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The First Years

5.2 / 10

2014

14 seasons

1172 episodes

SoapDrama

The First Years is a Dutch series for young people in which real-life situations are recreated. The series sheds light on subjects that pupils in the first year of secondary school may be confronted with.

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Cast

Chloe Maessen

Belle Zimmerman

Sonia Eijken

Birgit Kunstt

May Hollerman

Britt Scholte

Niek Roozen

Sevcan Koçer

Daan Kruysifix

Claire Veldkamp

Else Talsma

Shad Abdullah

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Seasons

Season 1 of the First Years was released on May 26, 2014.

Ep 1
1.Taunting the Teacher
26-05-201410m
Teacher Span is having a hard time at school. Almost every drawing lesson ends in chaos. And Nikky is usually responsible for that. Together with her friend, Jara, she really does...
Ep 2
2.Kissing
26-05-201410m
Eva has seen Fien's mother (vice principal De Wilde) in town, with another woman. She has even seen them kiss each other. Now Eva thinks that Fien's mother is a lesbian. Eva doesn'...
Ep 3
3.Performance Anxiety
27-05-201410m
Sascha has to give a presentation, but she is really dreading it. Not only because she is shy and stutters a bit, but also because she is afraid of making a fool of herself. Becaus...
Ep 4
4.Late!
28-05-201410m
Sam and Timo have to report to school at half past seven. They are being punished and have to mop the floor by caretaker Gerrit Veldt. Timo is very upset and gets into a fight with...
Ep 5
5.Teacher crush
29-05-201410m
Milou is in love with gym teacher Marcel Eerkens. She hates gym, but still goes to class with great pleasure. Until she catches Eerkens with a French teacher. She is in shock and c...
Ep 6
6.Fraud
30-05-201410m
Brechtje is a real bookworm and always gets high grades. She excels in mathematics. Brechtje is therefore not very popular with her classmates. But with the last few tests she is n...
Ep 7
7.Fire Alarm
02-06-201410m
Max loves football and that is at the expense of his school performance. He pays more attention to the ball than to his homework. Much to the frustration of his parents. When he do...
Ep 8
8.Prior Knowledge
03-06-201410m
Jesse has it in for Maaike. He takes advantage of her every day. The bullying never stops and Maaike wants to go to another school. But then Fien confides in her. She has listened...
Ep 9
9.In love with the wrong person
04-06-201410m
Marlies and Gaya are best friends. They do absolutely everything together. But there is a problem. Marlies is head over heels in love with Gaya's boyfriend. She doesn't want to kee...
Ep 10
10.Teachers Target
05-06-201410m
Rob Grimbergen is a math teacher. A strict man with little humor. He is not popular with the students. Especially Levi and Grimbergen do not get along. From day one, things have no...
Ep 11
11.Bullying
06-06-201410m
Tirza is overweight and is bullied at school. Rosalie in particular has it in for her. She leaves no stone unturned to tease Tirza. Until she takes Tirza's phone and discovers a sh...
Ep 12
12.Breaking and Entering
09-06-201410m
Kai has few friends at school. He likes to play along with the tough guys, but doesn't really fit in. When Jesse and his friends challenge him to steal a test, he decides to prove...
Ep 13
13.Menstruation
10-06-201410m
It's exam week and Nienke is very nervous as usual. She has a hard time dealing with the stress. She is so nervous that she gets physical complaints, such as stomachaches and heada...
Ep 14
14.Rapper
11-06-201410m
Hakim and Remy are bored during music class. They are crazy about rap and that is never discussed. They propose to arrange a rapper for a guest lecture and the teacher agrees, joki...
Ep 15
15.Shoplifting
12-06-201410m
Yvette is an outsider, and that is mainly because of her clothes. Her parents are not very well off and refuse to spend a lot of money on new clothes. Yvette is more than fed up wi...
Ep 16
16.Special Backpack
13-06-201410m
Lisa is a 'pupil with a backpack'. She receives extra guidance because she has a serious form of ADHD. But she doesn't have it easy at school. She has no friends and is always alon...
Ep 17
17.Foster Family
16-06-201410m
Esra has to give a speech about her home situation in Dutch class, and that means she will have to reveal her big secret. A secret she is ashamed of. She has to choose: lie or tell...
Ep 18
18.Coming Out
17-06-201410m
Rick struggles with his sexual orientation. He doesn't know whether he likes boys or girls. He's also never been kissed and that makes him insecure. His friend Lucas wants to help...
Ep 19
19.Dead Father
18-06-201410m
The students at school are shocked when teacher Wiggers tells them that Tirza's father has died after a long illness. Anouk suggests recording a video message for Tirza, to encoura...
Ep 20
20.Tense String
19-06-201410m
Janitor Gerrit Veldt is not liked by the students. Eric especially hates him. He wants to teach Veldt a lesson. But his violent plan goes completely wrong. Not the janitor, but the...
Ep 21
21.Music Lesson
20-06-201410m
Charlie is head over heels in love with Kevin, and she has come up with a very special way to make it clear to him. She wants to surprise Kevin and declare her love for him by sing...
Ep 22
22.Abused
23-06-201410m
