The Best TV Shows on NCRV

Every NCRV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NCRV’s elite series, with our list refreshed for August 2025. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1961 up until 2010, NCRV stands as a beacon of television excellence. For top-tier entertainment, NCRV delivered Swiebertje and Pride and Prejudice in 1961 and 1961.

  • DNA  Unknown
    DNA Unknown (2009)10.0

    Caroline Tensen, and later Dionne Stax, reveal hidden family sorrows in gooey stories. is my father my real father? Are my brothers related? Great doubts and unanswered questions leave families in the dark for years. Fortunately, there is a DNA test, which 'conclusively' establishes whether there are family ties. That is so clear. The test puts an end to a life full of ambiguities once and for all.

  • Thomas & Senior
    Thomas & Senior (1985)8.0

  • Rust Roest
    Rust Roest (1989)8.0

  • Keyzer en de Boer Advocaten
    Keyzer en de Boer Advocaten (2005)8.0

  • Swiebertje
    Swiebertje (1961)7.0

    Story of a wanderer with a golden heart. His constant quarrel with Brom's patrol and hidden love with Saartje, the mayor's maid. Filled with humor, real problems of all time. Great series at the time.

  • De Zevensprong
    De Zevensprong (1982)6.9

    Frans, an elementary school teacher gets involved in a conspiracy to save Geert-Jan Grisenstijn from the hands of his uncle, the evil count.

  • De Familie Knots
    De Familie Knots (1980)6.5

  • Zonder Ernst
    Zonder Ernst (1992)6.0

    Zonder Ernst is a sitcom made for and aired in the 1990s by Dutch broadcasting organization NCRV.

  • André Van Duin - De Dik Voormekaar Show
    André Van Duin - De Dik Voormekaar Show (1977)4.0

  • The Bamboo Bears
    The Bamboo Bears (1995)4.0

    Bamboo-Lee, Dah-Lee and Slo-Lee are three bears with a goal: to save the world before more species become extinct. But can the bears stand up to the spineless villains behind Ratco Corporation?

  • Wilhelmina
    Wilhelmina (2001)4.0

    Drama about the life of Queen Wilhelmina Focused on pre WW2 and the occupation of The Netherlands

  • Pride and Prejudice
    Pride and Prejudice (1961)N/A

    Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

  • Small Souls
    Small Souls (1969)N/A

    Landmark tv adaptation of Louis Couperus' "Small Souls" saga, that tells of the gradual disintegration of the once-powerful Van Lowe clan.

  • Het meisje met de blauwe hoed
    Het meisje met de blauwe hoed (1972)N/A

  • Bolke de Beer
    Bolke de Beer (1976)N/A

    Circus bear Bolke escapes from a life of captivity and find refuge with a family of hares. He is allowed to stay in the forest near Apeldoorn as long as he gets a cave of his own. He is soon joined by another escapee, Melis the Monkey.

  • Kanaal 13
    Kanaal 13 (1982)N/A

  • Blik op de Weg
    Blik op de Weg (1991)N/A

  • The Summer of 45
    The Summer of 45 (1991)N/A

    Two young women at the end of a long, bitter war. Two soldiers who left distant Canada to liberate Europe. The summer of '45 brings them all together—a few hours, a few days that will determine the rest of their lives. Anna from Zeeland falls in love with Canadian soldier Jim, and he with her. But the maelstrom of events gives their love little chance. Maria from Breda experiences liberation as an unreal intoxication. A brief moment of naive infatuation throws her life completely off balance. Maria gives birth to a child under appalling conditions, in a home for unmarried mothers. She is forced to give up the child.

  • Zwarte sneeuw
    Zwarte sneeuw (1996)N/A

    Black Snow is a Dutch television series that was broadcast in 1996 by the NCRV. Eva Bender (Tamar van den Dop) works as an au pair in France . When she has her friend Tessa (Ariane Schluter) as a guest, she is also visited by her parents (Tom Jansen and Truus te Selle) who are clearly worried about something. They don't want to tell Eva what happened yet and a day later they have an accident in which her mother dies and her father falls into a coma. After this, Eva goes looking for her parents' secrets.

  • Verborgen Verleden
    Verborgen Verleden (2010)N/A

    In Hidden Past, famous Dutch people go in search of their family history. Who were their ancestors and what did they do? To find out, the main characters have to travel. Sometimes very far back in the past, sometimes much closer. In Hidden Past, the broad lines of history become visible in the stories hidden in the family trees of the main characters.