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Following the huge success of the first and second series of the reality series program The worlds strictest parents, the BBC is looking for role model families in the Netherlands to take part in a third series of factual entertainment programs on parenting. The World’s… Read More
Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004. The series is produced by Wall to Wall. In each episode, a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. The… Read More
The veil is a series of documentaries looking at women and fashion across the Muslim world. Besides filming in countries like Yemen, Dubai, Egypt and the UK, the crew also visits The Netherlands. The series has a strong fashion and cultural angle, but for example… Read More
For the Relgion and & Ethics department of BBC 4 professor Diarmaid MacCulloch presents a series on the history of Christianity from the death of Christ to the present day. In Programme 6 he explores the beginnings of doubt from the Enlightenment thinkers through to… Read More
Spain based Justin Webster Productions is producing a documentary for the BBC on the Madrid bombings. One of the suspects of the Madrid bombings lived in Amsterdam for a while. Since the apartment block where the suspect lived is about to be demolished, the street,… Read More
Filming BBC reporter Mike Donkin reports on the rigid Dutch immigration policy, and especially on the situation of the numerous asylum seekers that are waiting for a residence permit for a long time and that still can be thrown out of the Netherlands any moment…. Read More
For Bitesize Engineering, an educational program for children between 14 and 16 years old from the BBC, a BBC crew visits The Nehterlands to make a background reportage about a factory that produces plastic bottles. For the start of the program advice and accompaniment is… Read More
In each episode Who do you think you are?, one of Britain’s best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors. For this episode Who do you think you are? checks out the past of British… Read More
The BBC children’s program Blue Peter produces an episode in The Netherlands. The Blue Peter presenters are confronted with loads of Dutch traditions, habits and clichés. The presenters join costumed clog dancers in the picturesque harbour of Volendam, do a bike and a boat tour… Read More
At the day the new Party for Neighbourly love, Freedom and Diversity (PNVD), better known as the ‘pedo party’, since the founders do not make a secret of the fact that they are paedophiles, gets permission to register as a party in the Netherlands, a… Read More
The mayor of Maastricht is promoting change in the Dutch soft drugs policy. Also many other local authorities want to experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation and a majority in the Dutch Lower house is in favour, but the Dutch minister of Justice is against the… Read More
After the flood disaster in New Orleans BBC TV and radio reporter and cameraman Mike Donkin investigates the Dutch protection against flooding and the future dangers the low lying delta might face from the sea and its rivers. He visits the Flood 1953 Museum in… Read More