Marieke never gets dressed after gym. She takes the annoying remarks of her classmates for granted. But after yet another commotion in the locker room, Emma stands up for Marieke....
Ep 23
23.Musical
24-06-201410m
Niek loves singing and dancing, but is a bit ashamed of it. He is afraid of being called gay. But when they are still looking for roles for the school musical, he decides to auditi...
Ep 24
24.Playing Football
25-06-201410m
Mirte is in love with Max, but she doesn't really know how to make this clear to him. When Max is looking for someone to play football with, she sees her chance. She is very good a...
Ep 25
25.Schoolband formation
26-06-201410m
Leon lives for music. He wants nothing more than to make music in a band. But his school performance suffers because of his great hobby. And when he wants to start a school band wi...
Ep 26
26.Guilt
27-06-201410m
Elvi is struggling with a great sense of guilt. Her boyfriend Joshua had a serious scooter accident and she blames herself for it. Elvi is completely out of it and can no longer fu...
Ep 27
27.Sexual Education
30-06-201410m
Ariane lives a double life. She has strict Christian parents who impose many restrictions on her. For example, she is not allowed to attend sex education classes and she is not all...
Ep 28
28.First schoolday
01-07-201410m
Jochem and Milo are two annoying and childish first-year students. They are also called the toddlers of school. And during a break they pull another prank. They run away with a whe...
Ep 29
29.Nerd
02-07-201410m
Robyn is new at school. She has moved and doesn't know anyone yet. Almost no one, because she knows Fleur, who she met by chance on vacation. The two have become friends. But it so...
Ep 30
30.The Twins
03-07-201410m
Merel and Roos are identical twins. They look exactly alike. But there is one big difference. Merel is seriously ill and Roos is not. Merel is getting chemotherapy and her hair is...
Ep 31
31.Dating
04-07-201410m
Hinde has recently started dating Ludo from the second year. A handsome boy with rich parents. Many girls are jealous of Hinde. Since she started dating, she only needs time for Lu...
Ep 32
32.Kissing Lesson
07-07-201410m
Niek kissed Lisa for the first time. But a day later, the story goes around that he can't do it at all. He is ashamed. His friend Elson has the solution. A girl from the second gra...
Ep 33
33.Schoolband
08-07-201410m
Leon and a few friends have formed the school band 'The Peepers'. But the band is in danger of falling apart due to a fight. Job, who is new at school, has a father with a recordin...
Ep 34
34.Study schedule
09-07-201410m
Eva is dating Luka. But Eva pays more attention to Luka than to school. She is in danger of repeating a year if she doesn't try harder. Luka comes to the rescue by drawing up study...
35.Psychic
10-07-201410m
Sira is a strange girl. She says she can read auras. A gift that most students are very skeptical about, and because of this many jokes are made about her. When Charlotte challenge...
Ep 36
36.Stolen Money
11-07-201410m
Teacher Wiggers has money stolen from her wallet during the break. A few students immediately blame Amira. She lives with her parents in an asylum seekers' center and that makes he...
Ep 37
37.Detention
14-07-201410m
Joost is looking forward to his first school trip to London. But when he hears that Anouk is not allowed to go because of being late several times, he doesn't want to go either. Es...
Ep 38
38.Fake Emails
15-07-201410m
Nikky and Fay have failed maths. To make up for it, they create an email address in the name of teacher Grimbergen. From this address, they email the new adjusted grades of their t...
Ep 39
39.The Breakup
16-07-201410m
Stijn breaks up with Nienke. He says he doesn't have time for a relationship. He has other priorities. Nienke's world collapses and she seeks support from her friends. They are con...
Ep 40
40.Anorexia
17-07-201510m
Brechtje is ashamed of her weight and wants to lose weight. On the internet she quickly comes across an extreme pro-ana site and there she encounters a classmate in the forum. At l...
Ep 41
41.Blackmail
18-07-201410m
Dana wants to break up with her older boyfriend Jordy. But he doesn't want that at all and blackmails her with a nude photo, which he puts on the internet if she actually breaks up...
Ep 42
42.School Sleepover
21-07-201410m
Daan secretly wants to spend a night at school with a few friends. When he asks Kim if she wants to stay too, she doesn't say no, because Kim is in love with Daan. But the janitor...
Ep 43
43.Sneaky pictures
22-07-201410m
Nadia finds teacher Steur's phone at school. She can't control her curiosity and starts looking for text messages and photos. She comes across a photo and a text about Anouk that r...
Ep 44
44.Prejudices
23-07-201410m
Nathalie invites almost everyone from her class to her birthday party. Only a boy who is new and the Moroccan Dahbia are not welcome. And that goes too far for Anouk. She accuses N...
Ep 45
45.Poker
24-07-201410m
There has been a lot of poker playing at school lately. Secretly and in empty classrooms, because the school board doesn't allow it. And the amounts involved are getting bigger and...
Ep 46
46.End of year party
25-07-201410m
The year is over and it is concluded with a big end party. Boris tries to make a good impression with the popular boys by smuggling a few bottles of booze into the party. But his p...