Joris Hessels

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.

Flikken was a popular Flemish-Belgian TV series about a police-department located in Ghent. The show started in 1999 and ended recently on 19 April 2009. In the series, a team of six police officers solved various crimes, petty crimes as well as organised crime. The series always aimed at showing the policework in a realistic way - though a little personal drama was never far off. Of all the actors that came along during the ten seasons, only Mark Tijsmans and Ludo Hellinx appeared throughout the entire series. Flikken was produced by the VRT and broadcast on Belgian public channel Eén and TROS in the Netherlands. Flikken is very popular in Belgium and the Netherlands. The show has had very high ratings of up to 1.8 million viewers during the last season. Every year the VRT organises the Flikkendag, a family day where the public can meet the actors of the show. There are many games, demonstrations of the real police and other safety organisations and performances of singers. On 18 April 2009, a special farewell party was organised in Ghent, in which the actors and crew said goodbye to their fans - thousands had assembled to watch the show on stage.

Exciting challenges and great stunts. That's how we know the Coppens brothers. Now they put special rooms full of scientific puzzles, tests and assignments that their famous friends have to bring to a successful conclusion. What familiar face cracks the Code of Coppens?

JAMES & Co is a true roller coaster with James Cooke at the controls. He gets complete carte blanche for his brand new show. 2 days a week, with 3 special guests each time from an impressive studio, with a live band, an impressive audience and a considerable dose of show, James delivers the entertainment moment of the year.

After two years in prison, professional con man Alidor Van Praet needs to rebuild the illegal fortune the police seized from him. When he spots 19-year-old Jeremy Peeter’s hacking skills at a computing convention, he knows this shy teenager is the key to making it happen and to get revenge on the financial system that drove his father to suicide.

Inspector Chantal Vantomme starts a new life in Loveringem, aka the Farwest of Flanders as the new coordinator of the small and rural police office. She arrives in a macho world where the apparent tranquillity does not guarantee less crime.

Albatross is a tragicomic TV show, about ten obese people who participate in a fourteen-day camp in the Ardennes to lose weight.

Parents do that by trial and error. Some do it like their own parents, others with the advice of a help book or just on gut feeling. In the new 'The Wonder Years', Siska Schoeters and Dieter Coppens, together with experts, are looking for an answer to the many questions that parents have.

In 'The Expedition - Greenland', Tine Embrechts, Joris Hessels, Viktor Verhulst, Sven Mary, Lynn Van Royen, Jinnih Beels, Average Rob and Pommelien Thijs make an extremely challenging trip in Greenland led by two experienced arctic guides. With skis and a very heavy sled, they cover a route of 160 km from Kangerlussuaq to Sissimut, an unspoilt and desolate area in very difficult conditions, in freezing cold conditions of up to -40°. They will be unforgettable moments in beautiful surroundings. The participants experience a unique experience and at the same time are confronted with their own limits, both physically and emotionally, but also with those of the group.

Adam wakes up from a coma after three years and has to stay in the hospital to recover. He discovers that information is being kept from him and tries to do everything he can to find out the truth. Hawa starts at a new school and makes up one lie after another, getting herself into trouble. Hawa and Adam communicate with each other through a mysterious diary and discover that something serious is going on with all sixteen-year-olds. Can Hawa and Adam solve the problems? And will they ever really meet?

In Geub, the wife of fictional Philippe Geubels runs off with the charismatic Dutchman William Van Bronkhorst, who is thirty years her senior. In addition to being eligible for retirement, William is also an almost too sympathetic man who seems impossible to anger. However, that doesn't stop Philippe from regularly trying. Deeply humiliated and depressed, Flanders' most popular comedian turns to his mother Sonja, who supports him with advice and laundry baskets full of ironed clothes. Philippe's entourage also includes his regular technician Dikke Dirk and his best friend Pannenkoek. They do what they can to cheer Philippe up, but unfortunately, that's not much.

A slice of life story about a Christmas Eve. In the nineties. At the household of a West-Flemish family. Spoken in West-Flemish. Comical. But tragic if you ask the narrator.