Stay up-to-date with over 20 of VPRO’s elite series, with our list refreshed for October 2026. Highlighting VPRO’s quality programming, Pat & Mat and Jiskefet stand out, premiering in 1979 and 1990. VPRO has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1979 and as recent as 2023.

Debiteuren Crediteuren is a satire of boring office life and repetitive corporate culture. The series focuses on three colleagues and their secretary working in a financial administration office. Each episode follows a rigid pattern: mundane small talk, bad jokes, office supplies obsession (like "stiften"), and lunch breaks involving specific sandwiches. I was made by the Dutch absurdist comedy show Jiskefet and originally aired on the VPRO network.


Kreatief met Kurk was a satirical mockumentary by Arjan Ederveen, Tosca Niterink and Pieter Kramer (director), which was broadcast by the VPRO from January to March 1993 (lessons 1 to 13) and from January to June 1994 (lessons 14 to 26).



Pat & Mat is a Czech stop-motion animated series featuring two handymen, Pat and Mat. It was created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek.



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.

Multilul is a satirical take on the advertising and media world by the Dutch absurdist comedy show Jiskefet. It aired in late 1998 on the VPRO network. It follows the staff of a pretentious marketing agency (Creative Advertising, Media and Communication Consultant Agency) as they brainstorm absurd campaigns. The series mocks corporate jargon, pseudo-creative processes, and industry narcissism.



A series of eight episodes documenting 250.000 years of history. Charles Groenhuijsen takes us along sights and locations that historically harbored various inhabitants of ‘The Lowlands’. In what today is known as The Netherland, Belgium, Germany, New York, Ghana, Surinam, and Indonesia, Charles will be looking for the stories of ‘our’ past through potsherds, bones, stones, ancient text's, drawings, paintings, pictures, radio, and tv- fragments







Sander Schimmelpenninck investigates the far-reaching influence of social media on our society and politics. To this end, he talks to journalists, moderators, philosophers, lawyers and troll hunters. How does social media use undermine our democracy and why is no one doing anything?