Het Oude Noorden (EastEnders Dutch Version)

Het Oude Noorden (Translation: Old North) is a Dutch version of EastEnders that was broadcast in 1993 on VARA.

Synopsis[]

Soap Opera which followed the everyday life of the inhabitants of the Rotterdam district of Old North. The inhabitants are of various kinds: the real "northerners" who have long been living for generations but also many foreigners who have now been integrated into the neighborhood. The story takes place in the homes and shops of Mayors Rose Square, where people encounter each other on a daily basis.

Oude Noorden is based on the British EastEnders set in the East End of London. The compositions and conditions of the population in the two districts would be similar. The Dutch series was not successful.

On the set the exterior of the buildings are built but the interiors are studio sets.

Credits[]

Characters[]

-Note: Characters have been given dutch names but their original names are in brackets.

Loes Vos as Oma Martens (Lou Beale)
Ton Pompert as Willem Martens (Pete Beale)
Aletta de Nes as Carolien Martens
Helen Pavias Martens as Jozefien Ottevanger
Paul van Soest as Fred Ottevanger
Tim Meeuws as Kroegbaas Ger Visser (Den Watts)
Dana Dool as Ankie Visser (Angie Watts)
Nora Kretz as Greetje Kuyper (Ethel Skinner)
Jaap Maarleveld as Dokter Klein (Dr Legg)

Crew[]

Eddy Habbema - Director
Barbara Jurgen - Writer
Freek Biesiot - Art Director
Nick de Weerd - Design Assistant
Jan Rutger Achterberg - Editor

Episodes[]

#	Air date	Title
1	13 March 1993	Jopie Maas
2	13 March 1993	Ger and Ankie's wedding
3	20 March 1993	Murder
4	20 March 1993	The letter
5	27 March 1993	Hannie and her baby
6	3 April 1993	Jeffrey's container
7	10 April 1993	The dinner party
8	17 April 1993	Willem knows what to do
9	24 April 1993	Dirty affairs
10	1 May 1993	The Assault
11	8 May 1993	Unrest
12	15 May 1993	Vengeance
13	22 May 1993	A beating
14	29 May 1993	Vogelvrij
15	5 June 1993	Gretchen fit
16	12 June 1993	Long Live Love
17	19 June 1993	Small washes, great washes
18	26 June 1993	Bad news
19	10 July 1993	Demolition
20	17 July 1993	A man must not cry

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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.