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Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.

Just before Anne is moving from Amsterdam to live with her great love Sara in Montreal, her publisher criticizes the manuscript for her first novel. What exactly is the story she's trying to tell? Does she even have something to say at all? Anne is forced to search for what she wants in life, because it is not only the main character in her novel who seems to be a little lost.

Registration of the sixth comedy special by the Dutch comedian Henry van Loon. When Henry van Loon got his dog Jannie, a global pandemic broke out not long after and he was suddenly stuck indoors with that nervous little guy. His daughter was born in the middle of that pandemic. A tough time, that's for sure. But also a time for reflection. Time to think about what he really wanted. And you know what that was? Away! On the road again.

Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.

Columnist and author Natascha van Weezel and programme maker Sinan Can have been engaging in dialogue with people on both sides of the conflict since the start of the war in Gaza. Despite hatred, name-calling, and even threats on social media, they continue to seek dialogue. Last year, they did so in the Netherlands. Now, in the conflict zone itself. In Bridge over the Fault Line II, Natascha and Sinan travel to Israel, where war rhetoric usually drowns out reason.

When they are confronted with the disease of the pater familias, all the members of the Liefhebber family have to face their fears, faults and their troubled interrelationships.

The Dutch comedian Claudia de Breij looks back on the year 2022.

The Oudejaarsconference (New Year's Eve performance) of the year 2023 by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim.

Do we really need to explain this? The year is (almost) over, the country is yearning for redemption—for someone who can masterfully put all events into perspective, dish out sharp jokes and serve an excellent oliebol in between. But hey, Pieter Derks is still there.

Registration of the theatre program by the Dutch comedy duo Rundfunk.

Registration of the fifth theatre program by the Dutch comedian Ronald Snijders.

An Amsterdam telemarketer of Surinamese descent suffers an existential crisis of identity when he finds fortune and belonging by using a typically Dutch name to boost his sales.

It is winter in Gdynia, Poland. This is Kasia's town, a rebellious teenager: headstrong, fearless, and streetwise. When Kasia was 3 years old, her parents left Poland, hoping for a better life in Germany. They never returned and Kasia grew up with her grandmother. When her grandmother passes away, Kasia is heartstruck. To top it all off, she also seems to be pregnant.

Stage registration of the theatre performance by the Dutch theatre vedettes Jenny Arean and Brigitte Kaandorp.

Before the eyes of the Sudanese Ahmed (25), the war broke out in full force. He decides to flee on foot to the Netherlands alone, to be able to live there in freedom. This documentary shows part of his arduous journey: from the Italian Alps to Ter Apel.

Registration of the fourth installment in the quadriptych by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim.

A solitary organ broker attempts to break free from his life of deadly crime by rescuing a young woman from the ruthless syndicate he does business with.

The bigger the audiences for Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim’s shows became, the less he had to do to make them laugh. In one early show, he suggested that the audience would be better off without him. So in 2016, he acted upon this suggestion with an experiment that made theater history: he wasn't physically present onstage but somewhere else. The audience wasn't aware of this in advance, though they did get a hint in the form of a pre-recorded "live" radio interview from a remote studio. "I see my audience as my children," Wertheim says in this interview. "You have to educate them, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 15 years. At first you have to constantly be there watching them, but there comes a time when you have to trust them to get on with it without you." With some help from a robot, a printer, a stereo and a set of headphones, the members of his audience were able to make their own performance.

Colleagues and friends look back on the life of writer Joost Zwagerman.