Original title
Baantjer
Released
10/6/1995
Origin country
NL
Genre
Crime
Production companies
Endemol, John de Mol Produkties B.V.
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
12
Number of episodes
123
Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Peter de Beer, an ex colleague of detective Jurriaan de Cock gets murdered with a knife. This happens while he driving in his car with Michelle, his 11 year old daughter. The killer has escaped, but Michelle survives without serious injury. Michelle is the prime witness of the murder and De Cock needs to protect her.
De Cock and the rest of the team are shocked when a young police officer is strangled during an open day at the police station. A reporter appears to know more about the murder.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on an art director at a company making TV commercials.
An old man shows De Cock the body of a boy, encased in cement. The man murdered the boy 19 years ago because he raped his daughter. De Cock is frustrated because the murder happened too long ago to allow prosecution. The next day, the old man himself is found murdered.
De Cock and his team investigate a murder at a gallery, where a man has been found buried outside
After a biker club member crashes in a tunnel and dies, it is discovered that the bike was sabotaged. The man's father accuses the club leader.
De Cock and his team investigate the death of an old lady who appears to have been pushed down the stairs.
A notary shows De Cock a video in which a client tells that he has been murdered by his wife and her lover. When De Cock asks how long the man died, the notary reveals that he is still alive.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a celebrity, and discover a connection to the trade in forged art. Also, the man's wife was having an affair. Vledder tries to get Prins to come with him to a wedding as a witness.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder of a young visitor in a gay disco.
De Cock and his team investigate the death of a Turkish college student, who appears to have been pushed out of her living room's window.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a Head of Surgery at a hospital.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a white supremacist.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a pimp at the Red Light District.
An employee at a Red Light District peepshow is found dead. De Cock and his team discover that the woman's death was beneficial for a lot of her co-workers.
Acting on a hunch, De Cock decides to re-investigate the death of a young man after several mysterious occurrences at his funeral.
De Cock and his team investigate the death of a market inspector and discover that the man was corrupted and not very popular amongst the traders.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a man who was trying to get his daughter out of a cult. The man's wife accuses the cult leader, and De Cock soon finds out why.
Just after his prison-release, Amsterdam pimp Regilio Graanoogst is murdered. Shortly after, his popular jailer Nico van der Kolk suffers a similar fate.
Actress Heleen Sterneberg pretends to be shot every night. When she is shot for real, De Cock and his team investigate.
At Christmastide, Amsterdam shelter junior salvo Betty de Wijn is murdered. Obvious first suspect is regular homeless junkie Ferdy van Nieuwkerk, who found her with major Dreef.
Amsterdam Zoo Artis animal handlers supervisor Willem Kraan is found locked in the lion cage and practically devoured. His wife Marjan accuses his ex and alleged lover Ina de Vrede, with whom she had a crazy feud.
A successful businessman is found murdered aboard a replica of a Dutch East India Company vessel.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a fashion designer who was stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors, and discover a world of gossip and design theft.
Leading Amsterdam restaurant critic Johannes de Boer is found in a street dumpster, poisoned in a triple mustard sauce dinner.
After an elderly widow is found dead in her home, de Cock traverses between nobility, witches and superstition to find the murderer.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a Serbian man who was found shot inside a barn.
Transport firm acquisitions chief Tjeerd Fokkema (43) is found in his garden by a neighbor's grandson, skull smashed with a 'silence' monkey garden statue.
Violent, tyrannic squatters leader Marco Kruisveen (27) is knife-butchered in Paul Mast's building trough throat, belly and both eyes. In his blood was written 'see no evil' on the wall.
An unpopular publisher of ladies' magazines is found murdered.
In charge while De Cock is on holiday, Vledder doubts Dr. de Koninghe's suspicions about he apparently natural, yet unprovoked death of Annie Bunk, one of the pensioners in Mrs. Nachtegaal's private Amstyerdam retirement home.
De Cock witnesses a fire at the house of a promising young tennis player, in which his girlfriend dies. To De Cock's amazement, no on- not even the young man himself- seems moved by her death.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a priest in a church- the man has been hit in the head with a statue of the archangel Gabriel. It turns out that the man was not as holy as he seemed.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on a popular singer who has been poisoned.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder of a young dominatrix who has been strangled in her own SM equipment. Her practices did not make her very popular amongst her neighbors and family.
Dutch Turk Erdogan Olgün's wife Dobbe is stabbed fatally during their wedding party. Vledder thinks of the Turkish mob or racism, but father Achmed Olgünand his business seem legitimate.
A man from Assen witnesses the murder of a web-cam model while visiting an Amsterdam-based porn site. De Cock and his team investigate, and reluctantly work together with crime reporter Renee Goes.
De Cock and his team investigate the murder on the rich widow of a jeweler.
De Cock and his team have a mystery on their hands when a man is found murdered, lying on his own grave.
De Cock en de moord met illusie is an episode of the TV series Baantjer.
De Cock and Vledder have been researching the liquidation of Jan van der Ploeg for quite some time now, but up until now without any results. As a last resort to get more information, they send out a call through the television. Shortly after that, De Cock receives a phonecall.
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