Van Vlees en Bloed


Van Vlees en Bloed is an international award-winning Belgian tragicomedy and miniseries written by Tom Van Dyck and Michiel Devlieger. The series was produced by Woestijnvis and first aired in 2009 on the Belgian channel Eén.
The show is about a butcher shop owned by the family Vangenechten since 1952. Although André Vangenechten and his wife Liliane Verstappen run the shop, it is actually still owned by André's mother Maria Vangenechten. One day Rudy, the son of André and Liliane, suddenly turns up after an absence of 10 years. Liliane and Maria are happy, but André is not impressed.
The series won many prizes such as a Golden Nymph at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and a Rockie at the Banff World Media Festival. In Belgium the series won at least 10 awards

Main cast and characters

Episodes

Audience measurement

The series was a success in Belgium. Episode 4, 5 and 6 break Belgian records for emissions broadcast on a weekday. ' The average number of viewers was 1.753.500 per episode. Episode 6 just did not reach 2 million viewers. The series end up on the third place in best viewed shows. Only one episode of Schalkse Ruiters 'and the finale of De Slimste Mens ter Wereld 2009 did better. Remarkable detail: the finale of last show was sent out after episode 7.

Trivia