The Best TV Shows on NTR

Every NTR Show Ranked From Best To Worst

NTR has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1976 all the way to 2025. Among NTR’s finest offerings are Sesamstraat and Sinterklaasjournaal, which debuted in 1976 and 2001, respectively. Dive into our updated selection of NTR’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of December 2025.

  • Real Life in the Zoo
    Real Life in the Zoo (2019)9.0

    The animals play the main role in this series. The animals are the real main characters and the supporting roles are for the caretakers or zoo staff. Decisive for the program is the camera technology, which shows the animals' lives everywhere behind the scenes and out of sight of the audience. We experience the 24-hour feeling within the walls of the zoo, just like the animals themselves. The program is recorded at Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, the Netherlands.

  • Sinterklaasjournaal
    Sinterklaasjournaal (2001)8.6

  • Het Verhaal van Nederland: Oranje-Nassau
    Het Verhaal van Nederland: Oranje-Nassau (2024)8.3

  • The Secrets of Barslet
    The Secrets of Barslet (2012)8.0

    In the middle of nowhere lies the little Dutch village: Barslet. The only strange thing about the village seems to be the name, which means "bar slut" in Dutch. But there is also a different interpretation of the name. "Bars" means "unfriendly" in Dutch and "let" is medieval Dutch for "people". So Barslet means "unfriendly people". Barslet seems to be an ordinary and peaceful village. But if you believe that, you're mistaken.

  • Sesamstraat
    Sesamstraat (1976)7.0

    Sesamstraat is a children's television show in the Netherlands, spin off the popular U.S. children's program Sesame Street.

  • De aarde beeft
    De aarde beeft (2024)7.0

    In the year that the gas tap in Groningen is finally closed, Andere Tijden (NTR) presents the four-part documentary series The earth is shaking: about the discovery of the gas bubble, the cheering everywhere in the Netherlands, the economic trees that reach the sky and the consequences and aftermath for the residents.

  • Elixir
    Elixir (2025)6.3

    Isabelle Rombauts is unexpectedly appointed CEO of the family business Rombauts Pharma, an important player on the international pharmaceutical market. She soon encounters the consequences of serious mismanagement by her father and brother. And she is faced with a devilish dilemma: should she follow her own conscience? Or the interests of her influential family?

  • 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.

  • 10xBeter
    10xBeter (2012)N/A

  • Hier zijn de Van Rossems
    Hier zijn de Van Rossems (2015)N/A

  • Top 2000
    Top 2000 (N/A)N/A

    Music program of the NTR (public TV) with Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and Leo Blokhuis about the list of lists: The Top 2000. The program will be broadcast around Christmas and New Year's Eve, based on the Top 2000 as defined every year by music lovers and will be broadcast in full by Radio 2 at the end of the year.

  • De Wilde Keuken
    De Wilde Keuken (2010)N/A

  • Dream School
    Dream School (2017)N/A

  • Project Rembrandt
    Project Rembrandt (2019)N/A

    Viewers follow painters across eight episodes as the show searches for the most talented painter in the Netherlands.

  • Nieuw Zeer
    Nieuw Zeer (2020)N/A

  • Kiespijn
    Kiespijn (2021)N/A

  • Atlas
    Atlas (2021)N/A

  • Welkom in de Middeleeuwen
    Welkom in de Middeleeuwen (2022)N/A

  • Project Dans
    Project Dans (2024)N/A

  • Welkom in de jaren 70 en 80
    Welkom in de jaren 70 en 80 (2025)N/A