Van Vlees en Bloed: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A tragicomedy about the everyday life of a butchers family Vangenechten. The business is running fine until the son returns home after a long time. He wants to learn more about the butchers trade and want to take over the butchers shop so it stays in the family. Of course the mother and grandmother are very pleased with this, but the father has its own thoughts. The return of the son unleashes a chain of events and every member of the family gets a share. Meanwhile the neighbor is watching it all closely...

Series details

• Title: Van Vlees en Bloed
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2009-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-02-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: VRT 1
• Network country: Belgium
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7053
• IMDb ID: tt1345811
• TVDB ID: 84381

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Van Dyck — Luc Vangenechten
• Herwig Ilegems — Herman
• Koen De Graeve — Mike Heylen
• Lucas Van den Eynde — André Vangenechten
• Maaike Neuville — Anke Reyniers
• Mieke De Groote — Gerda Vangenechten
• Peter Van den Eede — Maurice De Brabandere
• Reinhilde Decleir — Maria ‘moemoe' Vangenechten
• Sien Eggers — Liliane Verstappen
• Tom Dewispelaere — Rudy Vangenechten
• Jos Verbist — Wilfried De Boeck

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-01-01; final listed air date 2009-02-12; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

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