Stefaan Degand

Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.

Zone Stad is a Flemish-Belgian TV series about a police-department located in Antwerp. In the series, police officers solve various crimes, which are shown as realistically as possible.

Lieven Scheire wanders like a forensic blood hound on planet science and all her secondary planets. Faithfully assisted by Googleman and his one-man house orchestra Stijn Cole.

Every episode, one interesting Belgian visits "The House" ("Het huis") for 24 hours. In this imposing house with a pool, surrounded by a forest, in an unknown location, the visitor is "locked away" from the rest of the world for 24 hours. They are interviewed, dissected, confronted by the interviewer.

De Ridder is a Flemish crime series that is broadcasted by the network één since 2013. The series is set in the court of Ghent where Helena De Ridder, played by Clara Cleymans, is a public prosecutor.

A local Belgian potato farmer loses all his money and tries to earn it back by growing cannabis.

Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010. In Bruges, some 200 cyclists and their entourage are getting ready for the 94th Tour of Flanders. A sea of supporters awaits them along the route, while millions more follow Flanders' finest on radio or TV. With the race as a backdrop, De ronde tells the story of a number of people who, like the cyclists, have everything to gain or lose today. The series originally had nine episodes, but these were recut to seven episodes for the DVD.

Report series in which Wim Lybaert goes on the road with another guest in his to a mobile home converted bus, "De Columbus".

After he’s laid off, Dirk Porrez is more determined than ever to get back to work. He establishes ‘Safety First,’ a private security firm that provides security services at all kinds of events. We follow the adventures of Dirk, Smos, Ingrid and Luc, four former colleagues who formed the company together. Although they’re good at maintaining their friendship, they excel at utter incompetence.

Largely fictionalized, partly fictitious chapters from the life of the Belgian royal family during and around the reign of king Albert II. Besides his duties, including signing a more federal regime for the Belgian state, focus is on his marital troubles, illegal offspring and unruly sons. Albert's elder brother and predecessor Boudewijn I and his widow Fabiola also play a largely fictionalized part.

During his travels along the Mediterranean and ‘Across the Low Countries’, Arnout Hauben often brought up stories from the past, but now the walking travel guide of VRT 1 is going one step further. In ‘Interview with history: the Belgian royal family’, he talks to the Belgian kings, played by top Flemish actors. These conversations form the thread running through the episode and are interspersed with reports and archive material.

The story of five underdogs, meeting by chance during a quiz in a local pub. They get the idea of taking part in the "Superprestige", the most important quiz. The selection procedure turns out to be difficult, requiring more than just knowledge. There's even more at stake than the five had in mind. "Quiz Me Quick" follows their successes as well as their failures

When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.

When his grandfather suddenly falls ill, holiday-hating Jules learns of his family's magical legacy and realizes he's the only hope to save Christmas.

Jules Claus has embraced Christmas again and is getting ready for the busiest time of the year together with grandpa Noël. Everything seems to go according to plan, until Jules receives a very special letter with an intriguing question...

When the delivery of presents goes wrong and Grandpa Noël gets in trouble, siblings Jules and Noor must work together to save Christmas.

When the village’s first supermarket opens its doors in 1975, Freddy’s isolated life is turned upside down. To celebrate its opening, the supermarket organises a bicycle race of which the winner will get to meet Eddy Merckx. Freddy’s father, a fervent opponent of the supermarket, wants nothing to do with the race. Freddy enters secretly.

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

Three students film a documentary about Johannes Duyster, Antwerp's 17th century executioner. This is their footage.

One of the Baba's disappears from the face of the earth and his friends find him back. In doing so, the Baba's take it on against the evil Cordelia Zen, witch is trying to deprive all children of their spontaneity and joy of life.

Fifteen year old Deborah meets Jennifer who steers her into a career as an escort. Under the alias Bo she begins a new life that she cannot handle and starts a downward spiral that only she can end.

When Max goes out looking for troll’s footsteps, he climbs the fence of luxury hotel Dikkersdorp. Caught by a security guard who mistakenly holds him responsible of a theft orchestrated by the mysterious Pie, Max is in trouble. Luckily, his new neighbor Sellie sets him free and, together, they meet with Trollie. Unfortunately, Sellie’s father hears about the troll and goes out of his way to expose the creature to the public. But Trollie is very miserable being put in display and Max stages his escape to reunite his troll friend with his family in the land of Ekeby.

Nicky, a young ambitious and confident pure blooded motorcyclist. He always puts his life on the line while racing, not for the money but for kicks, respect and fame. When he gets into an accident, his world crumbles apart, not sure whether he’ll ever be able to race again. He has trouble accepting this new life and turns to his sister-in-law Vero and her son Charlie to start over. But the adrenaline junkie inside him rears his ugly head and Nicky tries relive his dream by coaching his nephew Charlie. It quickly becomes clear though, that they’re not cut from the same cloth.

Four girl friends in their late twenties go on a reunion weekend to the sea, to the house where they spent their teenage years. What should have been a convivial gathering deteriorates into an unavoidable personal and mutual confrontation. They understand that they must reassess their friendship and realize that their lives have changed for ever.

Aart is madly in love with tramdriver Sonja. When her line is cancelled, he tries all sorts of ways to stay in contact with her. He follows her, waits in front of stores she has visited, and crashes a party of her employer. He discovers there’s another man in her life. But he doesn’t let his dream of a life with Sonja be crushed by this “Fat Boss”. While Aart's real life is getting worse and worse, his fantasies and dreams about his future with Sonja are getting better and better.

We follow the lives of six men searching for true love or just a little happiness at a time when men sometimes have no idea how to be men and what women actually expect of them.

What at first appears to be a surprise family holiday turns into a kidnapping and ends in a nightmare, when Simone discovers her father is on the run from serious problems. As she slowly realises that he is losing his mind and on the verge of doing awful harm, she decides to protect her family. Loosely based on a family drama in the Netherlands.

In their last week as housemates, four friends, Tim, Kris, Sebastiaan, and René, unwittingly find themselves in an unfortunate situation where they have to sell an unprecedented amount of cocaine within a week. A particularly difficult task for even the most experienced gangsters, but for these four, who know nothing about the criminal world, it is downright impossible. This insane task will force them to descend deeper and deeper into the depths of criminality. A terrifying and at the same time hilarious journey that pits them directly against the Jewish, Turkish, and Russian drug mafias.

The de Smet brothers created a system to live their lives as singles in the most comfortable way. When a new woman moves into their street, their synergy turns out to be a house of cards.

It's a hot summer day and the various aeromodelling clubs in the area prepare themselves for their annual championship.