Best Dutch children series

Alfred J. Kwak is a cartoon television series based on a Dutch theatre show by Herman van Veen and was co-produced by VARA, Telecable Benelux B.V. and TV Tokyo and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes. The series characters were designed by Harald Siepermann. There are also toys and a comic based on the animated series. The series has been broadcast in many countries and has been dubbed and subtitled in Dutch, French, Japanese, Greek, English, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian, Finnish, Serbian, Polish, German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Chinese, Czech, Korean and Norwegian. In 1991, Herman van Veen won the Goldene Kamera award for the cartoon.

Bassie is a ginger-haired red-nosed clown who wears a red tartan-jacket and green trousers; he's fond of cream-cakes, and calls himself "stupid, but not smart". Adriaan is an acrobat in a blue 1970s-style shirt; his philosophy is "Whatever happens, keep smiling". They don't perform together anymore but they still enjoy a huge popularity in both the Netherlands and Belgium.

Dutch version of the reality singing competition in which talented young solo singers between the ages of 7 and 14 wow coaches and audiences alike in a bid to become the next big thing!

Miffy and Friends takes preschoolers along on adventures, exploring basic concepts and themes including numbers, colors, seasons, nature, friendship, family celebrations and exotic locations.

The family Woudenberg, consisting of father, mother and five children, Thomas, Maurice, Joost and the twins Emma and Lisa, moved from the city to an old inn at the edge of a forest. At the inn the children find, by digging, a mysterious old city gate where a cryptic message appears: "Where Raven will be Riders". Once they step through this gate, the children turn into adult riders and the ravens change into magnificent horses. They stepped into a different world, where an ancient city lies called Raveleijn. Count Olaf Grafhart rules there with an iron fist and is assisted by monstrous beings called 'graffers'. The children discover that in this other world they have special powers and they decide to battle against the count and his monsters. A battle of life or death...

Miffy and Friends celebrate winter holidays, play in the snow and enjoy seasonal fun.

Hi! I'm Mila, and I have a magic pet called Morphle. He can morph into anything I want him to! Together, we have all sorts of adventures.

When awkward pre-teen Hunter and her patch-work family enter into a life of new-found celebrity and move to a posh neighborhood, she is distraught. She hates this snobbish village filled with brats and bullies. To make matters worse, her stepfather hires a nanny, Farah, to look after the kids while Hunter feels lonely and neglected. One day though, things suddenly change. A mysterious ninja saves her from the bullies - turns out that was her nanny. Hunter resolves to become a ninja master herself and discovers that if you really want something, you have to go all the way to achieve it.

Kattenoog, a small and characteristic village on the edge of a mysterious lake. A horror mystery has reigned in the village for years, for which the Horror Club was created. Their job is clear: to protect the village and its inhabitants from witches, vampires, werewolves and other scum that are after the Cat's Eye, a mysterious witch stone with magical powers hidden on the Cat's Eye Island. But that doesn't go without a fight… The Cat's Eye legend is keeping Max, the star of the online horror channel BOE tv, busy. Together with his cameraman Boris and brand new co-host Daphne, he heads to the mysterious village to unravel the secret of the magical stone… Is the legend true or false?

My idea was a Dutch youth series from the NCRV, in which a series of mini-dramas was broadcast, the stories of which were written by children themselves, instead of the usual scriptwriters. Creator and director Karst van der Meulen made a call in 1985 to send him their self-written stories. Eleven stories were selected and filmed from 2000 submissions. During the youth and youth gala at the national film days in Utrecht, the children were presented with a Golden Paperclip from the NCRV, as the prize for the best film scenarios. After the success of the first season, Van der Meulen recorded two more seasons of My idea in 1987 and 1990. The program received an honorable mention in 1988 for the Zilveren Nipkowschijf.

