Nelson Mandela has celebrated the 20th anniversary of his release from prison with a special dinner, inviting ex-wife Winnie and one of his former jailers.
About LuckyTV
LuckyTV is a Dutch video artist. Since 2002, LuckyTV produced over 2000 short satirical video’s, commissioned by various Dutch broadcasting companies and television programmes.
Since 2005, LuckyTV is a daily segment in Vara’s daily show De Wereld Draait Door
LuckyTV’s contributions commonly deal with current events and the daily news, often using actual news footage; manipulating images, cutting up interviews and footage into mock reports, painful conversations or absurd news items.
LuckyTV is created by Sander van de Pavert (1976). Van de Pavert studied Graphic Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. He currently works and lives in The Hague.
Below you’ll find a selection of English language video’s, either English spoken or with English subtitles.
LuckyTV Videos in English
Road Salt 4 Holland
A catastrophe of unimaginable scale has struck The Netherlands; their sparse reserves of road salt have all but exhausted. Help Holland now; visit ROADSALT4HOLLAND.CO.UK
USA!
Obama’s state of the union speech: how did the words he used compare to other presidents? You’ve got to give it to him: he really knows how to work a crowd.
Circus Demjanjuk
The 89-year-old suburban Cleveland man who went to America after World War II is accused in a German arrest warrant of 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder at a death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943. Demjanjuk had received a reprieve from deportation on Friday...
The Phone Nigeria
An intense thriller of action and suspense, The Phone is unlike any show you’ve ever seen. In each episode, players will see their day go from average to insane as they’re plunged into a dangerous high-stakes game with €25,000 on the line. This time, The Phone goes to...
Children Vaccinated
At least one million children and their family members have been called up to be vaccinated against influenza A(H1N1) in 250 centres set up across The Netherlands. Lucky went to see how the children responded.
Representing Karadzic
Radovan Karadzic has appeared before the Hague war crimes tribunal today after boycotting his trial since it began last week. Earlier one of his legal advisers, Marko Sladojevic, stressed his client was likely to refuse a court-appointed lawyer to represent him. There is only...
Obama’s Olympic Lobby
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on Friday at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in the Danish capital to support Chicago's bid to hold the 2016 Games.
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De oudste man ter wereld, de Amerikaan Walter Bruening, werd vandaag honderddertien jaar oud.
New 9/11 Footage
Een Amerikaanse stichting die beelden van 11 september verzamelt, heeft vandaag ter promotie een nog niet vertoonde amateurvideo van vrijgegeven.
Dropping an Urn
In Polen werd vandaag het begin van de Tweede Wereldoorlog herdacht. Grote wereldleiders, waaronder onze Minister-president, waren bij de ceremonie aanwezig.
