SEEN? ‘Uncle Martin’: “Men who openly show their emotions on TV, I envy them” | SEEN?

TVTo his great surprise, Martin Heylen (66) recently discovered an unknown family branch in America. High time to pay a visit to those distant relatives, the reporter thought, and he promptly decided to knit an eight-part documentary series on that quest. In the first episode of ‘Uncle Martin’ – which can be viewed on Eén – the East Fleming visited a great-niece and a trigger-happy second-nephew. All those visits clearly touched Martin, but could they also charm us? “Martin forgives you a lot, if only because he is just himself on TV.”