College Tour
| College Tour | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte on the show in late 2011. | |
| Created by | Twan Huys |
| Based on | Town hall meetings |
| Starring | Twan Huys |
| Country of origin |
 Netherlands |
| Original language(s) | Dutch or English, depending on the guest |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 82 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Varying |
| Running time | Ca. 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | NTR broadcasting |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, channel NPO 3 |
| Original release | December 4, 2007 – present |
| External links | |
| NTR | College Tour | |
| NTR | College Tour | Info (in Dutch) | |
College Tour is a TV-show in the Netherlands, that interviews the most high-profile Dutch and international guests. Inspired by town hall meetings during United States elections, the majority of questions are asked by the audience. The show is hosted by news anchor Twan Huys, who conceived its format while working as U.S. correspondent in New York and Washington D.C. from 1999-2007.[1]
Similar to Inside the Actors Studio, College Tour typically features one guest per episode, and an audience of a few hundred students — however guests can be from all walks of life, including politicians, entrepreneurs, musicians and lawyers. Foreign guests have included Bill Gates, Shimon Peres, Sting and the Dalai Lama. Dutch interviews have featured football legend Johan Cruijff, astronaut André Kuipers and formerly Dutch activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Although College Tour aims to be weekly, episodes are only produced as sufficiently interesting guests can be found available. It is claimed that audience questions are not pre-screened, and there is no censorship on language used. Interviews with international celebrities are done completely in English, including the questions posed by the audience. Broadcasts feature the original sound with Dutch subtitles — there is no audio dubbing. Commercial breaks are absent.
Recording takes place in varying venues — frequently (movie) theatres, conference rooms, or sometimes a church. Occasionally the show is taken abroad to meet up with stars who are willing, but unable to visit the Netherlands. In a few cases, special venues were arranged, for instance when Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown was interviewed in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, in front of famous painting The Night Watch.
Episodes
| First airdate | Guest | Images |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ||
| 4 December 2007 | Hans Teeuwen |  |
| 13 December 2007 | Jan Jaap van der Wal | |
| 2008 | ||
| 10 January 2008 | Joop van den Ende |  |
| 17 January 2008 | Neelie Kroes | |
| 24 January 2008 | Gerard Spong |  |
| 21 February 2008 | Madeleine Albright | |
| 5 June 2008 | Johan Cruijff |  |
| 13 November 2008 | Nick Leeson | |
| 2009 | ||
| 24 January 2009 | John Malkovich |  |
| 25 March 2009 | Peter van Uhm | |
| 1 April 2009 | Jesse Jackson |  |
| 22 April 2009 | Rem Koolhaas | |
| 13 May 2009 | Wouter Bos |  |
| 3 June 2009 | Dalai Lama | |
| 10 June 2009 | Princess Irene of the Netherlands |  |
| 11 October 2009 | Steve Ballmer | |
| 2010 | ||
| 15 February 2010 | Harry Mulisch |  |
| 23 March 2010 | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | |
| 1 June 2010 | Jan Peter Balkenende |  |
| 7 June 2010 | Dries van Agt and Hans Wiegel | |
| 9 September 2010 | Doutzen Kroes |  |
| 11 November 2010 | Louis van Gaal | |
| 2011 | ||
| 11 February 2011 | Bram Moszkowicz |  |
| 14 February 2011 | Maxime Verhagen | |
| 24 March 2011 | Alain Ducasse |  |
| 31 March 2011 | Linda de Mol | |
| 8 September 2011 | Youp van 't Hek |  |
| 15 September 2011 | Seth Meyers | |
| 19 November 2011 | Richard Branson |  |
| 19 December 2011 | Mark Rutte | |
| 2012 | ||
| 17 February 2012 | Matthijs van Nieuwkerk |  |
| 24 February 2012 | Rijkman Groenink | |
| 2 March 2012 | John de Mol |  |
| 9 March 2012 | Sting | |
| 1 June 2012 | Eric Schmidt | .jpg) |
| 30 August 2012 | André Kuipers | |
| 14 September 2012 | Wim Anker |  |
| 21 September 2012 | Desmond Tutu | |
| 28 September 2012 | Janine Jansen | |
| 5 October 2012 | David Sedaris | .jpg) |
| 12 October 2012 | Willem Holleeder | |
| 19 October 2012 | Sonja Barend |  |
| 2 November 2012 | Susan Sarandon | |
| 2013 | ||
| 2 February 2013 | Bernardo Bertolucci |  |
| 17 February 2013 | Richard Gere | |
| 1 March 2013 | Guus Hiddink |  |
| 8 March 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg | |
| 15 March 2013 | Eddie Izzard | .jpg) |
| 29 March 2013 | Diederik Samsom | |
| 5 April 2013 | Carice van Houten |  |
| 12 April 2013 | Nigella Lawson | |
| 24 May 2013 | A.F.Th. van der Heijden |  |
| 6 September 2013 | Frank de Boer | |
| 13 September 2013 | Armin van Buuren |  |
| 20 September 2013 | Frans de Waal | |
| 27 September 2013 | Karin Slaughter |  |
| 4 October 2013 | Shimon Peres | |
| 11 October 2013 | Epke Zonderland |  |
| 18 October 2013 | Robbie Williams | |
| 25 October 2013 | Ruby Wax |  |
| 1 November 2013 | Malala Yousafzai | |
| 2014 | ||
| 7 February 2014 | Dan Brown |  |
| 14 February 2014 | Michaela DePrince | |
| 21 February 2014 | Erwin Olaf |  |
| 7 March 2014 | Derk Sauer | |
| 14 March 2014 | Frans Timmermans |  |
| 21 March 2014 | Klaas Knot | |
| 28 March 2014 | John Legend | |
| 4 April 2014 | Jaap van Zweden |  |
| 29 August 2014 | Arjen Robben | |
| 5 September 2014 | Marlene Dumas |  |
| 12 September 2014 | Jeremy Paxman | |
| 19 September 2014 | Jerry Springer |  |
| 26 September 2014 | Famke Janssen | |
| 3 October 2014 | Afrojack |  |
| 17 October 2014 | Gerrit Zalm | |
| 24 October 2014 | Stromae |  |
| 31 October 2014 | Johnny de Mol | |
| 6 November 2014 | Thomas Piketty | .jpg) |
| 7 November 2014 | Anouk | |
| 14 November 2014 | Bill Gates |  |
| 25 December 2014 | John Cleese | |
| 2015 | ||
| 20 February 2015 | Ronald Koeman | |
| 27 February 2015 | Arnon Grunberg | |
| 6 March 2015 | Herman Finkers | |
| 8 March 2015 | Remco Campert | |
| 13 March 2015 | Lodewijk Asscher | |
| 20 March 2015 | Chantal Janzen | |
| 27 March 2015 | Louis Theroux | |
| 4 September 2015 | Halina Reijn | |
| 11 September 2015 | Jeroen Dijsselbloem | |
| 18 September 2015 | Guus Meeuwis | |
| 25 September 2015 | Anton Corbijn | |
| 9 October 2015 | Denis Mukwege | |
| 16 October 2015 | Rod Stewart | |
External links
References
- ↑ "NTR | College Tour | Info" (in Dutch). NTR broadcasting. 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.