De Familie Backeljau

tv show

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60 total episodes

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4 seasons

First Aired January 01, 1994

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Overview

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.

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Season 1 - Episode 9 - 1h 30m

Air Date

February 26, 1994

Overview

It seems as if everybody in the Backeljau family has a fight. According to Thérèse it is because everyone is bored. The TV is in fact broken. Maria sees only one solution: to have a child in the house. There is no other option than to call her sister Carla and to invite Çois' godchild of five years for the weekend. Lionel comes to stay with his violin and his Ninja Turtles books. Everyone puts his best foot forward to make him happy. In the end, a weekend without TV also turns out to be quite pleasant, although it should not take too long.