The Best TV Shows on NCRV

Every NCRV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

NCRV has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1961 and as recent as 2018. Check out the most acclaimed shows on NCRV, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for July 2026. Notable series such as Swiebertje and Small Souls from NCRV first graced the screens in 1961 and 1969.

  • Small Souls
    Small Souls (1969)10.0

    Landmark tv adaptation of Louis Couperus' "Small Souls" saga, that tells of the gradual disintegration of the once-powerful Van Lowe clan.

  • DNA  Unknown
    DNA Unknown (2009)10.0

    Caroline Tensen, and later Dionne Stax, reveal hidden family sorrows in gooey stories. is my father my real father? Are my brothers related? Great doubts and unanswered questions leave families in the dark for years. Fortunately, there is a DNA test, which 'conclusively' establishes whether there are family ties. That is so clear. The test puts an end to a life full of ambiguities once and for all.

  • Zwarte Sneeuw
    Zwarte Sneeuw (1996)9.0

    Black Snow is a Dutch television series that was broadcast in 1996 by the NCRV. Eva Bender (Tamar van den Dop) works as an au pair in France . When she has her friend Tessa (Ariane Schluter) as a guest, she is also visited by her parents (Tom Jansen and Truus te Selle) who are clearly worried about something. They don't want to tell Eva what happened yet and a day later they have an accident in which her mother dies and her father falls into a coma. After this, Eva goes looking for her parents' secrets.

  • Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
    Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten (2005)9.0

  • Bolke de Beer
    Bolke de Beer (1976)8.0

    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.

  • Rust Roest
    Rust Roest (1989)8.0

  • Thomas & Senior
    Thomas & Senior (1985)7.7

  • Ha, die Pa!
    Ha, die Pa! (1990)7.5

    Dutch sitcom, mainly about complacent civil servant Norbert Hogendijk and his somewhat mischievous school-age son Matthijs.

  • Swiebertje
    Swiebertje (1961)7.2

    Story of a wanderer with a golden heart. His constant quarrel with Brom's patrol and hidden love with Saartje, the mayor's maid. Filled with humor, real problems of all time. Great series at the time.

  • De Zevensprong
    De Zevensprong (1982)7.1

    Frans, an elementary school teacher gets involved in a conspiracy to save Geert-Jan Grisenstijn from the hands of his uncle, the evil count.

  • Blik op de Weg
    Blik op de Weg (1991)7.0

  • Zonder Ernst
    Zonder Ernst (1992)7.0

    Zonder Ernst is a sitcom made for and aired in the 1990s by Dutch broadcasting organization NCRV.

  • De Familie Knots
    De Familie Knots (1980)6.8

  • André Van Duin - De Dik Voormekaar Show
    André Van Duin - De Dik Voormekaar Show (1977)5.5

  • The Bamboo Bears
    The Bamboo Bears (1995)4.0

    Bamboo-Lee, Dah-Lee and Slo-Lee are three bears with a goal: to save the world before more species become extinct. But can the bears stand up to the spineless villains behind Ratco Corporation?

  • BZN Muziekspecials
    BZN Muziekspecials (1977)N/A

  • Kanaal 13
    Kanaal 13 (1982)N/A

  • Coverstory
    Coverstory (1993)N/A

  • Verborgen Verleden
    Verborgen Verleden (2010)N/A

    In Hidden Past, famous Dutch people go in search of their family history. Who were their ancestors and what did they do? To find out, the main characters have to travel. Sometimes very far back in the past, sometimes much closer. In Hidden Past, the broad lines of history become visible in the stories hidden in the family trees of the main characters.

  • De smaak van Joël
    De smaak van Joël (2018)N/A

    Self-proclaimed omnivore and culinary journalist Joël Broekaert takes the viewer along in an adventurous research into the world and the history behind the five basic tastes. Joël devotes his life to everything that has to do with food, and everything related to taste. But what are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami exactly? Why do those flavors exist? Why are we tasting them? Why are we always looking for sweets, why did we start to eat bitterly and why was salt so scarce in the past?