60 minSeason 12 • Episode 8
LatestBaantjer 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.
Acting
Piet Römer's twinkling gravitas as De Cock.
Production
Amsterdam shot like a character, not a postcard.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baantjer dominated Dutch television for over a decade, spawning a 1999 theatrical film and becoming synonymous with the 'gezellig' crime genre — proving the Netherlands could make murder feel like a warm blanket.
Author A.C. Baantjer was himself a former Amsterdam police detective, and De Cock's address — Warmoesstraat 88 — was his actual station house. The books sold over six million copies before the series even aired.
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