Tijl Beckand

Tijl Beckand (born 30 July 1974) is a Dutch television presenter and stand-up comedian. He is known as one of the comedians in the television show De Lama's together with Ruben Nicolai, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.^[1] He also presents the television shows Het Perfecte Plaatje and De Verraders.^[2]

Tijl Beckand
Tijl Beckand (2010)
Born	Tijl Maria Theresia Beckand (1974-07-30) 30 July 1974 (age 51) The Hague, Netherlands

Beckand has presented multiple television shows about classical music, including De Tiende van Tijl, Tijl in het voetspoor van Bach and Tijl in het voetspoor van Richard Wagner.

Career

Between 2004 and 2008, Beckand formed part of the core team of comedians in the television show De Lama's, together with Ruben Nicolai, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.^[1][3] The show is a Dutch adaptation of the show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2006, they won the Gouden Televizier-Ring award for the show.^[1][4] Beckand presented the 2009 show Budget TV together with Ruben Nicolai and Ruben van der Meer.^[5][6] The show ended after ten episodes due to disappointing viewing figures.^[7] They also performed shows in theatre with the same name.^[8]

In 2010, Beckand was one of the team captains in the television show Gehaktdag in which a Dutch celebrity was satirically critiqued by two teams.^[9] Between 2010 and 2015 he took part in the television game show Echt Waar?! together with Ruben van der Meer.^[10] The host of this show was Jack Spijkerman.^[10] Beckand was the team captain of the male team in the game show De Jongens tegen de Meisjes between 2011 and 2018. He is also the presenter of De Tiende van Tijl, a show about classical music.^[11][12]

Ruben Nicolai and Tijl Beckand presented Professor Nicolai & Dr. Beckand, a quiz and game show with small scientific experiments and questions about science.^[13][14] In the show, science journalist and presenter Diederik Jekel helps to explain the scientific concepts and experiments. Since 2016, Beckand presents the photography game show Het Perfecte Plaatje in which contestants compete to create the best photo in various challenges.^[15][16]

In 2018, Ruben Nicolai and Tijl Beckand became team captains in the game show Wie ben ik?.^[17][18] In the show, contestants in two teams are assigned a name or an object and they need to guess who or what they are by asking questions. He presented the show Tijl in het voetspoor van Bach about composer Johann Sebastian Bach in 2019. Beckand was also team captain in the 2022 show Volg je me nog? in which two teams answer questions about online media.^[19] Since 2022, Beckand, Ruben van der Meer, Ruben Nicolai and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge perform theatre shows under the name TAFKAL (The Artists Formerly Known As Lama's).^[20][21]

In 2021, 2022 and 2023, Beckand presented the television show De Verraders.^[2][22] He also presented a season of the show in 2024 and 2025.^[23]

He presented two seasons of the quiz show De 1% Quiz in 2022, the Dutch version of the British quiz show The 1% Club.^[24] In 2023, he presented the first season of De Moeite Waard?!, a show which follows people attempting to flip a house.^[25] He presented the show Tijl in het voetspoor van Richard Wagner about composer Richard Wagner in 2024.^[26][27]

Filmography

As presenter

• De Lama's (2004–2008)
• Budget TV (2009)
• De Tiende van Tijl
• Professor Nicolai & Dr. Beckand (2015–2018)
• Het Perfecte Plaatje (2016 – present)
• Tijl in het voetspoor van Bach (2019)
• De 1% Quiz (2022)
• De Verraders (2021 – present)
• De Moeite Waard?! (2023 – present)
• Tijl in het voetspoor van Richard Wagner (2024)

As team captain

• Gehaktdag (2010)
• De Jongens tegen de Meisjes (2011–2018)
• Wie ben ik? (2018–2021)
• Volg je me nog? (2022)