Flikken

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title: "Flikken" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["flemish-television-shows", "belgian-crime-television-series", "belgian-drama-television-shows", "television-shows-set-in-belgium", "1999-belgian-television-series-debuts", "2009-belgian-television-series-endings", "television-shows-adapted-into-comics", "television-shows-adapted-into-video-games", "2000s-belgian-television-series", "works-set-in-ghent", "vrt-1-original-programming", "npo-1-original-programming"] description: "Belgian Dutch-language crime drama TV series" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flikken" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Belgian Dutch-language crime drama TV series ::

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Field	Value
image	Flikken-series_poster.jpg
caption	DVD box cover of season 1
alt_name	Flikken Gent
genre	Drama
Police
creator	Pierre De Clercq
Erwin Provoost
writer	Pierre De Clercq
Charles De Weerdt
Rik D'Hiet
Carl Joos
Kees Vroege
director	Dirk Corthout
Rik Daniëls
Tom Goris
Peter Rondou
Etienne Vervoort
starring
voices
country	Belgium
language	Dutch
num_seasons	10
num_episodes	127
producer	Ludo Busschots
location	Ghent
runtime
channel	Eén (VRT)
Nederland 1 (TROS)
first_aired
last_aired
related	Flikken Maastricht
Flikken Rotterdam
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| image = Flikken-series_poster.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = DVD box cover of season 1 | alt_name = Flikken Gent | genre = Drama Police | creator = Pierre De Clercq Erwin Provoost | based_on = | developer = | writer = Pierre De Clercq Charles De Weerdt Rik D'Hiet Carl Joos Kees Vroege | director = Dirk Corthout Rik Daniëls Tom Goris Peter Rondou Etienne Vervoort | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = | country = Belgium | language = Dutch | num_seasons = 10 | num_episodes = 127 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Ludo Busschots | editor = | location = Ghent | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | channel = Eén (VRT) Nederland 1 (TROS) | released = | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Flikken Maastricht Flikken Rotterdam Flikken (Belgian Dutch for "Cops") was a popular Flemish-Belgian TV series about a police-department located in Ghent. The show started in 1999 and ended on 19 April 2009. In the series, a team of six police officers solved various crimes, petty crimes as well as organised crime. The series always aimed at showing the policework in a realistic way—though a little personal drama was never far off. Of all the actors that came along during the ten seasons, only Mark Tijsmans (playing Wilfried Pasmans) and Ludo Hellinx (playing Raymond Jacobs) appeared throughout the entire series.

Flikken was produced by the VRT and broadcast on Belgian public channel Eén and TROS in the Netherlands. Flikken is very popular in Belgium and the Netherlands. The show has had very high ratings of up to 1.8 million viewers during the last (10th) season.

Every year the VRT organises the Flikkendag, a family day where the public can meet the actors of the show. There are many games, demonstrations of the real police and other safety organisations and performances of singers (including some of the actors on the show). On 18 April 2009, a special farewell party was organised in Ghent, in which the actors and crew said goodbye to their fans - thousands had assembled to watch the show on stage.

In the Netherlands a spin-off Flikken Maastricht runs from 2007. A second spin-off, called Flikken Rotterdam, was first broadcast in 2016. Both series are still running to this day.

Media adaptations

In 2005 a video game came out based on the series, Flikken game - De Achtervolging. It received bad reviews for its "unflashy" style.

A second video game, Flikken Game 2: Moord in Hotel Ganda, was released in 2007. The game is a localised version of the 2006 Swedish game Dollar, written by crime writer Liza Marklund.

In 2010 the TV series was adapted into an action comic, written by Zaki Dewaele and drawn by Michaël Vincent.

Episode

::data[format=table] | Season | No. of episodes | Runtime Belgium | Runtime Netherlands | Script | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 13 | 1999 - 2000 | 2001 | Pierre De Clercq | | 2 | 13 | 2000 - 2001 | 2002 | Pierre De Clercq | | 3 | 13 | 2001 | 2003 | Pierre De Clercq (episode 32 Wim Danckaert) | | 4 | 13 | 2002 | 2004 | Pierre De Clercq (episode 43, 47, 49 Hilde Pallen) | | 5 | 13 | 2003 | 2005 | Rik D'hiet & Hilde Pallen & Carl Joos | | 6 | 13 | 2004 | 2006 | Rik D'hiet & Hilde Pallen & Carl Joos & Geert Bouckaert & Frank de Bruyn | | 7 | 13 | 2005 - 2006 | 2007 | Charles De Weerdt & Rik D'hiet & Carl Joos & Johan Heselmans & Geert Bouckaert | | 8 | 13 | 2007 | 2008 | Rik D'hiet | | 9 | 13 | 2008 | 2011 | Carl Joos (episode 105 Pierre De Clercq, episode 112 & 113 Charles De Weerdt) | | 10 | 10 | 2009 | 2011 | Pierre De Clercq & Carl Joos & Charles De Weerdt & Kees Vroege & Rik D'hiet | ::

Cast

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Main

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Actor	Personage	Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ludo Hellinx	Raymond Jacobs	Main
Mark Tijsmans	Wilfried Pasmans	Main
Andrea Croonenberghs	Britt Michiels	Main	5		1
Axel Daeseleire	Ben Vanneste	Main	4	1
Joke Devynck	Tony Dierickx	Main	1
Cahit Ölmez	Selattin Ateş	Main
Hubert Damen	Daniël Deprez	Main
Wim Danckaert	Kris Geysen	6	Main	3		1		5
Katelijne Verbeke	Nadine Vanbruane		Main	5		4
Maarten Bosmans	Bruno Soetaert		Gerrit	Main	2
Werner De Smedt	Nick Debbaut †		Main
Ann Ceurvels	Sofie Beeckman †		Main	5
Jo De Meyere	John Nauwelaerts		Main
Rebecca Huys	Merel Vanneste	35	Main	2
Tine Van den Brande	Lieselot Winter		18
Boudewijn de Groot	Robert Nieuwman		Main
Tania Kloek	Tina Demeester			3
Ianka Fleerackers	Emma Boon		Nathalie Mouton	12	Main
Pascale Michiels	Cat Reyniers		Roos Diepenbeek		12	Main
Roel Vanderstukken	Michiel Dewaele		8	Main
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Recurring

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Actor	Personage	Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Kadèr Gürbüz	Mihriban Ates	27
Margot de Ridder	Dorien De Bondt	20
Hugo van den Berghe	Taverniers	7
Veerle Malschaert	Carla Desseyn		45
Wim van der Grijn	Sam de Groot		6
Bert Cosemans	Johan Van Lancker	Patrick Levie		16
Rik Geuns	Simon Van Lancker		13
Danny Timmermans	Dominique De Leeuw		14
Pierre Callens	Anthony Van Reeth		3		3
Bart Slegers	Tommy De Smit		9
Karin Tanghe	Marianne Van Dijck		Lieve Mertens	25
Jonathan Raman	Rik Jacobs		7
Michael De Cock	Jan Beele		Olivier Cools		11
Mathias Sercu	Staf Demotte	Dany De Volder		19
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References

References

1. (17 October 2019). "20 jaar na 'Flikken': zo gaat het nu met de acteurs uit de reeks".
2. (17 August 2023). "Flikken Rotterdam: zevende seizoen gaat in september van start bij de NPO".
3. "Computerspel Flikken is minder flitsend dan de serie".
4. Graeve, Frank De. (2007-11-29). "Tweede Flikken-game is voer voor puzzelaars".
5. "Michael Vincent".

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