ZEMBLA is a current affairs programme by VARA broadcasting. The programme tries to provide information to a wide audience by means of opinion-forming investigative journalism.
ZEMBLA carries out in-depth research into events and developments in society and contributes to public opinion on these issues.
ZEMBLA wants to open up the debate and make news, it wants to set things in motion and to bring about changes.
ZEMBLA was first screened in the autumn of 1995 and since then it has been assured of a permanent place within public broadcasting in the Netherlands.
ZEMBLA has made a programme on nearly every social development and special event imaginable.
The programme is broadcast almost weekly on Friday evenings on Nederland 2.
Enclosed are a limited number of ZEMBLA programmes that have been subtitled in English.
MINISTER OF TOBACCO
Edith Schippers is a remarkable Health Minister. She is considered a loyal ally by the smoke lobby. Prominent doctors speak with disgust about her smoking policy: it raises the smoking ban for small catering and stops campaigns to get people to stop smoking.
Watch Minister of tabacco
Binge drinking
'Binge drinking' is now available with English subtitles.
The CO2 Alibi
'The CO2 Alibi' is now available with English subtitles.
The CO2 Alibi (Portuguese)
'The CO2 Alibi' is now available with Portuguese subtitles.
The Clusterbomb Feeling
'The Clusterbomb Feeling' is now available with English subtitles.
Bank Secrets
'Bank Secrets' is now available with English subtitles.
The Conspiracy of September 11th
'The Conspiracy of September 11th' is now available with English subtitles.
The holy Ayaan
The episode about Ayaan Hirsi Ali is now available with English subtitles.
