Episode 12

Leo Blokhuis

Matthijs van Nieuwkerk

Diederik Ebbinge

Episode 13

Episode 11

Episode 1. With Tim op het Broek, Coks Donders, Afke Boven and Doortje Smithuijsen.

Top 2000 Quiz Episode 1

Jools Holland explains that the boogie-woogie style is the foundation of all pop music. We hear the band Black Pumas discussing the song "Angel." Belgian singer Dani Klein of the band Vaya Con Dias tells the story of the hit "Nah Neh Nah." The artist who now calls himself Sananda Maitreya, but is known to many as Terence Trent D'Arby, explains how singer Sade was the inspiration for his hit "Sign Your Name."

Top 2000 Quiz Episode 2

We see musician Huey Morgen of the Fun Lovin Criminals. In Paris, we speak with singer Barbara Pravi about the song "Qui j'etais" from her latest album. We know Ray Parker Jr., of course, from the hit "Ghostbusters." He explains that he wrote the song "Can't Change That" for the soul band The Spinners, but ultimately scored a hit with it himself. And the man who brought color to the '80s: Trevor Horn. He produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, and Simple Minds, among others. He talks about his collaboration with Malcolm McLaren and their 1983 album "Duck Rock."

Top 2000 Quiz Episode 3

Concert recordings of Led Zeppelin at the Concertgebouw in 1969, which have been recovered. We discuss the band's early days with guitarist Jimmy Page. We visit the grave of writer and poet William Blake with musician Matt Johnson of The The. We visit Oleta Adams in Kansas City to hear the story behind her hit "Windows of Hope."

Top 2000 Quiz Episode 4

In what is sadly the very last episode ever, we take a long walk through London with singer Suggs of the band Madness. He takes us past the origins of several songs. Frontman Speech of the hip-hop group Arrested Development shares a deeply personal story about the song "Tenness." And the story behind The Doobie Brothers' "Black Water," their very first number one hit.

Episode 9

A story about U2 at the regular table. Singer SERA takes on rapper Glen Faria in a quiz. Reports about the band Claw Boys Claw, which is saying goodbye to the stage this year, and the Norwegian singer Maria Mena about the song Just hold me. And of course a beautiful music story by Leo Blokhuis.

Episode 10

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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.

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