The Best TV Shows on TROS

Every TROS Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Across the timeline from 1977 to 2013, TROS has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Premiering in 1977 and 1978, André Van Duin - De Muziekspecials and Bassie & Adriaan are among TROS’s most celebrated shows. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of TROS’s elite series, with our list refreshed for February 2026.

  • Amika
    Amika (2008)10.0

  • Ali B op volle toeren
    Ali B op volle toeren (2011)10.0

    Ali B op volle toeren, abbreviated as ABOVT, is a Dutch television program broadcast on the Dutch television station TROS with Ali B, a well known Moroccan-Dutch rapper as host. Three seasons of the show have been aired. The first series was launched in January to March 2011, the second December 2011 to February 2012 and a third season from December 2012 to February 2013. The program has been popular and some of the interpretations have appeared on the Dutch Single Top 100 and Dutch Top 40 as hits in their own right. The format has been adapted in a number of countries. Op volle toeren is in reference to an earlier very popular Dutch music program broadcast on TROS in the 1970s.

  • Bassie & Adriaan - Traveling Through America
    Bassie & Adriaan - Traveling Through America (1994)9.0

    The three crooks lure Bassie and Adriaan to Curacao to take care of them once and for all. This doesn't go as planned. Back in The Netherlands Bassie wins a trip to the USA in a TV quiz and takes Adriaan on a tour of the whole country. What they don't know is that de Baron, B100 and Handige Harry are on their trail.

  • Fort Alpha
    Fort Alpha (1996)7.8

  • Bassie & Adriaan
    Bassie & Adriaan (1978)7.7

    Bassie & Adriaan is a Dutch circus and TV duo who take children of all ages on adventures into their world of jokes, excitement, and adventure. Fun jokes, excitement with crooks, and educational adventures and trips through the Netherlands, Europe, and America provide timeless viewing pleasure for young and old alike.

  • Herenstraat 10
    Herenstraat 10 (1983)7.0

  • Flikken Maastricht
    Flikken Maastricht (2007)7.0

    Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.

  • For Queen and Country
    For Queen and Country (1979)6.5

    Voor koningin en vaderland (English: For Queen and Country) is a 1979 Dutch television miniseries created and written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and Gerard Soeteman, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The four-part serial is an extended version of Verhoeven's 1977 film Soldaat van Oranje (Solider of Orange). During World War II, Leiden students–among them Erik, Guus, Jan, Alex and Robby–collaborate and/or join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.

  • 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.

  • De Ep Oorklep Show
    De Ep Oorklep Show (1987)6.0

  • Tax Free
    Tax Free (1992)6.0

    A Dutch comedy series that aired on TROS.

  • The Factory
    The Factory (1981)5.9

    A large sugar concern wants to take over the ailing sugar factory of the Rustenburg family. A fierce battle ensues and plans are hatched to depose the factory's director.

  • Medisch Centrum West
    Medisch Centrum West (1988)5.5

  • Onderweg naar morgen
    Onderweg naar morgen (1994)3.8

  • André Van Duin - De Muziekspecials
    André Van Duin - De Muziekspecials (1977)N/A

  • Lingo
    Lingo (1989)N/A

    Lingo is a Dutch television game show based on the North American format of the same name. Each episode involves two teams of two people trying to guess and spell words. The amount of letters to guess varies from 5 to 8. The highest possible amount of money awarded is €5000.

  • Radar
    Radar (2002)N/A

  • Van Duin op z'n best
    Van Duin op z'n best (2009)N/A

  • Freddy Heineken
    Freddy Heineken (2013)N/A

    Dutch beer-brewing scion and businessman Freddy Heineken secures his family's legacy through years of ambitious dealings and one infamous kidnapping.

  • De Leeuwenkuil
    De Leeuwenkuil (2013)N/A