Ti-Ka lives with her father Ti-Ta a Wizard in a castle in the sky high above the clouds. Her father is a absent-minded wizard, and has a spellbook. He also brews all kinds of his own brews. However, he has one limitation: he cannot turn strawberries into camels, but he can turn them into dromedaries. Ti-Ka also learns magic from her father, but she only partially succeeds because of her father's absent-mindedness. However, if she claps her hands, she can freeze all people on earth like a statue. When she claps her hands again they start moving again and they think they have slept.

One day, Doctor Kroch (Henk van Ulsen) receives a chest full of gold, accompanied by a half-illegible letter pleading for help. The doctor pays no further attention to it; the patient, after all, is asking for a cure for... gold fever. When the chest is later stolen by bandits Oenk (Tabe Bas) and Boenk (John Lanting), Doctor Kroch starts to think there might be more to it after all. He decides, together with his servant Valet (Henk Molenberg), to try to find the sender of the letter, the Duke of Woestewolf (Ton van Duinhoven). During his journey, the doctor is warned by Esmeralda, a gypsy fortune-teller (Elsa Lioni). Nevertheless, he continues his journey. “Ghosts do not exist. Everything can be explained by science,” the doctor claims. But the closer he gets to Woestewolf, the stranger his adventures become.

Circus bear Bolke escapes from a life of captivity and find refuge with a family of hares. He is allowed to stay in the forest near Apeldoorn as long as he gets a cave of his own. He is soon joined by another escapee, Melis the Monkey.

A TV Series starring Ellen Parren and Juliette van Ardenne.

Woozle and Pip are two puppies who live in the Magic Garden. Along with their friends, they go on various adventures.

In the KRO program Over de Streep, secondary school students participate in Challenge Day, a method to combat indifference and misunderstanding and to stimulate mutual respect. Central question: what do we really know about each other? Presenter Arie Boomsma follows a few students from different groups per episode, each with their own story.

Pim Pom are two curious cats, every day they search for adventure. They make the floor as an ice rink and they ride horses on the vacuum cleaner. At home there is really much to experience! The animated series is based on the characters of Mies Bouhuys and drawings of Fiep Westendorp.

What do you do when you lose everything and have to start all over again? Ten-year-old Lucas, the middle child of a wealthy family, lives in an expensive neighborhood in a large house, equipped with every luxury. Everything changes completely when Lucas, while searching for his Sinterklaas surprise, finds a large box of unpaid bills. Father Maarten turns out to have enormous financial problems and the family loses everything. The family is evicted and, with the help of their cleaner Nina, finds shelter in an old office building among other new poor people. While father (Jeroen Spitzenberger) and mother (Hadewych Minis) have a hard time with themselves and each other, and big brother Thomas (15) and sister Emma (7) have a terrible time getting used to the new situation, Lucas tries to make the best of it with the highest goal: a Merry Christmas for the whole family.

Two families join forces for a sailing holiday, but after their navigation equipment stops working, they find themselves stranded on a mysterious island that doesn't seem to exist on any maps. But they are not alone.

Telekids is a Dutch children's television programme showing on the RTL 4 channel from 1989 to 1999. The show was initially hosted by Irene Moors. Later Carlo Boszhard joined the presenting team.

Why did Ning Nong the Thai elephant bother to bring a young girl to higher grounds when he sensed a tsunami? Why did a group of Australian dolphins decide to protect a swimming family against a looming shark attack? An international investigation team of young researchers tries to get to the bottom of incredible but true rescue stories like these. They are online friends from different countries who share a passion for funny animal films, extraordinary animal facts and remarkable acts of animal heroism. Together, they try to figure out what makes an animal a hero.

A diverse group of animals faces the joys and challenges of living together in the woods in this collection of tales narrated by a wise and witty owl.

George and Paul are two best friends who live in a world of wooden blocks, where anything is possible and adventure is always right around the corner. Always on the hunt for fun, and using their imaginations and a little bit of creativity, the pair are always coming up with clever inventions to help in their adventures.