''5 jaar later'' (Dutch for ''5 years later'') is a Dutch television show presented by

Beau van Erven Dorens Beau van Erven Dorens (Haarlem, 24 December 1970) is a Dutch television presenter, actor and voice actor. He is known for presenting many television programs, including ''Deal or No Deal'', ''RTL Boulevard'', ''Het Zesde Zintuig'' and ''Beau Fiv ...

(previously by

Jeroen Pauw Jeroen Pauw (born 15 August 1960) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is known for being the lead presenter of the evening editions of ''RTL Nieuws'' from 1989 to 2000, as well as presenting '' Pauw & Witteman'' with Paul Witteman ...

). In each episode a well-known Dutch person's life is discussed based on an interview that was recorded five years earlier and kept in a vault for years. In 2017, NPO decided to no longer broadcast the show and the show then moved to the

RTL 4 RTL 4 (Radio Télévision Luxembourg 4) is a Dutch free TV channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4 is a general entertainment channel with infotainment, televi ...

channel owned by

RTL Nederland RTL Nederland is a Dutch Mass media, media network, a subsidiary of RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum, although the licences of its Television station, TV stations are issued in Luxembourg. History Early years The history ...

also took over as presenter of the show. Jeroen Pauw himself was the first guest on the show after Beau van Erven Dorens took over as presenter. Pauw's interview was conducted by Daphne Bunskoek fifteen years earlier. Pauw won both a ''TV-beeld'' award as well as the Sonja Barend Award for the show. The show is also Pauw's idea and owned by Pauw's company TVBV.

Seasons

Season 1

Jan Marijnissen Johannes Guillaume Christianus Andreas "Jan" Marijnissen () (born 8 October 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP). Marijnissen, a welder by occupation, was selected as Leader of the Socialist Party after the death of ...

Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life Schuurman grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch people, Dutch father and a Curaçao-born Surinamese mother of mixed Dutch, Chinese, In ...

Frits Barend Frits Barend (born 17 February 1947) is a Dutch journalist, radio presenter and television presenter. He is known for presenting the late night television talk show '' Barend & Van Dorp'' with Henk van Dorp. Barend became nationally known for hi ...

Reinout Oerlemans Reinout Oerlemans (; born 10 June 1971) is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks. In 1989, while studying law at the University of Amsterd ...

* Frits Wester *

Bridget Maasland Bridget Maasland (born 9 November 1974) is a Dutch VJ, television presenter and producer. Career She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy a ...

Mart Smeets Jan Marten “Mart” Smeets (born 11 January 1947, in Arnhem) is a Dutch radio and television personality, writer, and columnist. Television Mart Smeets is a long-time sports presenter and commentator with the Dutch public broadcaster NOS. He i ...

* Family of Theo van Gogh

Season 2

* Jack Spijkerman *

Maurice de Hond Maurice de Hond (born 8 October 1947) is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Steve JobsSchool, an elementary school which gives each student an iPad to encourage individualized learning. As of 2016, 35 public schools in th ...

Paul de Leeuw Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor. De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. He often came into publicity ...

Femke Halsema Femke Halsema (; born 25 April 1966) is a Dutch politician and filmmaker serving as Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She previously was a member of the House of Representatives ...

Joop van den Ende Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer, co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment, Europe's largest live entertainment comp ...

Season 3

Gerd Leers Gerardus Bernardus Maria "Gerd" Leers (born 12 July 1951) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He is the acting Mayor of Brunssum since 1 January 2018. Biography Politics On 4 September 1990 Leers became a Mem ...

* Bernard Welten *

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali (; born 13 November 1969) is a Dutch and American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. She is a critic of Islam and an advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced mar ...

Joost Eerdmans Bernard Johannes "Joost" Eerdmans (born 9 January 1971) is a Dutch politician, broadcaster, journalist and former civil servant who has served as Leader of JA21 since 18 December 2020, a party he co-founded with Annabel Nanninga. Elected to th ...

