De Luizenmoeder

De Luizenmoeder (literally: "The Lice Mother") is a Dutch comedy series broadcast by AVROTROS on NPO 3. The series is about an elementary school, called "De Klimop", its teachers, its principal, and the parents of its first grade (group 3) students. The first season, which consisted of nine episodes, aired weekly on Sundays between 14 January and 11 March 2018. The season was followed by a special, that included bloopers and deleted scenes. The series became an unexpected success, reaching record-breaking ratings and receiving awards. A second season began on 10 February 2019. Belgian production company Lecter Media bought the rights to make a Belgian version directed by Maarten Moerkerke, which was broadcast on VTM starting in January 2019. The series was created by Jan Albert de Weerd and Ilse Warringa, who also is one of the actors. Filming began on 5 October 2017 at a former elementary school in Mijdrecht, called "Twistvliedschool". It was produced by Ingmar Menning and De Weerd of the production company Bing Film & TV. De Weerd also directed the first season of De Luizenmoeder. Season two was directed by Diederik Ebbinge and Jelle de Jonge. Cast and characters Jennifer Hoffman as Hannah – Hannah is the mother of Floor, a new student at the school. She is a developmental psychologist, who just got divorced. Diederik Ebbinge as Anton – Anton is the principal of "De Klimop". Bianca Krijgsman as Nancy – Nancy's children don't attend the school anymore, but she now helps as a volunteer. Henry van Loon as Volkert – Volkert is the school's janitor. He is a veteran suffering from PTSD. Vincent Rietveld as Pjotr-Jan – Pjotr-Jan leads the parent organization the school is part of. Ilse Warringa as Ank – Ank is a first grade teacher at the school. She suffers from dyscalculia and likes to sing songs for her students. Leny Breederveld as Helma – Helma is a fifth grade teacher at the school, she is two years away from retirement. Rop Verheijen as Walter – Walter is one of Rianne's adoptive fathers. He's married to Kenneth. André Dongelmans as Kenneth – Kenneth is Rianne's other adoptive father. Rian Gerritsen as Kim – Kim is Youandi's mother.