The Best TV Shows on NPO 3

Every NPO 3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 1986 through to 2023, NPO 3 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Some of the best tv shows from NPO 3 include Pingu and Sinterklaasjournaal, airing in 1986 and 2001 respectively. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NPO 3’s elite series, with our list refreshed for July 2025.

  • Sinterklaasjournaal
    Sinterklaasjournaal (2001)8.6

  • Commandos
    Commandos (2020)8.6

    Former commando John de Koning, traumatized by a failed mission in Nigeria, is confronted with a murderer trying to eliminate his former comrades in battle. He starts the fight, but ends up in a war in which he threatens to lose his mates, his family and himself.

  • Tropenjaren
    Tropenjaren (2022)8.0

    Tropenjaren is a comedy about the whirlwind of new parenthood and a former life that’s gone for good. When Jelle and his wife Rosa welcome their first child, a new chapter unfolds. The young parents strive to do their best for their daughter Stella while also trying to keep their work lives and relationship as lively and ambitious as ever. Nights out and parties, however, quickly give way to diapers and babysitters. In short, the couple is gearing up for the tropenjaren—the intense early years of parenting.

  • Ranking the Stars
    Ranking the Stars (2006)7.7

    Ten Dutch celebrities participate in each broadcast. Two non-ordinary questions are asked of the Dutch celebrities per episode, such as "Who would have the easiest time going forty days without sex?", "Who used to be chosen last in gymnastics?" and "Who is your best friend?". The broadcasts claim that for each question a panel of 100 people compiled in advance a top 10 in which the famous candidates were "ranked."

  • Penoza
    Penoza (2010)7.7

    Carmen, the daughter of a notorious Amsterdam drug lord, reluctantly takes charge of the family's smuggling business in order to clear her husband's debts.

  • Dunya & Desie
    Dunya & Desie (2002)7.3

  • #BOOS
    #BOOS (2016)7.0

  • Zenith
    Zenith (2017)7.0

    Fay (14) and Boris (10) discover that their parents secretly replaced themselves by robots. Claudia and Joost each have demanding jobs and even though they try very hard, they are not able to combine their jobs with spending quality time with their children. Boris, Fay, Claudia and Joost slowly realize they need each other as a family and when the robots become uncontrollable, they can only clear up the mess by working together.

  • De Slet van 6VWO
    De Slet van 6VWO (2017)7.0

  • Boerderij van Dorst
    Boerderij van Dorst (2021)7.0

  • Pingu
    Pingu (1986)6.9

    Playful penguin Pingu lives with his family in Antarctica, where he often finds himself caught up in mischievous high jinks with his pal Robby.

  • ANNE+
    ANNE+ (2018)6.3

    The weekend Anne (24) moves into her own place she unexpectedly runs into her ex-girlfriend Lily, and a lot has happened since they broke up four years ago. Over the weekend, Anne reflects on the relationships she has had throughout her student years in Amsterdam.

  • I know who you are
    I know who you are (2018)6.1

    After wrecking his car in a deserted road in the middle of the forest and being found with the blood and mobile phone of his niece, successful criminal lawyer Daniel Elias can no longer remember who he is but must find a way to prove his innocence, even though he does not know whether he is guilty or not.

  • Arcadia
    Arcadia (2023)6.0

    Following a major catastrophe, a new society, Arcadia, is born. Resources have become scarce and a point system, known as the Citizen Score, is introduced. It determines what you can and may do and what a citizen is entitled to.

  • Best Friends
    Best Friends (2007)3.0

    Best Friends follows the life of a group of friends at their high school ‘Spangalis College’. Inside and outside of school exciting and challenging experiences take place. Growing up is never easy; every character has its own, unique story of love, friendship, loneliness, sorrow, discovery. There is drama and joy in school, family, teachers, parents, divorce, bullying, and always dreams for the future.

  • Het Verborgen Eiland
    Het Verborgen Eiland (2014)N/A

    Two families join forces for a sailing holiday, but after their navigation equipment stops working, they find themselves stranded on a mysterious island that doesn't seem to exist on any maps. But they are not alone.

  • Het Geheim van Eyck
    Het Geheim van Eyck (2015)N/A

    Tim, Lotte and Floor Bouwman find out that something is wrong at the camping site of their grandfather Darius. Also strange things occur in the forest. Soon they meet secret allies hiding in the forest and trying to figure out together what is going on. Gradually, the children discover that the company Gentopia has everything to do with it. And that Director Cleo King is a lot less innocent than she seems. The kids do everything to find the truth and help grandfather Darius and his campsite, the forest and even save people and animals from extinction.

  • Remi, Nobody's Boy
    Remi, Nobody's Boy (2016)N/A

    Orphan Remi (13) goes on a incredible journey to find his family.

  • Nieuw Zeer
    Nieuw Zeer (2020)N/A

  • De Faker
    De Faker (2021)N/A