diff --git a/testnporecent.ps1 b/testnporecent.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f95778abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnporecent.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Describe 'Flake8' {
+    It 'Does not return any errors' {
+        & flake8 /Users/jhoek/GitHub/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py | Should BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+}
+
+Describe 'Tests' {
+    It 'Should work in Python 2.6' {
+        & 'python2.6' '--version' 2>&1 | Should Be 'Python 2.6.9'
+
+        '', '_1', '_2' | ForEach-Object {
+            & 'python2.6' /Users/jhoek/GitHub/youtube-dl/test/test_download.py "TestDownload.test_NPORecents$($_)" 2>&1 
+            $LASTEXITCODE | Should Be 0
+        }
+    }
+
+    It 'Should work in Python 2.7' {
+        & python '--version' 2>&1 | Should Be 'Python 2.7.13'
+
+        '', '_1', '_2' | ForEach-Object {
+            & python /Users/jhoek/GitHub/youtube-dl/test/test_download.py "TestDownload.test_NPORecents$($_)" 2>&1 
+            $LASTEXITCODE | Should Be 0
+        }
+    }
+
+    It 'Should work in Python 3.5' {
+        & python3 '--version' | Should Be 'Python 3.5.2'
+
+        '', '_1', '_2' | ForEach-Object {
+            & python3 /Users/jhoek/GitHub/youtube-dl/test/test_download.py "TestDownload.test_NPORecents$($_)" 2>&1 
+            $LASTEXITCODE | Should Be 0
+        }
+    }
+
+    It 'Should work in Python 3.6' {
+        & python3.6 '--version' | Should Be 'Python 3.6.1'
+
+        '', '_1', '_2' | ForEach-Object {
+            & 'python3.6' /Users/jhoek/GitHub/youtube-dl/test/test_download.py "TestDownload.test_NPORecents$($_)" 2>&1 
+            $LASTEXITCODE | Should Be 0
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 13ca1d2cd..36ff44103 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ from .npo import (
     NPORadioFragmentIE,
     SchoolTVIE,
     HetKlokhuisIE,
+    NPORecentsIE,
     VPROIE,
     WNLIE,
 )
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
index 38fefe492..408bbc36d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
@@ -478,6 +478,80 @@ class HetKlokhuisIE(NPODataMidEmbedIE):
     }
 
 
+class NPORecentsIE(NPOIE):
+    IE_Name = 'npo:recents'
+    npo12_regex = r"""<div class='span4'>\s*<div class='image-container'>\s*<a href="(.*?)">\s*(<div class="program-not-available">)?"""
+    npo3_regex = r"""<div class='span4 image'>\s*<a href="(.*?)">\s*<div class="meta-container">\s*<div class="meta first">\s*<div class="md-label"><span class="npo-glyph triangle-right"></span></div>\s*<div class="md-value">.*?</div>\s*</div>\s*</div>\s*(<div class="program-not-available">)?"""
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?npo\.nl/(?P<alt_id>[^/]+)/(?P<program_id>\w+_\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        # Example of an npo3 program
+        'url': 'https://www.npo.nl/keuringsdienst-van-waarde/KN_1678993',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Keuringsdienst van Waarde',
+            'id': 'KN_1678993',
+            'description': 'md5:5ffaf131f175d8a771e7a7884833dad2'
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8
+    }, {
+        # Example of an npo1/npo2 program
+        'url': 'https://www.npo.nl/jinek/KN_1676589',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Jinek',
+            'id': 'KN_1676589',
+            'description': 'md5:6998986899b4903395f0cdd0670cedaf'
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8
+    }, {
+        # Example of a program for which there will be only one available episode (if any)
+        'url': 'https://www.npo.nl/midsomer-murders/POW_00828660',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'title': 'Midsomer murders',
+            'id': 'POW_00828660',
+            'description': 'md5:a8b6e9d3e3bd367be88766e3ce8e8362'
+        },
+        'playlist_maxcount': 1
+    }]
+
+    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 = '%s//search?category=broadcasts&page=1' % program_url
+            regex = self.npo3_regex
+        else:
+            episodes_url = '%s/search?media_type=broadcast&start=0&rows=8' % program_url
+            regex = self.npo12_regex
+
+        episodes = self._download_webpage(episodes_url, program_id, note='Retrieving episodes')
+
+        for match in re.finditer(regex, episodes):
+            url = match.group(1)
+            available = match.group(2) is None
+
+            if available:
+                yield self.url_result(
+                    url='http://npo.nl%s' % url,
+                    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, fatal=False) or alt_id
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage) or self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+        entries = self._extract_entries(webpage, program_id, url)
+
+        return {
+            '_type': 'playlist',
+            'id': program_id,
+            'display_id': alt_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'entries': entries
+        }
+
+
 class NPOPlaylistBaseIE(NPOIE):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         playlist_id = self._match_id(url)