30 minuten
| 30 minuten | |
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| Genre | Sketch show, Mockumentary, Satire, Tragicomedy |
| Created by | Arjan Ederveen |
| Directed by | Pieter Kramer |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Original language(s) | Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | VPRO |
| Original release | 1995 – 1997 |
30 minuten (30 minutes) was a 1995 Dutch satirical mockumentary TV series, written by Arjan Ederveen and directed by Pieter Kramer. Ederveen also starred in every episode. Two series of seven episodes were produced and broadcast by the Dutch TV station VPRO between 1995 and 1997.
30 minuten was praised by many TV critics and received several awards. It was also a major influence on the Flemish mockumentary series In de gloria.
30 minuten is a stylistic satire of documentaries and reality television. The title refers to its half-hour length and was inspired by the BBC documentary series Sixty Minutes. The series is filmed in a mockumentary style with tragicomic undertones. Each episode features a standalone "documentary" about every day people followed by a camera crew. Ederveen tried to present the characters not as caricatures, but as actual people. In an interview he claimed: "What I'm doing now are no longer comic characters, but people of flesh and blood."
1. Vrije verstrekking (Free distribution): A heroin junkie takes part in a government project where he writes a children's novel to reintegrate into society.
2. Fanny en Fanneke (Fanny and Fanneke): A couple has a little dog who is about to give birth. In the hospital it turns out that the animal suffers from a medical complication. The dog owners are now forced to choose between the life of their pet or her puppies.
3. Fout in '45 (Wrong in '45): An old woman takes care of her sick mother. The daughter speaks about her affair with a German soldier during World War II, of which her mother still disapproves.
4. Beyond tomorrow: An art historian has an advice center which predicts future events for money. In the episode he helps a TV presenter to better her public image and gives a producer of margarine advice on how to modernize his product.
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