The Best TV Shows on NTR

Every NTR Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 2001 through to 2026, NTR has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Highlighting NTR’s quality programming, Sinterklaasjournaal and Top 2000 stand out, premiering in 2001 and N/A. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of NTR’s elite series, with our list refreshed for February 2026.

  • 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.

  • The Story of The Netherlands
    The Story of The Netherlands (2022)9.0

    The Story of the Netherlands tells the story of the country we live in, from the moment the first inhabitants settled there. Never before has our history, and how it has made us who we are today, been made tangible in this way. The project consists of a 10-part television series for NPO 1, with Daan Schuurmans as narrator.

  • Sinterklaasjournaal
    Sinterklaasjournaal (2001)8.6

  • Andere Tijden Sport
    Andere Tijden Sport (2008)8.0

  • CAST
    CAST (2023)8.0

  • Top 2000 Quiz
    Top 2000 Quiz (2007)7.0

    Dutch quiz show that preceeds the yearly Top 2000 list

  • 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?

  • Alpha 00
    Alpha 00 (2026)6.0

    Diana leads a specialized investigative team for the most urgent cases. From the state-of-the-art mobile command center – the ALPHA 00 – the team coordinates complex operations on-site.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • SpangaS: Leergeld
    SpangaS: Leergeld (2010)N/A

  • De Wilde Keuken
    De Wilde Keuken (2010)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

  • Ben ik hier alleen?
    Ben ik hier alleen? (2021)N/A

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

  • Project Dans
    Project Dans (2024)N/A

  • Jan Janszoon, Piraat van de wereld
    Jan Janszoon, Piraat van de wereld (2024)N/A

    Documentary series about the life of the 17th century pirate Jan Janszoon aka Mourad Raïs.

  • Welkom in Amsterdam
    Welkom in Amsterdam (2025)N/A