
Top 2000
- 2025
- Returning Series
- Reality
- ~55m / ep
- 17 seasons
Music program of the NTR (public TV) with Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and Leo Blokhuis about the list of lists: The Top 2000. The program will be broadcast around Christmas and New Year's Eve, based on the Top 2000 as defined every year by music lovers and will be broadcast in full by Radio 2 at the end of the year.
Latest: Season 24 (year 2025) · 2025
View all seasonsE1. Top 2000 Quiz Episode 1
Nov 23, 2025 · 55m
Episode 1. With Tim op het Broek, Coks Donders, Afke Boven and Doortje Smithuijsen.
E2. Top 2000 Untold Stories Episode 1
Nov 26, 2025 · 30m
Jools Holland explains that the boogie-woogie style is the foundation of all pop music. We hear the band Black Pumas discussing the song "Angel." Belgian singer Dani Klein of the band Vaya Con Dias tells the story of the hit "Nah Neh Nah." The artist who now calls himself Sananda Maitreya, but is known to many as Terence Trent D'Arby, explains how singer Sade was the inspiration for his hit "Sign Your Name."
E3. Top 2000 Quiz Episode 2
Nov 30, 2025 · 56m
Episode 2. With Erik Dijkstra, Annefleur Schippers, Peter Buwalda and Babs Gons.
E4. Top 2000 Untold Stories Episode 2
Dec 3, 2025 · 30m
We see musician Huey Morgen of the Fun Lovin Criminals. In Paris, we speak with singer Barbara Pravi about the song "Qui j'etais" from her latest album. We know Ray Parker Jr., of course, from the hit "Ghostbusters." He explains that he wrote the song "Can't Change That" for the soul band The Spinners, but ultimately scored a hit with it himself. And the man who brought color to the '80s: Trevor Horn. He produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, and Simple Minds, among others. He talks about his collaboration with Malcolm McLaren and their 1983 album "Duck Rock."
E5. Top 2000 Quiz Episode 3
Dec 7, 2025 · 56m
Episode 3. With Samuel Welten, Tamara Brinkman, Dio and Marjolein Moorman.
E6. Top 2000 Untold Stories Episode 3
Dec 10, 2025 · 30m
Concert recordings of Led Zeppelin at the Concertgebouw in 1969, which have been recovered. We discuss the band's early days with guitarist Jimmy Page. We visit the grave of writer and poet William Blake with musician Matt Johnson of The The. We visit Oleta Adams in Kansas City to hear the story behind her hit "Windows of Hope."
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