline junkie and stress bunny Tom is known from various adventurous television programs such as Tomtesterom, Wauters vs. Waes, Reizen Waes and Camp Waes. But now he will take on what may be his biggest challenge: in the new, five-part Kalm Waes, scientists try to calm Tom Waes' nervous tendon. Tom goes far beyond his comfort zone and becomes the guinea pig in this unique stress experiment.