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Dieuwertje Blok

Dieuwer Sarah "Dieuwertje" Blok (born 8 August 1957) is a Dutch actress, writer and radio and television presenter best known for presenting Het Sinterklaasjournaal from 2001 to 2024.

Dieuwertje Blok
Blok in 2018
Born
Dieuwer Sarah Blok

(1957-08-08) 8 August 1957 (age 67)
Nederhorst den Berg, North Holland, Netherlands
Education
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • radio presenter
  • television presenter
Known forHet Sinterklaasjournaal
Spouses
  • Paul de Bruin
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    (m. 1992, divorced)​
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    (m. 2000)​
Children2
Relatives

Early life and education

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Dieuwer Sarah Blok was born on 8 August 1957 in Nederhorst den Berg, North Holland, which is also where she was raised.[1][2] She is the second of three daughters of the Dutch historian Dick Blok and Hennie Gazan, a Dutch Jew.[3][4] She is the maternal granddaughter of Dutch Jewish artist and comedian Stella Fontaine [nl][3][4] and the paternal granddaughter of Dutch Egyptologist Henri Peter Blok [nl].[5] Her younger sister is Tessel Blok [nl], a radio presenter.[6] Her aunt is Hetty Blok, an actress, and her uncle is Wouter Blok [nl], a professor of Dutch literature.[7][5]

During the Second World War, Blok's mother and her Jewish family went into hiding, with most of her immediate family killed by Nazi German occupiers, except for her parents, grandparents and one cousin.[4] She married Blok's father, a non-Jew, in 1955.[4] Influenced by the war, Blok's parents raised her to believe in political participation and social responsibility, and to fight against prejudice and for political freedom; this would influence Blok's political beliefs in her later life.[4] However, Blok stated in an interview from 2001 that she "wasn't really a good child", describing herself as "catty and vain" with a tendency to become "very angry" and admitting to having had "a lot of fights" with her sisters.[8] Blok's sister Tessel has nonetheless described their childhood as "free and carefree".[9] In her adolescence, Blok also performed at the local amateur theatre in Nederhorst den Berg.[10]

Blok went to school in the Gooi and in Hilversum.[11] She passed the entrance exam for Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum and studied there for three years from 1969 to 1972.[12][13] Although her father wanted her to attend a gymnasium, Blok disliked the school and started to fail at her studies there in her second year after she became involved with the local hippie movement, later admitting in interviews to drinking, taking drugs and stealing money.[12][11][2] At this time, she wanted to leave the gymnasium and study in England as an au pair.[11] According to Blok's sister Tessel, Blok wanted to stop using drugs and believed that moving abroad was the only way to do so.[6] After her third year at the gymnasium, she dropped out and started studying a MAVO diploma at Frederik van Eedenschool Hilversum from 1972 to 1973,[14][13] where she felt she fit in better because of the less academic atmosphere of the school.[12][11] After the completion of her studies, she moved to Knowl Hill, England, where she spent a year as an au pair looking after three boys and studied the Certificate in Advanced English.[11][12] After a year in England, Blok returned to the Netherlands, settling in Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, where she studied a HAVO diploma from 1974 to 1976.[7][15][13]

Career

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Early career and activity (1978–1989)

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Blok represents the KRO in an episode of AVRO's Sterrenslag [nl] from 1981

Blok's presenting career began in 1980, when she started working as an announcer for the Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO).[16][17] She had previously been employed as a photo editor for the KRO's broadcasting magazine Studio from 1978 to 1980.[7][13] While working at the magazine, she was noticed by members of the KRO's broadcasting team, who believed she would make a suitable presenter for the KRO's programmes.[2][11] She was subsequently employed as a radio and television presenter for the KRO in 1980.[2] During her tenure at the KRO, she presented the television programmes Sport op Maandag and Middageditie and the radio programme Goal.[13][16][3] Her presence was unusual for the Dutch television industry at the time, which was then dominated by older, male presenters.[1] She quickly became popular with Dutch audiences, reportedly becoming the first presenter in the country with her own fan club.[9][10] Blok found this new-found popularity difficult. In an interview from 2009, she recalled one incident where she was threatened on her answering machine by "some creep". Blok explained that she "wasn't prepared for [the fame] and didn't know what to do with that idiocy. I didn't know anymore whether [the attention] was about me or the image people had of me, which made me very insecure".[10]

