Binnelanders
Genre	Soap opera, drama
Developed by	The Walt Disney Company EMEA, 20th Century Studios Africa
Written by	Mitzi Booysen
Directed by	Danie Joubert
Starring	Hykie Berg Clint Brink Reynard Hugo Ben Kruger Hans Strydom Cindy Swanepoel Je-ani Swiegelaar Germandt Geldenhuys Hannelie Warren Luandri Reynders Ilne Nienaber Caiden Bouwer
Theme music composer	Jak de Priester
Country of origin	South Africa
Original language	Afrikaans
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	3950
Production
Producer	Elsje & Human Stark
Production location	Pretoria
Running time	30 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Stark Films
Original release
Network	Disney Channel Europe Middle East, Africa, Fox Africa Terrestrial[1]
Release	15 October 2005 (2005-10-15)

Binnelanders (previously Binneland and Binneland Sub Judice) is a South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trauma and tribulations of the staff and patients of the hospital. The series is produced by Friedrich and Elsje Stark of Stark Productions. By July 2023 Binnelanders airs season 19.

Production history

Binnelanders began as a weekly one-hour drama, the first episode of which was broadcast only in Afrikaans on 13 October 2005 on both M-Net and kykNET. Halfway through the show's second season, it became a daily half-hour soap opera, and English subtitles were introduced. It was broadcast directly after Egoli on M-Net in the 18:30 time slot. Programming shifted to the 18:00 timeslot in preparation for the conclusion of Egoli, after which Binnelanders would extend over a one-hour period, consuming both time slots. The title of the show was changed to Binneland Sub Judice, and a new legal firm, Rossouw, Paulse and Knight Incorporated (RPK), was added to the storyline, along with new characters. For the seventh season, the show was again renamed, this time to simply Binneland. The legal angle of the series was dropped, and the show was reverted to a half-hour time slot. Binneland was removed from M-Net in early 2011, the name was changed back to Binnelanders and the show is now broadcast exclusively on KYKNET.

Opening sequence

The theme song used in Binnelanders was written and performed by Afrikaans artist Jak de Priester. The title sequence was changed for Sub Judice, but later reverted to the original, with a few modifications.^[2]

Main cast

The main cast as of 06/07/21 is as follows:

• Hykie Berg as Dr. Conrad Bester
• Clint Brink as Dr. Steve Abrahams
• Reynard Hugo as Dr. Tertius Jonker
• Hans Strydom as Dr. At Koster
• Cindy Swanepoel as Dr. Annelize Roux
• Je-ani Swiegelaar as Naomi Koster
• Germandt Geldenhuys as Louis Koster
• Hannelie Warren as Ilse Ferreira
• Caiden Bouwer as Ruan de Beer

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