diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 40a5c9842..41669cf07 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ from .npo import (
     VPROIE,
     WNLIE,
 )
+from .nporecents import NPORecentsIE
 from .npr import NprIE
 from .nrk import (
     NRKIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nporecents.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nporecents.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77d67c419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nporecents.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+import re
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+class NPORecentsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_Name = 'npo:recents'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?npo\.nl/(?P<alt_id>[^/]+)/(?P<program_id>\w+_\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://www.npo.nl/keuringsdienst-van-waarde/KN_1678993',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Keuringsdienst van Waarde',
+            'id': 'KN_1678993',
+            'description': 'In dit programma staat centraal wat fabrikanten ons als consumenten vertellen. Klopt het wat ze claimen en wat ze ons in reclames verkopen? Verslaggevers Teun van de Keuken, Sofie van den Enk, Daan Nieber, Ersin Kiris, Marijn Frank en Maarten Remmers nemen de telefoon ter hand en bellen er actief op los. Ze stellen simpele vragen en krijgen de meest verbazingwekkende antwoorden op food, non-food en nieuwsgerelateerde kwesties. Prikkelend, onderzoekend en vasthoudend. Keuringsdienst van Waarde: simpele vragen,verbazingwekkende antwoorden.'
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8
+    }
+
+    def _extract_entries(self, webpage, program_id, program_url):
+        is_npo3 = 'www-assets.npo.nl/uploads/tv_channel/265/logo/smaller_npo3-logo.png' in webpage
+
+        if is_npo3:
+            episodes_url = '{}//search?category=broadcasts&page=1'.format(
+                program_url)
+        else:
+            episodes_url = '{}/search?media_type=broadcast&start=0&rows=8'.format(
+                program_url)
+
+        episodes = self._download_webpage(
+            episodes_url, program_id, note='Retrieving episodes')
+        tree = ET.fromstring(episodes.encode('utf-8'))
+        for element in tree.findall('.//div'):
+            if 'span4' in element.get('class'):
+                hyperlink = element.find('.//a')
+                inactive = hyperlink.find(
+                    './div[@class="program-not-available"]')
+                if inactive is None:
+                    yield self.url_result(
+                        url='http://npo.nl{}'.format(hyperlink.get('href')),
+                        video_title=self._og_search_title(webpage))
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        alt_id = mobj.group('alt_id')
+        program_id = mobj.group('program_id')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, program_id)
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
+        entries = self._extract_entries(webpage, program_id, url)
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': program_id,
+            'display_id': alt_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'entries': entries
+        }