Het Gesprek was a Dutch

Netherlands

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 television channel

Television channel

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, started on 2 October 2007. The channel offered interview

Interview

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s and debate

Debate

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s, broadcast in the evenings.

Founders of the television channel were Dutch journalists Frits Barend, Ruud Hendriks and Derk Sauer. Barend is known for producing several successful sports and current event programs on television and radio with fellow journalist Henk van Dorp.

The channel used various "conversationalists" for the interviews, ranging from politician

Politician

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s and television personalities to actor

Actor

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s and author

Author

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s. The channel broadcasted also the Late Show With David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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on Weekdays at 11:00 p.m.

Due to financial problems Het Gesprek has stopped broadcasting on August 21, 2010.