The Spectacular: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From 1988 to 1990 the borderland of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany is plagued by a series of bloody attacks in the name of the IRA, the (Provisional) Irish Republican Army. A car bomb in Dusseldorf: 4 casualties. A liquidation in Oostende: two casualties. In the Dutch towns Roermond and Nieuw Bergen: two casualties. Cees Verhagen - born and bread in the Southern Dutch province of Limburg - is on his way to the top of the police force in The Hague as an intelligence specialist after having served on board a submarine in the Dutch navy. The attacks in his home region hit him hard, as does same the mess the Secret Service and the police seem to be making. For months Cees has been pushing his chief for a specialized IRA desk in Limburg. A taskforce headed by himself could streamline the collaboration between the different countries in order to finally end these pointless acts of violence. As a man with quite a bit of influence, Cees now finally gets what he wants.

Series details

• Title: The Spectacular
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2022-01-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-01-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NPO 3
• Network country: Netherlands
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 59785
• IMDb ID: tt13606512
• TVDB ID: 411591

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-01-02; final listed air date 2022-01-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Spectacular on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.