Baantjer (1995–2006)

In this Dutch police detective series, Detective Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock is sort of the 'Columbo' of a Dutch police city's police department, as deceptively poor in appearance (cheap ... See full summary »

Stars:

Piet Römer, Victor Reinier, Martin Schwab

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Piet Römer	...	de Cock (124 episodes, 1995-2006)
Victor Reinier	...	Vledder (124 episodes, 1995-2006)
Martin Schwab	...	Keizer (124 episodes, 1995-2006)
Serge-Henri Valcke	...	Buitendam (124 episodes, 1995-2006)
Nienke Sikkema	...	Mevrouw de Cock (123 episodes, 1995-2006)
Hans Karsenbarg	...	Den Koninghe (121 episodes, 1995-2006)
Marian Mudder	...	Prins (95 episodes, 1995-2006)
Wimie Wilhelm	...	Els Peeters (62 episodes, 1998-2006)
Freek van Muiswinkel	...	Wachtcommandant (51 episodes, 1995-1999)
Piet Kamerman	...	Lowietje (51 episodes, 2001-2006)

Storyline

In this Dutch police detective series, Detective Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock is sort of the 'Columbo' of a Dutch police city's police department, as deceptively poor in appearance (cheap raincoat) but always able to outsmart the crooks, usually a murderer per episode. He does however have a competent team, especially his young, promising right-hand Detective Dick Vledder and the more modest, often separately standard-researching Detective Albert 'Appie' Keizer, while Chief Corneel Buitendam is not too helpful; another regular is forensic examiner Dr. Ennaeus den Koninghe.

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Plot Keywords:

police | murder | based on novel

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

6 October 1995 (Netherlands)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endemol Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Over the course of the series, Lowietje has been played by five different actors. 'Piet Kamerman', the last one, stayed over twice as long as all previous actors- a total of five seasons. He is the only actor to have played the role for more than two seasons.

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Crazy Credits

Normally the footage for the title credits changed each season, being composed of footage from the new season's episodes. However, the 10th, 11th and 12th seasons had the same opening credits as the 9th, possibly because starting with the 9th season it became standard for episodes to be delayed one season (episodes shot for season 9 were aired as season 10 and so forth).

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Connections

Spun-off from Moord in extase (1984)

User Reviews

Great show!

Baantjer is a great show! (not crap at all) Every Friday night, here in the Netherlands, I watch it with my family and it's a very exciting show. The person who wrote the other review has probably never seen Baantjer because if he had, he wouldn't have called it crap! Also, it's not true that the only reason for watching Baantjer is because famous stars appear on screen every time because they never have famous people on Baantjer! Baantjer is just a great, funny and exciting Dutch show, that would never make it in the USA because it has too much Dutch culture. But that's not a reason for people to comment negatively on it! And If you ever go to the Netherlands, check it out! (You'll definitely fall in love with it!