Hilbrand Nawijn Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn (born 8 August 1948) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the local political party Lijst Hilbrand Nawijn (LHN) in Zoetermeer. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn ...

Claudia de Breij Claudia de Breij (born 13 March 1975) is a Dutch comedian, singer, show host and radio disk jockey. In 2010, she won the Dutch Poelifinario prize for best cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, rec ...

Season 4

Alexander Pechtold Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a Dutch politician and art historian. He is a member of Democrats 66. Pechtold studied Archaeology and History of Dutch Art at Leiden University, and obtained a Master of Arts degree. Pechtold work ...

Chantal Janzen Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in ''The Preacher (film), The Preacher'', ''Full Moon Party (film), Full Moon Party'' and ''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and presented ''Idols ...

Henk Kamp Henricus Gregorius Jozeph "Henk" Kamp (; born 23 July 1952) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who was Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Rutte III from 24 September 2021 to 10 January 2022. He previousl ...

* Filemon Wesselink *

Sophie Hilbrand Sophie Francine Hilbrand (born 5 October 1975) is a Dutch television presenter, actress and radio host. She presented multiple television shows, including '' Spuiten en Slikken'', ''Try Before You Die'' and ''Ruben vs. Sophie''. She has presented ...

Jort Kelder Jort Kelder (born 22 September 1964) is a Dutch journalist, columnist, television and radio presenter and podcast host. From 1993 to 2007 he was chief editor of the monthly magazine '' Quote''.

Lange Frans Frans Christiaan Frederiks (born 12 November 1980), known by his stage name Lange Frans, is a Dutch rapper and television presenter. From 1997 to 2004 he was a member of the band D-Men. Between 1997 and 2009 he was part of the Lange Frans & Baas ...

Season 5

Matthijs van Nieuwkerk Matthijs van Nieuwkerk (; born 8 September 1960) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is best known for hosting the daily ''De Wereld Draait Door'' (DWDD) television show from 2005 to 2020. Biography Matthijs van Nieuwkerk was ...

Bram Moszkowicz Abraham Maarten "Bram" Moszkowicz (; born 26 June 1960) is a Dutch jurist and former lawyer. Early life and education Abraham Maarten Moszkowicz was born on 26 June 1960 in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He is the son of Berthe Bessant and law ...

Freek de Jonge Frederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge (born 30 August 1944) is a Dutch cabaret performer and writer. Biography Early life and career De Jonge was born in Westernieland as son of a pastor. His family moved to Workum, and later to Zaandam and ...

Jörgen Raymann Jörgen Henri Raymann (born 13 August 1966) is a Dutch-Surinamese cabaretier, stand-up comedian, actor and presenter. In 2021, he appeared in the television show '' De Verraders''. Jörgen Raymann was born in Amsterdam and raised in Paramaribo ...

Ronald Plasterk Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (; born 12 April 1957) is a Dutch retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has a PhD degree in biology, specialising in molecular genetics. He is founder and CEO of Frame Cancer Therapeutics. He was appointed ...

Hero Brinkman Hero Brinkman (born 29 December 1964, in Almelo) is a police officer and former Netherlands, Dutch politician. He was a House of Representatives of the Netherlands, member of parliament from 30 November 2006 to 19 September 2012, after being ele ...

Season 6

Youp van 't Hek Joseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek (born 28 February 1954) is a Dutch, author, columnist, singer-songwriter, playwright, critic and former comedian. Biography Van 't Hek was born and raised in the Gooi, an upper-class region to the sou ...

Jan Jaap van der Wal Jan Jaap van der Wal (born 1 November 1979) is a Dutch stand-up comedian, cabaret performer and television presenter. He is known both in the Netherlands and in Flanders, Belgium for his television appearances and theatre shows. Career Tele ...

Fleur Agema Marie-Fleur Agema (; born 16 September 1976) is a Dutch former spatial designer and politician affiliated with the Party for Freedom (PVV). From 2 July 2024 to 3 June 2025, she served as first Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minis ...

