Baantjer (1996)

Genre

drama television series, crime television series

Country

Netherlands

Length

12 seasons, 123 episodes

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging police detective in Amsterdam solves murders with his younger partner. The show follows their steady, methodical work as they question suspects and gather evidence to find the killers.

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What happens

Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network. In 2019, the series was revived for a thirteenth season and a film, starring Waldemar Torenstra, aired on RTL 4 and Videoland. The film Amsterdam Vice (Baantjer: Het Begin) won the Golden Film award two weeks after its premiere on 18 April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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