Theo Maassen grew up in Germany and was the only boy in his class in '74 not to become World Champion. With the European Championship approaching and football as a starting point, Theo gives an adventurous tour to get to know the real Germany. Are the Germans smarter, faster, stronger and better than us?
In the triptych Murder Pills, Dionne Slagter talks to people with ADHD. She herself was diagnosed with ADD ten years ago and was on long-term prescription medication. But she sometimes also recommends taking an extra pill if she has to pull an all-nighter to meet a deadline.
In the late 1990s, Margriet was an America correspondent. She was confronted with hate crimes steeped in deep-seated hatred against groups, beliefs, genders and/or sexualities. She returns to America and mixes with people who justify their hatred based on their beliefs.
The Wadden Sea goes inside the lives of (e.g.) a group of grey seals, shell ducks and a family of peregrine falcons in the Wadden Sea, a sea which changes completely over the seasons or even a couple of times per day. At one moment, it is kilometers of extensive tidal flats full of life and at another a mass of water with reckless waves; all tied to the invisible influence of the moon and the sun on the tides.
Jurre Geluk investigates the state of affairs in the Dutch porn industry. What world is hidden behind our porn? What could be better? And is it possible to make an honest porn film? There's only one way to find out: produce an ethical porn film yourself.
Conspiracy theories have been around for many years, but they have a lot in common. The people who believe in it often distrust the plans of the elite, government, scientists and media. This mistrust has reached new heights during the corona crisis. That is why Filemon Wesselink decides in the program Philemon and the Conspiracies to look for the person behind the conspiracy thinker.