The Best TV Shows on NTR

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.

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.

Dutch quiz show that preceeds the yearly Top 2000 list

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.

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.

A Dutch television program consisting of short sketches that parody news, actualities and social media.

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

The documentary Frenna: in silence provides insight into the life of rapper Frenna, who grew up in the Schilderswijk and chose a difficult path to success.

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.