Well, they are apparently completely exhausted at the Media Park: they have run out of inspiration. Suddenly everything from the past has to be broadcast again. Gooische Vrouwen, Medical Center and now? Baantjer!
The television world is in a creative depression. Irene Moors hitting a shuffleboard? Flop. Marieke Elsinga throwing candidates off a bridge? Flop. Talitha Muusse who only reads positive news? Flop. Everything fails and what do you do? Going back to what was successful in the past. And even Linda de Mol is now facing the axe.
Victor negative
In the twilight of her TV career, Linda no longer seems to feel like innovating. She is now trying to save the day with a revival of Gooische Vrouwen. And then yesterday we also heard that the Medical Center is coming back on air. The next step? The former makers want to breathe new life into Baantjer.
What creative poverty, says former Baantjer actor Victor Reinier. “He tells us that he is not interested in restarting Baantjer. He thinks it is a passe station and poor that Peter wants it back on the tube,” says the voice-over of Show news.
What does Peter think?
Peter Römer is the former writer of Baantjer and his father Piet Römer played the leading role of De Cock for many years. “You have to bring it up to date a bit. The most important thing is De Cock. The most important thing when you would consider bringing such a series again is to find a new De Cock,” he says in the show section.
What does he think of the criticism of Victor, who played De Cock’s sidekick? “Yes, you can say: bringing back series from the past to the present is poor, but it happens all over the world.”
Adjutant
Peter isn’t surprised that Victor thinks it’s a bad idea. “Victor of course made a great career in Maastricht after Vledder and rose from a simple adjutant to the boss of the whole thing, so I understand that he would prefer to cherish the warm memories he has of the old Baantjer.”
He continues: “The hesitation, especially from the people who had to deal with it at the time, to start over is great. I understand that. That is also a bit of the new thing that makes you think: will it be as good as the old one was?”
Fast and modern
With Flikken Maastricht, don’t we just have the modern-day sequel to Baantjer? Private boss Evert Santegoeds: “A little bit. It’s modern, it’s fast. Those different cities are also nice, but I would like to see something in Amsterdam again.”
The revival of Swiebertje will reportedly be announced next week.