All Program Information: General Details
Specific episodes:
Season 1 Episode 1: “De weddenschap” (“Man From the South”)
Season 1 Episode 2: “Vergif” (“Poison”)
Season 1 Episode 3: “Op weg naar de hemel” (“The Way Up to Heaven”)
Season 1 Episode 4: “De verrassing” (“Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”)
Season 1 Episode 5: “Een frisse duik” (“Dip in the Pool”)
Season 1 Episode 6: “‘n Blijvertje” (“Genesis and Catastrophe”)
Season 1 Episode 7: “Huid” (“Skin”)
Season 1 Episode 8: “Een heer doet zoiets niet” (“Nunc Dimittis” – to be confirmed)
General Details
- First episode: January 5, 1975
- Runtime: 30 minutes (Netherlands)
- Production Company: Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)
Season 1 Episode 1: “De weddenschap”
- First aired on January 5, 1975
- Based on “Man From the South”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Adaptation by: Theo Kling
- Directed by: Jan Keja
- Cast:
- Ton Kuyl as Charles
- Paul Beudel as Peter
- Elisabeth Versluys as Receptioniste
- Josephine van Gasteren as Paula
- Wim Van den Heuvel as Arnold van Gelder
- Hetty Berger as Juffrouw Riet
- Helen Hedy as Marjan
- J.L.E. Rehmrev as Oedien
- Janine Ceulemans as Dienstertje
Season 1 Episode 2: “Vergif”
- First aired on February 2, 1975
- Based on “Poison”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Adaptation by: Paul Merton
- Translation by: Bob van Tol
- Directed by: John Hartnett
- Cast:
- Ton Lensink as To
- André van den Heuvel as André
- Indra Kamadjojo as Dokter
Season 1 Episode 3: “Op weg naar de hemel”
- First aired on March 2, 1975
- Based on “The Way Up to Heaven”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Adaptation by: Jan Keja
- Directed by: Jan Keja
- Cast:
- Loudi Nijhoff as Emmy Nijboer
- Lo van Hensbergen as Gustaaf Nijboer
- Elisabeth Versluys as Veen
- Sacco van der Made as Bernard
- Frits Hassoldt as Taxichauffer
Season 1 Episode 4: “De verrassing”
- First aired on March 30, 1975
- Based on “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Adaptation by: Paul Merton
- Directed by: Jan Keja
- Cast:
- Ingeborg Elzevier as Mevrouw Drukker
- Eric van Ingen as Meneer Drukker
- Wim de Haas as Verteller (voice)
- Peter Aryans as Kolonel
- Sacco van der Made as Lommelhouder
- Paul Deen as Arts
- Arnold Gelderman as Hoekman
- Bob van Tol as Hoekman
- Peter Tuinman as Hoekman
- Henk Uterwijk as Hoekman
- Henk Votel as Hoekman
- Paul Brandenburg as Man in café
- Lou Steenbergen as Man in café
- Annelies Balhan as Tandartsassistente
Season 1 Episode 5: “Een frisse duik”
- First aired on October 26, 1975
- Based on “Dip in the Pool”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Adaptation by: Antón Quintana
- Directed by: Jan Keja
- Cast:
- Sacco van der Made as Biemans
- Fien Berghegge as Mevrouw Biemans (voice)
- Ine Veen as Tilly
- Paul Beudel as Barman
- Frans Vorstman as Beekman
- Peter Aryans as Kuiper
- Kitty Janssen as Mevrouw Kuiper
- Wim de Haas as Smit
- Marnix Kappers as Stewart
- Jerome Reehuis as Purser
- Eric van Ingen as Kapitein
- Emmy Lopes Dias as Vrouw aan Railing
- Rita Boas-Koopman as Verpleegster
- Paul Brandenburg as Dronken man
- Sari Krijn as Passagier
Season 1 Episode 6: “‘n Blijvertje”
- First aired on November 23, 1975
- Based on “Genesis and Catastrophe”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Directed by: Massimo Götz
- Cast:
- Anne-Wil Blankers as Mevrouw H.
- Edmond Classen as De heer H.
- Siem Vroom as Arts
- Anny de Lange as Vroedvrouw
- Dries Krijn as Waard
Season 1 Episode 7: “Huid”
- First aired on December 21, 1975
- Based on “Skin”
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Cast:
- Jules Croiset
- Fenneken Fockema-Andrae
- Paul van Gorcum
- Guido Jonckers
- Hugo Koolschijn
- Henk van Ulsen
Season 1 Episode 8: “Een heer doet zoiets niet”
- First aired on January 18, 1976
- Based on “Nunc Dimittis”
- Note: I’m not actually sure it’s based on this story, but that’s what it sounds like from the description.
- Story by: Roald Dahl
- Cast:
- Ton Kyul as Johan Wiltschut
- Betsy Smeets as Jeanette
- Elise Hoomans as Olivia
- Jerôme Reehuis as Robert Delahaye
- Jan de Breet as George
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