If I were to watch one show from your country, what would you recommend?
We can obviously skip English language shows as those are all well known. I’m sure other countries also have great shows that are not that popular. Ideally, something original and specific to this country, not some big Netflix show that’s the same a shows from any other country.
To start, from Spain I would recommend “Riot Police”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10883660/
Great story, great characters, great acting. It covers universal problems like police brutality and corruption so it’s accessible to anyone but it also shows them though a Spanish prism that makes it unique.
The Netherlands has a couple good series. A recent hit (dutch/belgian production) is “undercover”. It’s about a Belgian cop that goes undercover in the organisation of a dutch drug dealer. Very fun with lots of peculiar cultural references.
A personal favorite though, is a 1995 childrens show called “lang leve de koningjn” (long live the queen). It tought me how to play chess in a very fun and engaging way.
Dutch tv seems very focused on drug shows, crime shows, etc.
Undercover looks good but with a title like that it’s hard to find. I don’t see it anywhere (outside of Netflix obviously) but I will keep searching. Thanks.
Your honest to god staple is New Kids on the Block and the 2 movies.
Or maybe “Baantjer”, a pretty fun crime show. Not spectacular, but very Dutch.