 
Blok plays a game of chess in 1984

In 1985, Blok publicly declared that she was an atheist in an article she wrote for Vrij Nederland.[18][19] This unintentionally led to her sacking from the KRO, as it did not allow atheists to present its programmes at the time.[18][15] Following her departure from the KRO, she joined the Omroepvereniging VARA and the Nederlandse Onderwijs Televisie [nl] (NOT).[3] At the VARA, she presented Filmnieuws, Nederland museumland and Kunst ligt op straat.[13] In September 1986, she also started co-presenting the VARA television programme Drie vrouwen with Ati Dijckmeester [nl] and Marjolijn Uitzinger [nl].[20] However, in November of that year she announced her departure from the programme to focus on other projects, with Astrid Joosten chosen to replace her as presenter.[21]

RTL 4 and talk show lawsuit (1989–1992)

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In June 1989, it was announced that Blok would leave the VARA to present for RTL-Véronique.[22] In the same year, she started co-presenting the children's news programme Schooltv-weekjournaal [nl].[16][13] In July 1989, it was announced that she would co-present the RTL-Véronique programme Middag Magazine with Marc Postelmans.[23] Starting with the channel's first broadcast in October 1989, Blok also co-presented RTL-Véronique's De 5 Uur Show [nl] with Postelmans and Viola Holt [nl].[24][25] In May 1990, it was announced that Blok would no longer co-present De 5 Uur Show, with Catherine Keyl [nl] presenting in her place.[26] From June 1990, Blok presented the twice-a-week Prime Time Show for RTL-Véronique, alternating with Holt.[27]

In April 1990, it was announced that Blok would present her own talk show for RTL-Véronique, originally planned to be broadcast each week on a Tuesday over the summer.[28] In July 1990, it was announced that Blok's talk show would air every Monday evening from September 1990.[29] The first episode of the talk show, also named Dieuwertje Blok, was broadcast on 17 September 1990. The guest of the first episode was the actor Ton van Duinhoven [nl], who was interviewed by Blok.[30] In October 1990, Block signed a two-year contract with RTL-Véronique to present the talk show. The contract stipulated that Blok be offered to present another programme comparable to her talk show by RTL-Véronique if it went off the air.[31] Blok's talk show was taken off the air by RTL 4[a] in March 1991.[34] At the time, a spokesman from RTL 4 stated that the show was not renewed for the winter season as Blok and RTL 4 could not come to an agreement over the show's formula during the renewal negotiations.[31][35] In a report from the Leidsch Dagblad from May 1992, it is stated that Blok's talk show was cancelled because of disappointing ratings and because of RTL 4's editor-in-chief Feike Salverda [nl], who had published a critical report into Blok's performance at the organisation without her knowledge.[36] Except for a brief period in 1992, Blok's television career was in hiatus from her departure from RTL 4 in 1991 until 1994.[37]

The cancellation of Blok's talk show led to a legal dispute between Blok and RTL 4. To meet the stipulations agreed in the contract, RTL 4 offered Blok to present two of its shows, the art programme Studio Rembrandt and the film programme Bios. However, Blok refused these offers, arguing that these shows were not comparable in status to a talk show.[31] On 3 October 1991, Blok sued RTL 4 and took them to court, demanding that they either offer her a "suitable television programme" for her to present or pay her the ƒ381,000 salary agreed in the contract until its expiration in October 1992 as compensation.[31][34] In their defence, RTL 4 argued that Blok was being insincere and only cared about money.[31] On 10 October 1992, Hans Vrakking [nl], the deputy chief prosecutor of Amsterdam, ruled in favour of Blok, ordering RTL 4 to offer her a reasonable programme or pay her the ƒ381,000 in compensation by 6 November 1992.[38] RTL 4 disagreed with the ruling and did not offer Blok a new programme, arguing that it was not possible to do so.[34] The parties returned to court on 5 December 1992, with Blok now demanding another ƒ100,000 from RTL 4 in damages. Blok argued that her long absence from television under the contract would make it more difficult for her to get back on the air by October 1992. RTL 4 argued that Blok was to blame for the failure of her talk show and that this should be taken into consideration when determining the damages paid.[34] It was again ruled that RTL 4 offer her a new programme or give her compensation, with Blok ultimately receiving ƒ150,000 in compensation.[36][11]

AT5 and return to the KRO (1992–2001)

