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Bonje met de buren

2010 · 8 seasons

Watching ordinary people air their petty grievances to camera, then get gently nudged toward compromise by familiar TV faces.

Created by
John de Mol
Genres
Reality, Drama, Documentary
Overview
Different presenters and their teams tackled a neighborhood dispute in each episode with the intention of resolving it. Presenters John Williams and Natasja Froger, then Jochem van Gelder and Patty Brard & later Dennis van der Geest and Leontine Borsato each individually committed themselves to one of the two parties. They listened to the story from both sides and then proposed a solution.

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Created by
John de Mol
Genres
Reality, Drama, Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • procedural
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
reality, drama, documentary
Created by
John de Mol
Starring
John Williams, Natasja Froger, Jochem van Gelder, Patty Brard, Dennis van der Geest, Leontine Borsato
Length
8 seasons, 60 episodes, 42 min each
Network
RTL 4, SBS6
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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