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Het Oude Noorden title card
Het Oude Noorden (English: The Old North) was a Dutch remake of EastEnders set in the Netherlands which ran from March 1993 to July 1993 on IDTV. The first EastEnders scripts were edited by Barbara Jurgens. The majority of the performers were Rotterdammers. The plot for the first episode had similarities to the first episode of EastEnders as a resident is found dead in his room which reflects the Reg Cox storyline.
All episodes were given a unique title which was also the case for EastEnders in which the co-creator and script editor Tony Holland ordered that every script should have a title rather than just an episode number however this policy soon just transpired as the show gradually grew. There were only nine cast members, and director Eddy Habbema was responsible for directing all twenty episodes.
Episode Guide[]
Transmitted from 13th March to 17th July 1993.
- Jopie Maas
- Ger and Ankie's wedding
- Murder
- The letter
- Hannie and her baby
- Jeffrey's container
- The dinner party
- Willem knows what to do
- Dirty affairs
- The Assault
- Unrest
- Vengeance
- A beating
- Vogelvrij
- Gretchen fit
- Long Live Love
- Small washes, great washes
- Bad news
- Demolition
- A man must not cry
Duch Set (1993)[]
Introduction by Dreek Biesiot Directed by Eddy Habbema - Vara - 1993 Soap series about the residents of the Rotterdam neighborhood 'The old north'. The data for the series came from the well-known series Eastenders, but the Dutch version only lasted one season. With design assistant Nick de Weerd I designed a square in the working-class neighborhood and all the interiors. The Burgemeester Roosplein is such a small, normal square. A greengrocer, Surinamese toko, dump shop and a launderette. In the middle a small playground with some seesaw chickens and a telephone booth. Director Eddy Habbema preferred to shoot everything on location, but that turned out to be very expensive. The facades and streets of the square are therefore 'real' - of (brick) stone and wood - only at the back you can see that it is a decor. The interiors are in a studio in Almere.
Images © Dreek Biesiot 1993. See original link.
