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watching this is making me interested in learning dutch.

It would be sad to see this end! 😟

I think I recognized the mole amongst the greeters at the party, but I'm hoping I'm wrong since that would kind of put a damper on this series.🤐

Nooooooooo….. My wife and I love the show and truly appreciate your time and energy on the subtitles. It is truly a selfless act of bringing something amazing to those non-Dutch speaking folks. Thank you for your tireless efforts to bring us joy every single season.

We really appreciate the work you have put in down the years and thanks to you, The Mole is a much wider known and popular programme. You should be so proud of raising its profile! I hope you continue to broadcast in December but so so much thanks from all of us!

Because of you and this AMAZING show I’m now learning Dutch! I hope this can continue!

Can u please Upload the srt files?

Bedankt voor de update & de moeite die je gedaan hebt om het alsnog online te krijgen. Ik blijf het stom vinden van de Avro dat ze buitenlanders niet het plezier gunnen om hier de afleveringen van WIDM te bekijken.

Very, very, very simple: They should hire _you_ , Marieke. They should wake-up and get with the times; the _world_ has full access... www. They will rake-in upon a world wide audience... Very simple.

Hey Marieke - do you think we will be able to pay to watch future seasons with subtitles or do you think it’s unlikely? I will gladly pay them, they just don’t offer the service! That’s why we come to you! Thank you for everything you do for the community, you are the best.

So sorry to hear this. But I fully understand why they are doing it. Thank you so much for you have done for us!!!! You're a lovely person and you have a big heart!!!!! I was so glad I was able to find you and watch every season that you did. It was great fun to watch!! I hope to see you back!!! Time will tell!!!! Thank you thank you thank you for all you did the past 10 years!!!!!! ❤ much love from Canada!!!!!!

Im sorry to hear this! Would you be willing to help teach how to make the translations on our own, I know you previously had done a DIY tutorial but unfortunately that doesn't work anymore due to changes to the npo start website. Hope there is still hope for the next season, maybe they could hire you to do the official NPO Start english subtitles!

I was in the middle of the first episode when it got taken down 😭 Uuugh this is so sad for everyone.

appreciate ya

Whether you're able to continue in the future or not, thank you so much for all the years of your subs!!

I hope they don't close this channel...HOW ELSE AM I GONNA GET MY FIX OF THE BEST REALITY SHOW CONCEPT ON THE PLANET?!

I really hope that whatever decision gets reached, this won't have negative effects to the back catalogue of older seasons. NPO doesn't have a great track record when it comes to keeping older seasons of any show available for viewing, so this channel is so important even if it were only from a preservational sense. Some of the seasons of the show would have been lost to time by now as far as public access is concerned had they not been uploaded here. Either way, whatever decision they reach, it's entirely up to them of course. And their choice to add English subtitles gives me hope that they effectively want to continue on from what you've been doing (which would also imply they'd go out of their way to not region-lock this show specifically) but make it properly official.

I would pay to stream it if they put english subtitles on it.

This is ridiculous of them to suddenly not allow it AFTER you already made the subtitles for two episodes. They could have given you a heads up... And also created the English subtitles themselves, which I still doubt whether it's actually going to happen. Also NPO Start is not even available outside the Netherlands so we won't be able to see it without a proxy/vpn... Or are they going to allow that too? NPO Start sucks in general. Like Europe soccer is broadcast in DVD quality even though I have the subscription. It used to suck more though, the streams would always show worse than the available quality and when I emailed them about it they blamed my internet which is not the case. It seems to do a little better now but I can't say for sure as it also seems to depend on the show. Anyways, thank you so much for all that you've done. Me and my fianceé are still watching the old seasons as we have a lot more to go through!

That’s devastating. You have put so much work into this channel. 😢 I hope they change their minds and let you continue your work. Locking content by region makes it so that thousands of viewers no longer have access to one of their favourite shows. 😞 Do you think they will let foreign English speakers access their streaming service?

Thank you for the update! I started studying Dutch last year, so now I am able to watch the episodes with Dutch subtitles. But for years, I was only able to enjoy this show because of your hard work. Thank you so much for everything. Have a nice summer!

