Woestijnvis is an independent Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 television production company.

History

The name of the company refers to a famous mistake of a quiz-candidate in the Flemish version of Wheel of Fortune: the remaining letters were W . . ST . . NV . S and somebody answered "WOESTIJNVIS" (Desert Fish), the correct answer was "WOESTIJNVOS" (Desert Fox). The company was founded in 1997 by Jan Huyse, Wouter Vandenhaute

Wouter Vandenhaute

Wouter Vandenhaute is a former Belgian sports-journalist, a TV-program maker and he is the manager of the TV production company Woestijnvis. Vandenhaute started his career as a sports-journalist, and in the early nineties he made the popular TV-program Het Huis van Wantrouwen together with Mark...

 and Erik Watté in close collaboration with Mark Uytterhoeven

Mark Uytterhoeven

Mark Uytterhoeven is a Belgian television presenter and actor.Uytterhoeven appeared in the Belgian Dutch language comedy TV series Alles Kan Beter in which he presented between late 1997 and 1999....

. The company rose to fame with its series The Mole, variants of which were recorded and broadcast in various countries.

Programmes

• Man Bijt Hond (1997-?)
• Alles Kan Beter
  Alles Kan Beter
  Alles Kan Beter was a Belgian comedy TV series produced by Flemish production house Woestijnvis between the end of 1997 and 1999, in the Dutch language. The series was directed by Jan Eelen, starring weekly Mark Uytterhoeven, Guy Mortier, Rob Vanoudenhoven, and one guest appearance. All of the cast...
  
  (1997–1999)
• De Commissie Wyndaele (1997–1998)
• De XII Werken Van Vanoudenhoven (1998–1999)
• De Mol (1999, 2000, 2003)
• Wijlen De Week (1999-?)
• De Laatste Show (1999-?)
• In De Gloria
  In De Gloria
  In De Gloria was a Flemish sketch comedy show by Jan Eelen that ran on the Canvas television station in the period 2000–2002. It ran for 2 seasons, each containing 10 episodes. The show featured fictitious television reports presented as if they were real. In De Gloria was a satire on reality...
  
  (2000–2001)
• De Quizmaster (2000)
• Euro 2000 (2000)
• Mannen Op De Rand Van Een Zenuwinzinking (2001)
• Alles Komt Terug (2001)
• Napels Zien (2002-?)
• De Blijde Boodschap (2002)
• Bal Mondial (2002)
• De Fiets van Pavlov (2002)
• De Pappenheimers (2003-?)
• De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (2003-?)
• Het Rob-rapport (2004)
• Het Eiland (2004–2005)
• Het Geslacht De Pauw (2004–2005)
• footballprogramms and matches for Sporza
  Sporza
  Sporza is a Belgian radio station owned and operated by VRT.-External links:*...
  
   (2005-?)
• Neveneffecten
  Neveneffecten
  Neveneffecten is a TV-program on Flemish public television, written and performed by the cabaret quartet of the same name. It's a comedy-show that contains a lot of absurd humor, based on the National Geographic documentaries...
  
  (2005–2006, 2008)
• De Parelvissers (2006)
• Willy's en Marjetten
  Willy's en Marjetten
  Willy's en Marjetten is a Flemish comedy TV series created by Neveneffecten and Bart De Pauw. The first season aired on Één in 2006. The program was produced by Woestijnvis....
  
  
• Van vlees en bloed (2008–2009)