Skam NL

*Skam NL*
Skam NL
Also known as	Skam Dutch; Skam Netherlands;
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Julie Andem
Developed by	Bobbie Koek
Screenplay by	Ashgan El-Hamus
Directed by	Bobbie Koek; Isabel Lamberti; Floor van der Meulen;
Starring	Suus de Nies; Zoë Love Smith; Bo van Borssum Waalkes; Sara Calmeijer Meijburg; Sara Awin; Melisa Diktas; Reiky de Valk ; Monk Dagelet; Florian Regtien; Josep Hendrikx;
Composer	Bo Koek
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Production locations	Utrecht, Netherlands;
Cinematography	Jeroen Kiers; Sam Du Pon;
Running time	15–23 minutes
Production companies	NTR ; Beta Film;
Original release
Network	NPO 3
Release	16 September 2018 –; 4 June 2019

Last updated May 13, 2025

Skam NL (also known as Skam Dutch or Skam Netherlands; often stylized in all caps) is a Dutch teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series Skam . It was broadcast by NPO 3 from 16 September 2018 to 4 June 2019.

Plot

Skam NL follows the daily life of high school students at St-Gregorius College in Utrecht ^[1]^[2] and the various problems they face. The plot of each season focuses around a different central character and particular themes. Each adaptation of the original series follows a similar storyline, with the first season focusing on Isa Keijser (the counterpart of Skam's Eva Kviig Mohn), and the second on Liv Reijners (the counterpart of Noora Amalie Sætre).

Cast and characters

Actor	Character	Based on
Actor	Character	Based on	Season 1	Season 2
Central characters
Suus de Nies	Isa Keijser	Eva Kviig Mohn	Central	Main
Zoë Love Smith	Liv Reijners	Noora Amalie Sætre	Main	Central
Main characters
Bo van Borssum Waalkes	Engel Beekman	Vilde Hellerud Lien	Main
Sara Calmeijer Meijburg	Janna Mertens	Christina "Chris" Berg	Main
Sara Awin	Imaan Elami	Sana Bakkoush	Main
Melisa Diktas	Esra Aydin	Linn Larsen Hansen		Main
Melisa Diktas	Esra Aydin	Sana Bakkoush		Main
Reiky de Valk	Kes de Beus	Jonas Noah Vasquez	Main	Recurring
Monk Dagelet	Noah Boom	William Magnusson	Recurring	Main
Florian Regtien	Lucas van der Heijden	Isak Valtersen	Main	Recurring
Josep Hendrikx	Ralph Hansen	Eskild Tryggvasson		Main
Recurring and guest characters
Hadjja Fatmata Tinggel Bah	Olivia	Ingrid Theis Gaupseth	Recurring
Silver van Sprundel	Gijs Hartveld	Christoffer "Penetrator-Chris" Schistad	Recurring
Aida Gai	Tess	Sara Nørstelien	Recurring	Guest
Lina Cohen	Anna	Iben Sandberg	Recurring
Noah Canales	Jayden School	Elias	Recurring
Lewis Ramos	Micha		Recurring
Dana Nechushtan	Mama Isa	Mama Eva	Recurring
Maarten van Hinte	Father Liv	Father Noora		Recurring
Jurriaan van Seters	Morris Boom	Nikolai Magnusson		Recurring
Marlijn van der Veen	Marie van Aspen	Mari Aspeflaten		Recurring
Carl Martin Eggesbø	Eskild Tryggvasson			Guest

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released	Network
1	11	September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)	November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)	NPO 3
2	10	March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)	NPO 3

Season 1

Season 1 comprised 11 episodes. Isa Keijser is the central character and the season focuses on her relationship with her boyfriend Kes, as well as themes of loneliness, identity, and friendship.^[3]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	1	"Episode 1" (Aflevering 1)	20 min	September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)
2	2	"Episode 2" (Aflevering 2)	22 min	September 23, 2018 (2018-09-23)
3	3	"Episode 3" (Aflevering 3)	15 min	September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30)
4	4	"Episode 4" (Aflevering 4)	17 min	October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07)
5	5	"Episode 5" (Aflevering 5)	17 min	October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14)
6	6	"Episode 6" (Aflevering 6)	19 min	October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21)
7	7	"Episode 7" (Aflevering 7)	17 min	October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28)
8	8	"Episode 8" (Aflevering 8)	19 min	November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)
9	9	"Episode 9" (Aflevering 9)	17 min	November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11)
10	10	"Episode 10" (Aflevering 10)	17 min	November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)
11	11	"Episode 11" (Aflevering 11)	19 min	November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)

