Goede tijden, slechte tijden

Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Reg Watson
Written by	Rohan Gottschalk (Head writer)
Starring	Present cast
No. of seasons	30
No. of episodes	6,255 (as of May 28, 2020)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Peter Römer
Running time	23 min. w/o commercials; 30 min. w/ commercials
Distributor	Endemol
Release
Original network	RTL4
Original release	1 October 1990 –; present
External links
	Website

Goede tijden, slechte tijden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌ ɣujə ˈtɛidə(n) ˌslɛxtə ˈtɛidə(n)], English: 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 soap in the Netherlands and also in Europe. The soap is produced by Joop van den Ende and to date over 5,000 episodes[1] have been broadcast. It was inspired by the Australian soap The Restless Years, although it started following its own course during the third season. GTST is broadcast Monday to Friday at 20:00. Around 1.5 million viewers watch each episode. It is 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 all takes place in the fictional town of Meerdijk. Like 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, such as Katja Schuurman, Reinout Oerlemans and Antonie Kamerling.

In 2014 a gay marriage took place in the soap opera, this was the first time this happened on the Dutch television.[2]

In 2016 the show got 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.

Cast

Present characters

Actor	Character	Duration
Cecilia Adorée	Tiffy Koster	2016, 2018–present
Dorian Bindels	Daan Stern	2018–present
Sophie Bouquet	Merel Verduyn	2019–present
Tamara Brinkmann	Saskia Verduyn-Visser	2019–present
Caroline De Bruijn	Janine Elschot	1992–present
Alkan Coklu	Amir Nazar	2017–present
Ferry Doedens	Lucas Sanders	2009–present
Stephanie van Eer	JoJo Abrams	2018–present
Everon Jackson Hooi	Bing Mauricius	2005–present
Cas Jansen	Julian Verduyn	1996–1999, 2019–present
Johnny Kraaijkamp jr.	Henk Visser	2020–present
Bo Maerten	Amelie Hendrix	2020–present
Jette van der Meij	Laura Selmhorst	1990–present
Joep Sertons	Anton Bouwhuis	2010–present
Ferri Somogyi	Rik de Jong	1995–2004, 2007–present
Babette van Veen	Linda Bouwhuis–Dekker	1990–1998, 2005–2006, 2015–present
Marly van der Velden	Nina Mauricius–Sanders	2005–present
Vincent Visser	Valentijn Sanders	2019–present
Erik de Vogel	Ludo Sanders	1996–present
Bertrie Wierenga	Shanti Vening	2019–present

Recurring cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Bart Peereboom	Marcel Boeve	2000–present
Dennis Honhoff	Barry Lansink	2009–present
Various child actors	Nola Sanders	2013–present
Michael de Roos	Alex de Boer	2014–present
Luca Savazzi	Leon de Boer	2014–present
Various child actors	Manu Mauricius	2015–present
Various child actors	Max Mauricius	2018–present
Various child actors	Louise Stern	2019–present
Various child actors	Wolf Sanders	2019–present
Tommy van Lent	Steef Verduyn	2019–present
Noa Zwan	Demi Verduyn	2019–present

Original cast members

Actor	Character	Duration
Antonie Kamerling	Peter Kelder	1990–1993, 1995
Reinout Oerlemans	Arnie Alberts	1990–1996
Joost Buitenweg	Rien Hoogendoorn	1990–1992
Frédérique Huydts	Annette van Thijn	1990–1992
Babette van Veen	Linda Dekker	1990–1998, 2005–2006, 2015–present
Isa Hoes	Myriam van der Pol	1990–1994
Ingeborg Wieten	Suzanne Balk	1990–2000
Marlous Fluitsma	Helen Helmink (#1)	1990–1991
Rick Engelkes	Simon Dekker	1990–1994, 1997–1998, 2003
Jette van der Meij	Laura Alberts	1990–present
Wilbert Gieske	Robert Alberts	1990–2008, 2015–2016, 2019
Wim Zomer	Daniel Daniel	1990–1999
Inge Ipenburg	Martine Hafkamp	1990–1994, 2003–2005, 2017
Hein van Beem	Nico Stenders	1990–1991
Antoinette van Belle	Stephanie Kreeft	1990–1994
Dieter Jansen	Jan van Ede	1990–1991
Djuna Hougee	Petra van Ede	1990–1991
Carola Gijsbers van Wijk	Wil de Smet	1990–1998

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References

"Press Release: 5000ste aflevering: 'GTST' trakteert kijker op gelijktijdige, extra aflevering via second screen app".
"Dutch television show to feature first ever same-sex marriage and the Backstreet Boys - PinkNews · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-22.

External links

Goede tijden, slechte tijden on IMDb
Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden website (in Dutch)
Live event GTST
GTST Gemist

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[1] "Press Release: 5000ste aflevering: 'GTST' trakteert kijker op gelijktijdige, extra aflevering via second screen app".

[2] "Dutch television show to feature first ever same-sex marriage and the Backstreet Boys - PinkNews · PinkNews". www.pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-22.