Dit kanaal was een life-saver toen ik op exchange in het buitenland was, omdat NPO Start niet werkt als je in het buitenland bent. Door jou kon ik alsnog mijn fave nederlandse serie kijken! Heel veel bedankt voor alle effort die hierin gaat, en hopelijk mag je volgende jaar gewoon door met het normale seizoen!

I can see the point of view cus it´s on a streaming service now and it´s an experiment for them as well, but it would really be so sad if you won´t be able to do it for the next season. You´ve made a very clear statement eitherway and if you haven´t done it yet, I´d definitely enquire the possiblity that you can be hired to do these English subs in the future. Thanks for the many many years and hours of work!

This is my opinion - I wonder if AI has claimed this subtitling job. Thank you for all your work and I hope you get the chance to keep what’s done up. 🙂

Hope you had a nice vacation!!

Wat jammer!! Maar hartelijk bedankt voor alles, lieverd

Just found your channel and super excited to go through your backlog. Thanks for all of your hard work and hopefully they'll continue to let you do what you've been doing. Many of thanks from Texas.

Zo jammer! Ik ga proberen om via vpm te doen.. Jammer voor de Belgen zoals ik haha. Toch bedankt voor alles!! Altijd fantastisch om te kunnen kijken :)

Totally understand. Its such a shame, as Dutch tv is region locked, so its not like internationals can subscribe to watch the Streaming season. But I hope there is a way forward that Avrotros/NPO can let you do this, or compensate you in some way for the work that you, and the previous person did in building this international community for WIDM.

Oh no! I was really looking forward to watching it in Australia. I really hope they hire you for subs, you do such a fabulous job! ❤

Oh no! I was really looking forward to watching it in Australia. I really hope they hire you for subs, you do such a fabulous job! ❤

Boo! So annoying. A huge fan and love watching it. They're upsetting so many people. I wonder if it's something to do with Netflix's new series and pressure put on them to keep a tighter reign on their IP. Thank you so much for your subs. Will genuinely miss this. Hope to cross paths again at some point.

my dutch learning hobby has begun with your Wie is De Mol translations - if this is the end, i just wanted to thank you very much for the possibility of learning a language through my beloved TV format. This channel has jumpstarted my 5 year journey in dutch. bedankt om dit mogelijk te maken

i hope they pick you up for doing the subs on streaming services

either way I want to say thank you for the HOURS of content I have enjoyed because of your hard work. They absolutely should hire you!

Dit account is volgens mij de enige als het gaat om volledige afleveringen van alle BN’er seizoenen die ik kan vinden. Kan je ook nog de aller eerste seizoenen zonder BN’ers nog uploaden dus seizoen 1999 tot 2004.

To be fair, watching on youtube is so much more comfortable than on NPOStart/Plus. Hope they make their player better, and they allow to let all the seasons here to stay here

they should hire you for the subtitles

So sad. Was the only way for me to watch as a Dutch person living abroad :-(

This might be my fave WIDM episode ever 🤩

Weirdly, when I checked the streaming episodes on NPOStart, and I turned on the Dutch subtitles, the subtitles were in English!

Was looking forward to this new season😭 , thank you for your efforts even though they took it down. 🥰

NPOstart has claimed copyright. Will try and fix it tonight. If unsuccessful, that'll be it. I'll keep you posted.

Hey! Ik zag dat je video’s van de streamingeditie zijn weggehaald? Jammer, komen deze nog terug of niet?

Hey, is it just me or where the first 2 episodes up on the channel and now they’ve been taken down?

Anyone know why Froukje Jansen wasn’t at reunion?

Thanks so much! Ik heb geen engelse ondertiteling nodig, maar hier in Guatemala kan ik de NPO niet ontvangen, dus jouw kanaal is de enige manier om dit programma te volgen, en mijn kids vinden het geweldig! Ik ook trouwens.

Just to prepare: the streamed version is behind a paid platform. Whereas the normal version is on public broadcasting. As much as I want an English subbed version, uploading the paid version can get you into trouble. Be careful :)

Super leuk te horen! Geniet van je vakantie, see ya soon! 🫶🏼

Thanks again!