Season 2

Season 2 comprised 10 episodes. Liv Reijners is the central character^[4] and the season focuses on her relationship with Noah, a popular boy at school, and themes of friendship, self-image, and sexual abuse.^{[ citation needed ]}

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
12	1	"Episode 1" (Aflevering 1)	17 min	March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)
13	2	"Episode 2" (Aflevering 2)	15 min	April 2, 2019 (2019-04-02)
14	3	"Episode 3" (Aflevering 3)	20 min	April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09)
15	4	"Episode 4" (Aflevering 4)	19 min	April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)
16	5	"Episode 5" (Aflevering 5)	19 min	April 23, 2019 (2019-04-23)
17	6	"Episode 6" (Aflevering 6)	17 min	May 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)
18	7	"Episode 7" (Aflevering 7)	23 min	May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)
19	8	"Episode 8" (Aflevering 8)	23 min	May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)
20	9	"Episode 9" (Aflevering 9)	21 min	May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)
21	10	"Episode 10" (Aflevering 10)	22 min	June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)

Production

In October 2017, The Hollywood Reporter announced that a Dutch adaptation of Skam was in development alongside American, German, French, Spanish, and Italian versions.^[5] NTR purchased the remake rights in January 2018.^[6] Production for the first season began in July 2018,^[7] while the trailer was released in August.^[8] A countdown on the series' website revealed the first clip would be released on September 10, 2018, making it the sixth Skam remake to premiere.^[3]^[9]

In November 2018, the SKAM NL website was updated to confirm a second season. ^{[ citation needed ]} In February 2019, it was confirmed that the second season's first clip would premiere on March 18, and that full episodes would be airing on Tuesdays, a change from the first season, when episodes aired on Sunday nights.^[10] An official trailer for the season was released on March 10.^[11]

Cancellation

In September 2019, despite the series' popularity, NPO 3 confirmed that the series would not be returning for a third season, citing high production costs.^[12]

In 2020, the SKAM NL official Instagram account announced a binge-watching event of the series in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,^[13] which many fans believed would lead to a revival of the series, but this was not the case. The series remains available to stream on the official SKAM NL YouTube channel with English subtitles,^[14] and on the official NPO 3 website.^[15]

References

↑ "Opnames televisieserie SKAM op het Gregorius – Descart & Waldorf Utrecht". St-Gregorius College (in Dutch).
↑ Koop, Peter (2018-06-06). "Utrechtse Gregorius decor van nieuwe tv-serie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
1 2 van der Kooi, Walter (28 September 2018). "Twee dramaseries voor jongeren over jongeren, grotendeels door jongeren". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch).
↑ "Meer over de serie". NPO3 (in Dutch).
↑ Roxborough, Scott (14 October 2017). "MIPCOM: European Networks Jump on Adaptations of Scandi Sensation 'Shame'". The Hollywood Reporter.
↑ "NTR maakt Nederlandse versie van Skam - BM". Broadcast Magazine (in Dutch). 17 January 2018.
↑ @isabellamberti (11 July 2018). "🤘🏼👱🏻‍♀️👯‍♀️Co-directing the series SKAM with @bobbiekoek 🤘🏼👱🏻‍♀️👯‍♀️" – via Instagram.
↑ SKAM NL - Trailer. SKAMNL. 24 August 2018 – via YouTube.
↑ Kraak, Haro (14 September 2018). "Noorse populaire serie Skam weet wat tieners willen kijken, zal dat voor de Nederlandse remake ook gelden?". de Volkskrant (in Dutch).
↑ van Steensel, Tom (18 February 2019). "SKAM NL S02 gaat eind maart van start bij de NPO - de Lagarde - BNNVARA". de Lagarde (in Dutch).
↑ SKAM NL - Trailer Season 2. SKAMNL. 10 August 2019 – via YouTube.
↑ @NPO3 (November 21, 2019). "We understand you're disappointed! Unfortunately SKAM is an expensive series to produce, compared to other NPO 3 web series. The resources for online series are scarce and choices had to be made. Therefore we had to decide to not make a new season for SKAM NL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ @skamnl (21 March 2020). "Dagelijks om 20.30u streamen we op ons YouTubekanaal 2 afleveringen SKAM NL om samen, tegelijkertijd te kijken. We hopen een plek te creëren waar alle SKAM-fans kunnen samenkomen in deze rare tijden. Stay safe!" [Every day at 8:30pm we will be streaming 2 episodes of SKAM NL on our YouTube channel to watch together at the same time. We hope to create a place where SKAM fans can come together during these strange times. Stay safe!]– via Instagram.
↑ "SKAM NL". YouTube.
↑ "SKAM NL gemist? Terugkijken doe je op NPO3.nl". NPO 3 (in Dutch).