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In 1992, Blok featured in the film Dag Jan alongside Wim Kouwenhoven [nl], Hans Hoes [nl], Paul Hoes [nl] and Joop Visser [nl].[39] In May 1992, Blok started presenting the talk show Station AT5 Live for AT5, a local channel in Amsterdam, after its editor-in-chief Ad 's-Gravesande [nl] wanted her to present the show.[36] Blok was sacked from AT5 after presenting only 12 episodes of Station AT5 Live, after 's-Gravesande was replaced by Fons van Westerloo [nl], who did not express interest in having Blok on the channel.[37] Her television career remained in hiatus until September 1994, when the KRO asked her to return to the organisation to present Ontbijt TV [nl].[37][18] She ended up co-presenting the show with Rocky Tuhuteru [nl].[40][18] In an interview from 1996, Blok reflected on the changed attitudes of the KRO from the time she was sacked for being an atheist when she last worked there in 1985, stating that "you can now say out loud that you think differently about matters of faith. There is now much more room for dissenting points of view".[18]

 
Blok is pictured shopping for clothes in 1999

In 1996, Blok started presenting the revival of the KRO's monthly programme Er is Meer Tussen Hemel en Aarde, where she discussed faith, spirituality, religion and people's life philosophy with guests from different religious and non-religious backgrounds.[18][19] Guests who joined Blok on the show included politician Jan Pronk,[41] violinist Emmy Verhey,[42] South African politician Carl Niehaus[43] and professor Herman Pleij, among others.[44] She also started presenting Lekker lezen, an educational programme about books.[45][16]

In 1999, Blok featured in the film Based on the Novel, alongside Fedja van Huêt, Rifka Lodeizen, Najib Amhali, Nadja Hüpscher, Femke Lakerveld [nl], Dirk Zeelenberg [nl] and Job Gosschalk [nl].[46][47] In 2001, she featured in the television series Goede daden bij daglicht – Dum Dum Boys.[48][49] In February 2001, she announced that she would stop presenting Ontbijt TV from July 2001 to find a different programme to present.[50]

Het Sinterklaasjournaal (2001–2024)

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Blok presents an episode of Het Sinterklaasjournal from 2020

Blok is best known for presenting the children's television programme Het Sinterklaasjournaal.[16][51][52]

Personal life

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Blok has been married to the radio presenter Peter de Bie [nl] since 2000.[53] They live together in Aerdenhout.[2][54] She has two children, a daughter and a son, from a previous marriage with Paul de Bruin, a photographer from Amsterdam who she married in 1992.[55][10][56] She is an atheist and does not believe in the afterlife or Heaven, stating in an interview from 1996 that "I believe that the only thing that remains after death is that you continue to exist in the memory of people who are still alive".[18]

Notes

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  1. ^ RTL-Véronique was renamed RTL 4 in late 1990.[32][33]

