Familie Backeljau: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This Flemish sitcom is entirely about the entirely wacky lower-class family Backeljau, which always speaks the most common Antwerp dialect. It consists of father François 'Cois' Backeljau, his wife Maria, the rather cunning Bomma ('granny' Thérèse, his mother), the even older pet (in dog years) Blacky, their son Franky and his wife Janine, daughter Sabrina and her husband Antonio and little nephew Lionel, the youngest but more intelligent then all his dumb relatives together and various lovers, friends and regular guests, such as the mailman and the policeman.

Series details

• Title: Familie Backeljau
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1994-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-03-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: VTM
• Network country: Belgium
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3370

Cast and credited roles

• Luk Wyns — François (Cois) Backeljau
• Mitta Van der Maat — Michouke (Maria) Steveniers
• Paul Maes — Franky Backeljau
• Luk Wyns — Thérèse Backeljau
• Wanda Joosten — Janineke Van Vossem
• Iris Van Straten — Sabrina Backeljau
• Hans De Munter — Antonio Tagliatelle
• Jonas Wyns — Lionel Van Den Broecke

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-01-01; final listed air date 1994-03-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-12-11; final listed air date 1995-03-05; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-11-17; final listed air date 1991-03-09; episode order: 17.
• Season 4: premiered 1991-11-16; final listed air date 1997-03-14; episode order: 17.

Source and licence

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