Wim Brands (Brummen, 29 March 1959 – Amsterdam, 4 April 2016) was a Dutch poet, journalist and TV presenter.

Brands began his career working as a journalist at Leidsch Dagblad and Vrij Nederland.

[3] In 2009, he received a medal of honor from the writer's association Vereniging van Letterkundigen (VvL).

The program was then taken over a week later by Jeroen van Kan, who later reported that Brands medical condition prevented him from presenting the show.

The broadcaster VPRO later reported that Brands suffered from depression and that it eventually resulted into him taking his own life.