About this season
Zembla is a Dutch television documentary programme by VARA and NPS. The documentaries are based on in-depth research which can take months. The subjects are often controversial. A documentary in 2001 about fraud in the Dutch construction sector led to parliamentary inquiries. In May 2006 the programme exposed the fact that politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali had lied in her claim for asylum, which led to her resignation from parliament.
Episodes (23)
1. De afvaldump door Rijkswaterstaat
Aired 30 January 2020 • 40 min
2. Geen plek voor ouderen
Aired 6 February 2020 • 40 min
3. De fatale fouten van Boeing
Aired 13 February 2020 • 40 min
4. Gaza: De rechtszaak
Aired 5 March 2020 • 40 min
5. De macht van Monsanto
Aired 12 March 2020 • 40 min
6. Medicijnmacht China tijdens de coronacrisis
Aired 2 April 2020 • 40 min
7. Cordon Corona
Aired 9 April 2020 • 37 min
8. Baudet en het Kremlin
Aired 16 April 2020 • 49 min
9. Huisarts in crisistijd
Aired 16 April 2020 • 40 min
10. De Vergeten Oorlog
Aired 7 May 2020 • 40 min
11. Koninklijke constructies
Aired 14 May 2020 • 40 min
12. Ziekenhuis in crisistijd
Aired 14 May 2020 • 40 min
13. Vervuilde medicijnen
Aired 3 September 2020 • 40 min
14. Zorgen voor Indy
Aired 10 September 2020 • 40 min
15. De afvaldump door Rijkswaterstaat - deel 2
Aired 21 September 2020 • 40 min
17. Brexit, de lont in het Noord-Ierse kruitvat
Aired 8 October 2020 • 40 min
18. De klimaatontkenners
Aired 15 October 2020 • 40 min
19. Het kippenexperiment
Aired 22 October 2020 • 40 min
20. School in crisistijd
Aired 5 November 2020 • 40 min
22. Haagse Bijbaantjes
Aired 9 November 2020 • 40 min
23. Bijten als beloning
Aired 19 November 2020 • 40 min
25. Adoptiebedrog (4)
Aired 3 December 2020 • 40 min
26. Shell's Hell
Aired 10 December 2020 • 39 min
The greatest oil disaster in the world is unfolding in the Niger Delta. Millions of liters of oil have leaked into the local environment since Shell began oil extraction there in 1958. Large areas have been transformed into a desolate moonscape where land cultivation and fishing are no longer possible. The oil pollution has harmful consequences for their health. Shell employees are accused of being a part of a perverse industry of deliberate leakage. Employees of Shell in Nigeria ordered the vandalization of oil pipelines for their own personal gain while profiting from these intentional oil leaks by pocketing money from cleanup budgets. Zembla verified all of this and interviewed the sources on camera.