We follow Emile as he prepares to emigrate to Thailand with his twelve-year-old son Emilio. He wants to leave the Netherlands behind and earn his living there. During the departure and view of the future, the past and present are also portrayed. Who is the Ratelband phenomenon really?
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the end of times is near. Only through absolute dedication to the organization do they hope to survive Armageddon. They go door-to-door trying to save souls. But when things go wrong behind closed doors, those doors are shut tight. Misconduct, violence, and abuse: it must all be kept internal. And anyone who goes against the organization can lose everything.
Mark Rutte is followed in his final months as prime minister. He looks back on more than 13 years of leadership and gives a rare glimpse behind the scenes. What do his busy days look like? How does he come to decisions? And what drives him? There are also conversations with (former) politicians and friends.
RTL4 starts the new year with Cruise Life, a holiday and cruise program that will be broadcast weekly from January 19, 2025. In this program, presenter Chimène van Oosterhout takes viewers on a journey to the Norwegian fjords aboard the Rotterdam, the newest ship of Holland America Line.
In this show, Maria and Tamara, together with six celebrities, go in search of themselves on the island of free spirits and birds of paradise: Ibiza. Every day they follow a controversial therapy, which releases a lot. With a laugh, a tear, and a healthy dose of self-mockery but above all humour, we get to know Maria, Tamara and their guests in a way that we have never seen from them before.
Vlogpiet and Prankpiet do their utmost to save Christmas Eve. They accidentally lost the wish lists of all children in the Netherlands. Afraid to tell Sinterklaas, the Pieten decide to solve it with the help of their creative YouTube friends. Will they succeed in giving Sinterklaas and the children in the Netherlands an unforgettable evening full of presents?
On New Year's morning 2013, a passerby finds the body of 48-year-old Marja Nijholt from Enschede in the driveway of a house in Oss. She was killed by knife stabs. After two years of police investigation, the case is stuck. Hundreds of ordinary Dutch people care about Marja's fate. They form the Bureau Dupin research collective and do everything they can to uncover the truth.
In the program, the two presenters and friends Michella Kox and Louisa Janssen worked for a different employer in different industries each episode under the guise of helping with the major staff shortage.
Before the two ladies leave for their new work location, they first receive a hint in the form of one word. After this, they may open a chest containing an object that represents the profession. Shortly afterwards it will be announced where they have to work.
If the ladies work for a new employer, he or she assesses them based on three points that apply to their report; these three points differ per location. If they have performed or can represent two of these three points well, they will be considered suitable to work at that work location. The report with the associated results is discussed at the end of each episode.
In the Netherlands, almost 1 million people live below the poverty line this year. People who work very hard but cannot make ends meet. Households where bills are piling up and they have to close one gap with another. Money stress is all-consuming. In the new program Out of Debt, John Williams follows several families where things go wrong. Together with a team of experts, he will work to bring their lives back into balance in all areas.
The Dutch female ecologist and herpetologist Sterrin Smalbrugge teaches children everything they need to know about reptiles. What types of reptiles are there, what do they eat and where are the animals found? The program challenges children to explore nature for themselves, where there is so much to discover.