Familie

Familie
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Herman Verbaet
Starring	See Present cast
Opening theme	Jacky Lafon (1991–97) Koen Wauters (2001–09) Charlotte Therssen (2009–11) Maureen Vanherberghen (2011–present)
Country of origin	Belgium
No. of seasons	24
No. of episodes	5000+
Production
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	25-35 minutes (with occasional 50-90 minute episodes)
Production company(s)	Studio-A
Release
Original network	vtm
Original release	30 December 1991 – present
External links
Website

Familie (Dutch for Family) is a Flemish television soap opera set in Mechelen. Created by Herman Verbaet, Familie was first broadcast on 30 December 1991. The show has been on the air for over 25 years. Familie is produced by Studio-A and runs on vtm.

Present cast

Character	Actor	Duration
Anna Dierckx	Annie Geeraerts	1991–present
Jan Van den Bossche	Jef De Smedt	1991–present
Marie-Rose De Putter	Martine Jonckheere	1991–1996, 1998, 2005–2015
Albert Thielens	Ray Verhaeghe	1993–present
Peter Van den Bossche	Gunther Levi [1]	1999–present
Trudy Tack de Rixart de Waremme	Silvia Claes	1999–present
Linda De Smet	Hilde Van Wesepoel	2001–present
Bart Van den Bossche	Chris Van Tongelen [2]	2001–2015
Mieke Van den Bossche	Caroline Maes [3]	2002–present
Louise Van den Bossche	Sarah-Lynn Clerckx	2006–present
Jelle Van den Bossche	Jens Gruyaert	2006–present
Hannah Van den Bossche	Margot Hallemans [4]	2006-2009, 2013–present
Mathias Moelaert	Peter Bulckaen	2008–present
Niko Schuurmans	Jo Hens	2009–present
June Van Damme	Katrien De Becker	2009–present
Guido Van den Bossche	Jordi Rottier [5]	2010–present
Véronique Van den Bossche	Sandrine André [6]	2012–present
Benny Coppens	Roel Vanderstukken	2012–present
Patrick Pauwels	Ludo Hellinx	2012–present
Arno Coppens	Arthur le Boudec	2012–2015
Stefanie Coppens	Jasmijn Van Hoof	2012–present
Liesbeth Pauwels	Hilde De Baerdemaeker	2012–present
Leen Van den Bossche	Cathérine Kools [7]	2013–present
Rudi Verbiest	Werner De Smedt	2013–present
Evy Hermans	Marianne Devriese [8]	2013–present
Bas Van weert	Cédric Van de Caveye [9]	2013–present
Zjef de Mulder	Jan van den Bosch	2013–present
Arthur Van den Bossche	Noah Verswijver	2013–present
Agnes Moelaert	Monika Dumon	2013–present
Faroud Kir	Begir Memeti	2014-present

1. Formerly played by Erik Goossens (1991–1995)
2. Formerly played by Christophe Du Jardin (1991–1997) and Wim Van de Velde (1997–2000)
3. Formerly played by Lotte Mariën (1991–1994, 1996–1999)
4. Formerly played by Sofie Scheers (1998-2006) and Ellen Van den Eynde (2009-2012)
5. Formerly played by Aldo Vandervorst (2004–2006) and Lennert Mets (2006–2010)
6. Formerly played by Anne Somers (1991–1994, 2001–2012) and Ann-Christine Hendrickx (1996–2001)
7. Formerly played by Saskia Raë (1997–2006) and Ruth Bastiaensen (2006–2011)
8. Formerly played by Sofie Truyen (2006-2013)
9. Formerly played by Aldo Vandevorst (2006-2008) and Bo Bogaerts (2008-2011)

External links

• Familie at the Internet Movie Database