Flikken Maastricht
Dutch television series
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Key Takeaways
- Flikken Maastricht (Belgian Dutch for "Maastricht Cops") is a Dutch police drama.
- The series is a spin-off of the Flemish show Flikken set in Ghent, Belgium.
- On the same day, the contracts with the city of Maastricht and the police of Limburg-Zuid were signed.
- The first episode of the series aired on 3 September 2007 at 10:00pm by the Dutch broadcast organisation TROS on channel Nederland 1.
- The first season had an average of 1,314,000 viewers per episode, and on 20 March 2008 it was released on DVD.
Flikken Maastricht (Belgian Dutch for "Maastricht Cops") is a Dutch police drama. The series is set in Maastricht, Limburg, a city in the south of the Netherlands, and began broadcasting on Dutch channel NPO 1 on 3 September 2007. The series is a spin-off of the Flemish show Flikken set in Ghent, Belgium.
Premise
On 24 November 2006, it was published that Victor Reinier and Angela Schijf who formerly starred on long-running soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden would play a main role on the show. On the same day, the contracts with the city of Maastricht and the police of Limburg-Zuid were signed. On 18 March 2007, the complete cast was announced.
The first episode of the series aired on 3 September 2007 at 10:00pm by the Dutch broadcast organisation TROS on channel Nederland 1. 13 weeks later, on 26 November, the last episode of the first season was aired. The first season had an average of 1,314,000 viewers per episode, and on 20 March 2008 it was released on DVD.
Since 2 September 2008, the series has also aired in Belgium, on Channel 1. On average, 737,000 Belgian viewers watched the first season. The second season aired in Belgium in autumn 2010. The show is also aired in Italy, under the title Flikken - Coppia in Giallo, with Italian voice-overs. The first season was viewed by 1,100,000 on average in Italy.
In 2009, the third and fourth seasons were recorded. The third season started on 30 October 2009 and had 10 episodes. The fourth season was aired directly after the third season. The reason for this is unknown.
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