Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (1990)
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Cast & Crew.
Reg Watson
Creator
Ferry Doedens
Lucas Sanders
Ruud Feltkamp
Noud Alberts
Tanneke Hartzuiker
Mary Verstraete
Carolien Spoor
Florien Fischer
Gigi Ravelli
Lorena Gonzalez
Emiel Sandtke
Dex Huygens
Genelva Lo-Kioeng-Shioe
Desi Overweg
Jan Kooijman
Danny de Jong
Alexandra Dahlström
Skylar Nilson
Inge Schrama
Sjors Langeveld
Jette van der Meij
Laura Selmhorst
Pip Pellens
Wiet van Houten
Liza Sips
Vicky Pouw
Christophe Haddad
Nick Sanders
Sabine Koning
Anita Dendermonde
Everon Jackson Hooi
Bing Mauricius
Joke Bruijs
Maria de Jong
Jeffrey Hamilton
Fos Fischer
Erik de Vogel
Ludo Sanders
Alexander van Heteren
Guus Tuinman
Inge Ipenburg
Martine Hafkamp
Charlotte Besijn
Barbara Fischer
Sietse Remmers
Fay Fischer
Angela Schijf
Kim Verduyn
Huub Scholten
Bert de Jong
Frank Meijers
Bas Fischer
Chris Comvalius
Dorothea Grantsaan
Rixt Leddy
Dian Alberts
Wik Jongsma
Govert Harmsen
Wilbert Gieske
Robert Alberts
Georgina Verbaan
Hedwig Harmsen
Joris Putman
Morris Fischer
Bartho Braat
Jef Alberts
Bata Milojevic
Vadim Kadar
Elle van Rijn
Valerie Fischer
Winston Post
Benjamin Borges
Elly de Graaf
Rosa Gonzalez
Amber Brantjes
Rikki de Jong
Ricardo Worp
Valentijn Sanders
Alexandra Alphenaar
Ronja Huygens
Kjeld Daan Visser
Sil Selmhorst
Mark van Eeuwen
Jack van Houten
Marlous Fluitsma
Helen Helmink
Johnny de Mol
Sylvester Koetsier
Fajah Lourens
Yasmin Fuentes
Tygo Gernandt
Carl/Kees Peper
Reinout Oerlemans
Arnie Alberts
Victoria Koblenko
Isabella Kortenaer
Antonie Kamerling
Peter Kelder
Babette van Veen
Linda Dekker
Katja Schuurman
Jessica Harmsen
Rick Engelkes
Simon Dekker
Lieke van Lexmond
Charlie Fischer
Cynthia Abma
Bianca Bouwhuis-Brandt
Caroline de Bruijn
Janine Elschot
Ferri Somogyi
Rik de Jong
Guido Spek
Sjoerd Bouwhuis
Dilan Yurdakul
Aysen Baydar
Miro Kloosterman
Thijs Kramer
Marly van der Velden
Nina Sanders
Robin Martens
Rikki de Jong
Gaby Blaaser
Sacha Kramer
Carlos Oliveira
Portuguese Rechercheur
Edwin Jonker
Richard van Nooten
Tommy van Lent
Steef Verduyn
Joep Sertons
Anton Bouwhuis
Alkan Çöklü
Amir Nazar
Hassan Slaby
Marwan El Amrani
Sophie Bouquet
Merel Verduyn
Noa Zwan
Demi Verduyn
Kees Boot
Luuk Bos
Thijs Boermans
Jonathan Seegers
Melissa Drost
Sjors Langeveld
Vincent Visser
Valentijn Sanders
Soy Kroon
Sil Selmhorst
Lone van Roosendaal
Billy de Palma
Barbara Sloesen
Anna Brandt
Britt Scholte
Kimberly Sanders
Faye Bezemer
Lana Langeveld
Giovanni Kemper
Q Bouwhuis
Toprak Yalçiner
Nuran Baydar
Louis Talpe
Mike Brandt
Marjolein Keuning
Maxime Sanders
Stephanie van Eer
JoJo Abrams
Anouk Maas
Zoë Xander
Oscar Aerts
Vincent Muller
Cecilia Adoree
Tiffy Koster
Bas Muijs
Stefano Sanders / Stefano Oliviero
Ingeborg Wieten
Suzanne Balk
Isa Hoes
Myriam van der Pol
Céline Purcell
Femke Blok
Noël van Kleef
Lynn Vegter
Ingmar
Steef Verduyn
Noa Jacobus
Nola Sanders
Rowan Veltman
Shanti
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1990
StatusReturning Series
Seasons35
Episodes6955
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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Goede tijden, slechte tijden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣudə ˈtɛidə(n) ˈslɛxtə ˈtɛidə(n)], lit. 'Good times, bad times'), also known as GTST or simply Goede tijden, is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily (every workday) soap in the Netherlands and Europe. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 6,900 episodes have been broadcast. It was initially based on the Australian soap The Restless Years, however it switched to original scripts during the third season and onwards. GTST is broadcast Monday to Friday at 20:00, and became available on demand via streaming platform Videoland from 2015.
At its peak, the show drew around 1.5 million viewers daily, in a country of just over 15 million people at the time. In 2022 the show was still watched by over 1 million people, with around 800.000 watching it on TV and an additional 300.000 viewers on Videoland. In 2024 it nearly reached a million viewers. After 33 years, it remains the highest-rated soap opera in the Netherlands.
The soap mainly revolves around the lives of the families Alberts, Sanders, De Jong, Van Houten and Bouwhuis. It is set in the fictional town of Meerdijk. As in any other soap, marriage, divorce, kidnapping and business are a few of the ingredients of GTST, although in recent years GTST has become known for writing and producing more controversial storylines. GTST is also known for having a summer break each year, ending a season sometime in June with a cliffhanger, only to resume three months later in September. Although the early cliffhangers often revolved around family drama, later cliffhangers have often revolved around disasters and unexpected twists.
Many former actors who once were part of the cast are now well known in the Netherlands and Europe, including Katja Schuurman, Reinout Oerlemans, Georgina Verbaan, Antonie Kamerling, Erik de Vogel, Caroline De Bruijn, Bartho Braat, Inge Schrama and Melissa Drost.
In 2014, there was a gay marriage in the soap opera; this was the first time this happened in a Dutch TV show.
In 2016, the show gained a spin-off called Nieuwe Tijden (English: New Times), which follows some of the younger characters from GTST and some new characters as they go off to college. Nieuwe Tijden was cancelled in 2018.