The Japanese public channel NHK is producing a documentary about the way the corona virus and corona crisis is handled worldwide. In the Netherlands they want to know why the Dutch choose for an intelligent lockdown and what research is done at 100 Dutch families… Read More

Why a do the Dutch implemented a so called intelligent lockdown and not a total lock down during the corona crisis? What is an intelligent lock down and how does it work in practice? TF1 reporter Georges Brenier comes to the Netherlands to find out…. Read More

The Dutch government is planning an experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation, to see if this legal cultivation will decrease organized crime and increase the safety of cannabis use. In the experiment, the government will give ten organisations a government license to grow cannabis, that will… Read More

Over the last years there is an increase of organised heavy crime in the Netherlands. Large shipments of cocaine are intercepted in the harbor of Rotterdam, numerous illegal synthetic drugs laboratories are discovered in the south of the country and many liquidations take place in… Read More

A court ruling has forced the Netherlands to promptly deal with its high nitrogen emissions. The Dutch government has decided to cut speed limits on high ways and farmers have rallied in the streets to protest against the plan to reduce livestock numbers. Most of… Read More

Zwarte Piet or Black Pete has been a festive tradition in the Netherlands for generations – which sees thousands of people, who are often white, dress up as the character wearing afro-style wigs, red lipstick and full blackface makeup. There have been attempts to make… Read More

Artemis Media has devised a new returnable documentary format which is being produced for SBS TV Australia. Presented by much loved and well respected actress Noni Hazlehurst this masterfully crafted observational documentary series follows everyday Australians and sometimes a well-known celebrity, on a life changing… Read More

Amsterdam’s historic city centre and red-light district is a major tourist attraction, but some residents say overcrowding and badly-behaved visitors are making the city unbearable to live in. Tourists numbers are set to soar to around 30 million in the next decade and with fears… Read More

In the Netherlands old people’s homes have been closed and instead elderly have to live at home as long as possible. This is what is expected, but it is also what people want nowadays. Elderly couples help themselves and if one of the partners gets… Read More

The British production company Wall to Wall produces ‘Fining My Family: Holocaust’, a two-part series for BBC 1 which will follow the British families of those who experienced the Holocaust re-trace their parents and grandparents’ steps. Watford Grammar schoolgirl Maggie Fleet, 14, accompanied her “opa”,… Read More

CNN news anchor Richard Quest explores our ‘World of Wonder’ in a new CNN series. ‘Quest’s World of Wonder can be summed up in one sentence: We’re going to interesting places to meet fascinating people,’ says Richard Quest, host of the new immersive travel series… Read More

Scottish ministers have been urged to heavily increase funding for hard drugs addicts after Scotland recorded the highest level of drugs deaths in Europe last year. The latest figures showed a record number of 934 people died in Scotland as a direct result of drug… Read More