References

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  1. ^ a b Thewissen, Pascale (5 November 2022). "Veelzijdig en al 22 jaar het gezicht van één programma: Dieuwertje Blok is de Swiebertje van Het Sinterklaasjournaal" [Versatile and the face of one programme for 22 years: Dieuwertje Blok is the Swiebertje of Het Sinterklaasjournaal]. De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Giphart, Ronald (6 November 2020). "Dieuwertje Blok: 'De jaren tussen mijn 20ste en 30ste zou ik niet willen overdoen'" [Dieuwertje Blok: 'I wouldn't want to repeat the years between the ages of 20 and 30']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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  4. ^ a b c d e Aboutaleb, Yasmina (Spring 2022). "'Mijn moeder werd Joods door de oorlog'" ['My mother became Jewish because of the war']. NC Magazine (in Dutch). No. 23. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b de Waard, Peter (6 March 2019). "Dick Blok was intellectueel, bourgondiër en bedenker van talloze bijzondere straat- en plaatsnamen" [Dick Blok was an intellectual, a Burgundian and the inventor of countless special street and place names]. De Volksrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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  8. ^ Dorresteijn, Jolanda (9 November 2001). "Dieuwertje Blok is niet de moeder van Sinterklaas" [Dieuwertje Blok is not the mother of Sinterklaas]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 November 2024. Een braaf kind was ik niet echt, nee. Ik had heel vauk ruzie met mijn zusjes. Ook was ik heel katig en ijdel. [I wasn't really a good child, no. I often fought with my sisters. I was also very catty and vain. And I could be very angry.]
  9. ^ a b "Het eeuwige optimisme van Dieuwertje Blok" [The eternal optimism of Dieuwertje Blok]. KRO NCRV (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 November 2024. Onze jeugd was vrij en onbezorgd. [Our childhood was free and carefree.]
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  14. ^ "Laat Sinterklaas het niet horen! Dieuwertje Blok gebruikte erg veel verboden middelen" [Don't let Sinterklaas hear it! Dieuwertje Blok used a lot of banned substances]. Story.nl. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  15. ^ a b Vriend, Jan (19 November 2021). "Dieuwertje Blok wil Sinterklaasjournaal blijven presenteren: 'Maar ik wil het moment voor zijn dat ze me eruit bonjouren'" [Dieuwertje Blok wants to continue presenting Sinterklaasjournaal: 'But I want to be ahead of the moment when they kick me out']. Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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  17. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok has to have her nose amputated and stops working" [Dieuwertje Blok moet neus laten amputeren en legt werk neer]. NOS Nieuws (in Dutch). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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  20. ^ "Vrouwen voeren de boventoon bij VARA-tv" [Women dominate at VARA-tv]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 25 September 1986. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Karin Bloemen redt het niet op eigen tekst" [Karin Bloemen can't make her own script]. Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 2 December 1986. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok naar Veronique" [Dieuwertje Blok moves to Veronique]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 June 1989. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Viola van Emmenes op de buis terug bij Veronique" [Viola van Emmenes back on TV with Veronique]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 July 1989. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  24. ^ "Programma Veronique" [Programming on Veronique]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 September 1989. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  25. ^ "(omroephistorie) De schoenendoos van RTL" [(broadcasting history) The shoebox of RTL]. Spreekbuis.nl (in Dutch). 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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  33. ^ "Overview: History". RTL. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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  35. ^ "Brink en Blok voorlopig buiten beeld bij RTL 4" [Brink and Blok temporarily off-screen at RTL 4]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 July 1991. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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  37. ^ a b c "'Heerlijk om weer te beginnen'" ['Nice to start again']. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 October 1994. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  38. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok wint van RTL 4" [Dieuwertje Blok wins from RTL 4]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 11 October 1991. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  39. ^ "'Dag Jan' over kankerpatiënt en de goedige buurman Leo" ['Dag Jan' about cancer patient and the good neighbour Leo]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 25 August 1993. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  40. ^ "Ontbijt TV trekt eigen spoor" [Ontbijt TV follows its own path]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 14 October 1994. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  41. ^ "Radio & Televisie Zondag" [Sunday Radio & Television]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 February 1998. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  42. ^ "Radio & Televisie Zondag" [Sunday Radio & Television]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 February 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  43. ^ "Radio & Televisie Eerste Paasdag" [Easter Sunday Radio & Television]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 March 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  44. ^ "Radio & Televisie Zondag" [Sunday Radio & Television]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 15 November 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  45. ^ "Radio & Televisie Zondag" [Sunday Radio & Television]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 9 March 1996. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  46. ^ "De boekverfilming (1999)". Cinemagazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  47. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok in tv-serie Kameleon" [Dieuwertje Blok in TV series Kameleon]. Televizier (in Dutch). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  48. ^ "Goede daden bij daglicht – Dum Dum Boys". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  49. ^ "Goede daden bij daglicht – Dum Dum Boys". Netherlands Film Commission. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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  51. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok legt werk neer en moet neusamputatie ondergaan" [Dieuwertje Blok quits her job and has to undergo a nasal amputation]. Trouw (in Dutch). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  52. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok stopt tijdelijk bij NPO Klassiek" [Dieuwertje Blok temporarily steps down from NPO Klassiek]. RadioWereld.NL (in Dutch). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  53. ^ "'Ik ben nog nooit zo liefgehad'" ['I've never been loved like this']. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 10 March 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  54. ^ "Dieuwertje Blok: 'Geluk moet je zelf creëren'" [Dieuwertje Blok: 'You have to create happiness yourself']. NCRV-gids (in Dutch). 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018.
  55. ^ "Bange tijden voor Dieuwertje Blok: 'Mijn man moet werken aan zijn herstel'" [Scary times for Dieuwertje Blok: 'My husband has to work on his recovery']. Story (in Dutch). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  56. ^ "Stardom" [Stardom]. Leidsch Dagblag (in Dutch). 18 June 1992. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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