The Best TV Shows on NPO Start

Every NPO Start Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on NPO Start are Dit Was Het Nieuws and Wie is de Mol?, with their initial broadcasts in 1996 and 1999. A broadcaster of distinction, NPO Start has aired more than 20 shows between 1996 and 2025. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NPO Start’s elite series, with our list refreshed for January 2026.

  • Sinterklaasjournaal
    Sinterklaasjournaal (2001)8.6

  • Wie is de Mol?
    Wie is de Mol? (1999)8.1

    Ten candidates have to complete assignments to earn money. However, one of the group members is the Mole. The Mole's goal is to make the assignments fail and keep the amount of money earned as low as possible. The other candidates do not know who the Mole is and need to unmask them. At the end of every episode, the candidates take a multiple-choice test about the mole's identity. The person who gives the least amount of correct answers is "executed" and must leave. This process continues until only two contestants and the Mole remain. The winner is the person with the most correct answers in the final test and they get all of the money earned in previous stages of the game.

  • Girls Who Ride
    Girls Who Ride (2021)8.0

  • De vuurwerkramp
    De vuurwerkramp (2025)7.8

    Residents, police and the municipal government of the Dutch city of Enschede face loss, guilt and responsibility as they grapple with the May 2000 explosion of a fireworks depot that wipes a working-class suburb off the map.

  • Een Huis Vol
    Een Huis Vol (N/A)7.5

  • Oogappels
    Oogappels (2019)7.4

    Four different families in a medium-sized Dutch city are followed. Their children attend the same high school. The parents all have their own way of raising children. But for all of them it is true that they set the bar very high for themselves and their little ones: life must be perfect above all!

  • Het gouden uur
    Het gouden uur (2022)7.3

  • MoleTalk
    MoleTalk (2016)7.0

    Immediately after The Mole you can watch MolTalk, live from VondelCS in Amsterdam. In these commentary's, Marlijn Weerdenburg and Splinter Chabot discuss hints, tasks and theory's with former candidates and other guests.

  • Het verhaal van Amsterdam
    Het verhaal van Amsterdam (2025)7.0

  • The Great Offensive
    The Great Offensive (2025)7.0

    A three-part docudrama commemorating the 80th anniversary of liberation, chronicling the battle in Zeeland and West Brabant. Dramatic scenes, archive footage, and animations reveal the power struggles behind the seemingly united Allied front and its devastating consequences for Zeeland.

  • Dit Was Het Nieuws
    Dit Was Het Nieuws (1996)6.5

    Dit was het nieuws is a Dutch television program of RTL4, wherein two teams give a satirical account of the previous week's news. The program has the form of a game show in which two teams, each with a team leader and weekly guest, compete against each other. The scoring is not serious; after the first round, for instance, the score is always 4-4.

  • Badgast
    Badgast (2025)6.0

    Vince and his daughter Zoë travel to Terschelling for a father-daughter vacation. But he's come to the Dutch island with a sinister mission. Vince is carrying secrets and keeps it a secret from his 15-year-old daughter that he actually has other obligations on the island. Obligations that soon prove questionable and even very dangerous. Zoë then seeks out her own adventures with the local children, which she, in turn, keeps hidden from her father. The more father and daughter try to connect by keeping up appearances, the more they drift apart. When chaos and danger reach a peak, they need each other not only to save their bond but also, quite literally, each other's lives. Vince and Zoë turn out to be more alike than they thought. On vacation, you really get to know each other... above and below the water.

  • Hunted
    Hunted (2016)4.8

    Can you just disappear nowadays? 12 contestants need to stay out of a hunter team of experts for 21 days. the 'hunters' have experience in police, military and private sector tracking. Leading detective Sander Schaepman hunts the 'fugitives' from his headquarters.

  • Ik vertrek
    Ik vertrek (2005)4.7

  • Draadstaal
    Draadstaal (2007)1.5

    Draadstaal is a satirical sketch comedy television program of the VPRO, and CCCP 2 Dutch production company and broadcaster. It was created by CCCP and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Dennis van de Ven. The show features lots of recurring stereotypical characters. The program is reminiscent of the work of Van Kooten en De Bie.

  • NOS Studio Voetbal
    NOS Studio Voetbal (2002)0.5

  • Vier handen op één buik
    Vier handen op één buik (2012)N/A

    Each episode stars a new, about to be, teenage mom.

  • In het spoor van Oranje
    In het spoor van Oranje (2021)N/A

  • Van Roosmalen op reportage
    Van Roosmalen op reportage (2024)N/A

  • De Cirkel
    De Cirkel (2025)N/A