Now that many people are working from home, including the television makers, some changes had to be made to the television offer. New initiatives or old programs in a new way: below is an overview of all initiatives on television.
Last update: April 7, 2020.
New programs
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Homesick TV. From March 30, the Dutch Public Broadcasting will dive into the TV archives for Heimwee TV. Similar to the Troost TV of De Wereld Draait Door, old television programs are dug up and shown in various fragments. Think of episodes of ‘Classmates’ and ‘Say AA’, among others. The program ‘Have you seen that?’ is also part of Homesick TV. from Broadcasting MAX. Each episode looks back at special TV moments from history. Homesick TV can be seen every day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on NPO2. Knowing more? Look here.
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Floortje stays here. Floortje Dessing is looking for stories of resilience and self-reliance in her own country. A report from the Netherlands during the corona crisis. The program is the same as her travel programs and will be shown every Thursday for four weeks, from 9.20 pm to 10.10 pm on NPO1. You can find more about this program here.
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Notonly.nl. For four weeks, people and organizations are highlighted that do special things to support others during the corona crisis. You can read more about this program here.
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Front messages. A program in which daily updates are given about the developments at ‘the front’ of the corona crisis. People who help Dutch society through the crisis are vlogging about their work. Can be seen every working day from 10.10 p.m. to 10.20 p.m. on NPO2. Want to know more or watch episodes? Look here.
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MAX Elderly Journal. The MAX Elderly News provides information about the corona crisis that is specifically important for the elderly. The presentation is done by Jan Slagter. The news can be seen on NPO1 every working day from 4.45 pm to 5 pm. Look here for more information.
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Beau Stays Inside. Live from his living room in Amsterdam, Beau van Erven Dorens makes his own television program. Beau about what’s on his mind and discusses all kinds of stories about the coronavirus. To be seen on RTL4. It is not yet clear whether the program will be broadcast every weekend.
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Four additional episodes of All You Need Is Love. It is not a new program, but four extra episodes will be added to the final season. In All You Need Is Love, Robert ten Brink reunites lovers, reveals silent loves and mends broken hearts. The episodes can be seen every Wednesday from 11 April at 9.30 pm on RTL4. The episodes last about an hour. More information about this program? Look here.
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British Golden Age. Britt Dekker lives in a nursing home, where she wants to support the residents with all kinds of initiatives. The recordings for this program had to stop earlier due to the corona virus, but can in any case be seen from Monday 6 April for six weeks at 8.30 pm on SBS6.
Old programs new style
All talk shows currently being recorded are without an audience. In addition, guests are at least 1.5 meters apart. In many talk shows you will no longer see transmitter microphones (for hygiene reasons), but microphones on the table.
Programs such as ‘All you Need’ Is Love ensure that reunions go through a video connection and no longer ‘in real life’.
Repetition
Many programs will be repeated in the near future to fill in any gaps. This happens at both the NPO and commercial channels.
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