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[1] "Opnames televisieserie SKAM op het Gregorius – Descart & Waldorf Utrecht". St-Gregorius College (in Dutch).

[2] Koop, Peter (2018-06-06). "Utrechtse Gregorius decor van nieuwe tv-serie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-05.

[De_Groene_Amsterdammer-3] 1 2 van der Kooi, Walter (28 September 2018). "Twee dramaseries voor jongeren over jongeren, grotendeels door jongeren". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch).

[4] "Meer over de serie". NPO3 (in Dutch).

[5] Roxborough, Scott (14 October 2017). "MIPCOM: European Networks Jump on Adaptations of Scandi Sensation 'Shame'". The Hollywood Reporter.

[6] "NTR maakt Nederlandse versie van Skam - BM". Broadcast Magazine (in Dutch). 17 January 2018.

[7] @isabellamberti (11 July 2018). "🤘🏼👱🏻‍♀️👯‍♀️Co-directing the series SKAM with @bobbiekoek 🤘🏼👱🏻‍♀️👯‍♀️" – via Instagram.

[8] SKAM NL - Trailer. SKAMNL. 24 August 2018 – via YouTube.

[de_Volkskrant-9] Kraak, Haro (14 September 2018). "Noorse populaire serie Skam weet wat tieners willen kijken, zal dat voor de Nederlandse remake ook gelden?". de Volkskrant (in Dutch).

[de_Lagarde-10] van Steensel, Tom (18 February 2019). "SKAM NL S02 gaat eind maart van start bij de NPO - de Lagarde - BNNVARA". de Lagarde (in Dutch).

[11] SKAM NL - Trailer Season 2. SKAMNL. 10 August 2019 – via YouTube.

[12] @NPO3 (November 21, 2019). "We understand you're disappointed! Unfortunately SKAM is an expensive series to produce, compared to other NPO 3 web series. The resources for online series are scarce and choices had to be made. Therefore we had to decide to not make a new season for SKAM NL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[13] @skamnl (21 March 2020). "Dagelijks om 20.30u streamen we op ons YouTubekanaal 2 afleveringen SKAM NL om samen, tegelijkertijd te kijken. We hopen een plek te creëren waar alle SKAM-fans kunnen samenkomen in deze rare tijden. Stay safe!" [Every day at 8:30pm we will be streaming 2 episodes of SKAM NL on our YouTube channel to watch together at the same time. We hope to create a place where SKAM fans can come together during these strange times. Stay safe!]– via Instagram.

[14] "SKAM NL". YouTube.

[15] "SKAM NL gemist? Terugkijken doe je op NPO3.nl". NPO 3 (in Dutch).

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Skam NL

Also known as	Skam Dutch Skam Netherlands
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Julie Andem
Developed by	Bobbie Koek
Screenplay by	Ashgan El-Hamus
Directed by	Bobbie Koek Isabel Lamberti Floor van der Meulen
Starring	Suus de Nies Zoë Love Smith Bo van Borssum Waalkes Sara Calmeijer Meijburg Sara Awin Melisa Diktas Reiky de Valk Monk Dagelet Florian Regtien Josep Hendrikx
Composer	Bo Koek
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Production locations	Utrecht, Netherlands
Cinematography	Jeroen Kiers Sam Du Pon
Running time	15–23 minutes
Production companies	NTR Beta Film
Original release
Network	NPO 3
Release	16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) – 4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)