‘On the first day of shooting ‘Undercover’ I felt the stares: ‘Come on, he’s going to try this too”: you shouldn’t miss these 5 top stories today

1. ‘I thought: as long as the oncologist and neurosurgeon are not there, it’s fine. And then they came in’: when the pediatrician suddenly has a sick child himself

For years you’ve been giving people professional advice, and then suddenly the tables are turned. Is all your background knowledge a curse or a blessing? How does your work change when you experience its impact yourself? ‘My accident is the best thing that happened to me. Because I’m alive and I feel it now.’

When the professional suddenly becomes hyper-personal: ‘experts’ testify. From left to right: Herlinde Wynants, Eline Hensels and Lies Van Kerckhove.Image Wouter Van Vooren

Read the testimonials here.

2. ▶ Tom Waes about his moment of failure: ‘My daughter said: ‘How could you ever have been together? I can’t imagine that.”

Tom Waes is one of the most successful TV makers in the Low Countries. He proves that he is not infallible either in the new podcast ‘Failure is an option’. As the very first guest, he talks to Natali Broods and Ans Vroom about his small and big failures.

Tom Waes is a guest in the first episode of ‘Failure is an option’.Image Eva Beeusaert

Listen to the first episode here.

3. Will we soon all know each other’s wages? ‘This can provide reassurance’

In Belgium, how much you earn is still one of the biggest taboos. But this will change from 2026 due to new European regulations: there must be more transparency about everyone’s wages. But what exactly does that mean?

'On the first day of shooting 'Undercover' I felt the stares: 'Come on, he's going to try this too'': you shouldn't miss these 5 top stories today — Image Wouter Van Vooren

Read the full article here.

4. How one bailiff managed to curb the ‘debt industry’: ‘This will change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people’

A law is being voted in the House that will help many people with debts. ‘A revolution and unique in Europe’, says Patrick Van Buggenhout. He is a bailiff himself, but has fought hard in recent years to curb the debt industry. Successfully. ‘Three laws have been voted in a short period of time that will change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and will generate and save the government a lot of money.’ What will change for people with debt?

Bailiff Patrick Van Buggenhout in his office in Keerbergen. In recent years he has fought against the ‘debt industry’ before and behind the scenes.Image Pieter-Jan Vanstockstraeten / Photo News

Read the full interview here.

5. Who is imitating who? How ‘Planet of the Apes’ revived movie apes

From Tarzan’s best buddy to mega monster Kong, monkeys have been allowed to have fun on the silver screen since time immemorial. But in the new series Planet of the Apesfilms, they are more than just a few primates. “The intention was to reflect our own struggles and our own shortcomings.”