Marco Borsato Marco Roberto Borsato (, ; born 21 December 1966) is a Dutch people, Dutch singer. Born in Alkmaar, North Holland, he started performing in Italian language, Italian before switching to Dutch language, Dutch in 1994. He has consistently been one o ...

* Thomas Dekker * Peter Paul de Vries, Jeroen Smit and Willem Middelkoop

Season 7

* Wilfred Genee *

Jolande Sap Johanna Catharina Maria "Jolande" Sap (born 22 May 1963) is a former Dutch politician and former educator and civil servant. A member of GroenLinks (GL), she replaced Wijnand Duyvendak as a member of the House of Representatives on 3 September ...

Ahmed Marcouch Ahmed Marcouch (; born 2 May 1969) is a Moroccan-Dutch politician, former police officer, civil servant and educator serving as Mayor of Arnhem since 2017. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he was a member of the House of Representatives from ...

Wesley Sneijder Wesley Sneijder (; born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Noted for his playmaking ability, he was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Sneijder started ...

Frans Bauer Frans Bauer (born 30 December 1973 in Roosendaal as François van Doorn) is a Dutch singer in the levenslied genre. Early life Frans Bauer was born as François van Doorn, after his mother Wies van Doorn who wasn't married to his father Ch ...

Season 8

Gordon Heuckeroth Cornelis Willem "Gordon" Heuckeroth (; born 6 July 1968), known mononymously as Gordon, is a Dutch singer and television personality. Internationally, he is best known for his membership of the supergroup De Toppers, the Toppers, which represent ...

Emile Roemer Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer (born 24 August 1962) is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of Limburg since December 2021. A member of the Socialist Party (SP), he was its leader and parliamentary leader in the House of Representative ...

* Jan Smit *

Adriaan van Dis Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, wa ...

Bert Koenders Albert Gerard Koenders (; born 28 May 1958) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He i ...

Sven Kramer Sven Kramer (; born 23 April 1986) is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 mete ...

Season 9

* Antoine Bodar *

Johan Derksen Johannes Gerrit "Johan" Derksen (born 31 January 1949) is a Dutch sports journalist and former football player. He played professional football between 1966 and 1978 for six clubs: Go Ahead Eagles, Cambuur, Veendam, HFC Haarlem, SV Meppen and M ...

Jeroen van Koningsbrugge Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (born 3 September 1973) is a Dutch actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter. He was a member of the television programme ''De Lama's'' and together with his friend Dennis van de Ven he makes the satirical televisi ...

Heleen van Royen Heleen van Royen (born Helena Margaretha Kroon; 9 March 1965, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Her novel ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' ("The Happy Housewife") was the best-selling Dutch novel of 2010. The candid descriptions of sexual ...

Diederik Samsom Diederik Maarten Samsom (; born 10 July 1971) is a Dutch environmentalist and retired politician who was the leader of the Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (''Partij van de Arbeid'', PvdA) from 2012 to 2016. He was the firs ...

Ireen Wüst Irene Karlijn "Ireen" Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearan ...

Season 10

* Sacha de Boer *

Linda de Mol Linda Margaretha de Mol (born 8 July 1964) is a Dutch television presenter and actress in the Netherlands and Germany. She is the sister of TV-producer and Endemol co-founder John de Mol, and has frequently appeared in productions of his. She ...

Jesse Klaver Jesse Feras Klaver (born 1 May 1986) is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015. Prior to this, he chaired the youth union of the Christian National Trade Union Federa ...

* Susan Smit *

Epke Zonderland Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 Wo ...

* Hugo Borst *

Halina Reijn Halina Reijn (; born 10 November 1975) is a Dutch actress, writer and film director. Early life and education Halina Reijn was born on 10 November 1975 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Fleur ten Kate and Frank Volkert Reijn (1931–1986). Reijn's ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1344889 2008 Dutch television series debuts 2010s Dutch television series 2020s Dutch television series RTL 4 original programming Dutch television shows Dutch-language television shows NPO 1 original programming