26 minutes

26 minutes (television) and 120 secondes (radio) were both produced by the Radio télévision suisse.

26 minutes (26’) is a weekly humorous television programme of Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon. It started in 2015 on RTS Un, following their daily radio programme 120 secondes (120’’) from 2011 to 2014 on Couleur 3 (Radio télévision suisse).[1]

Biographies

Vincent Kucholl, born in 1975,[2] studied political sciences at the University of Lausanne and is the director of the book collection "Comprendre" of the Éditions loisirs et pédagogie.[3]

Vincent Veillon, born in 1986,[2] studied new media at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.[3] He is the son of Pierre-François Veillon, who was successively member of the Grand Council of Vaud, the Council of State of Vaud and the National Council of Switzerland.

120 secondes

The principle of 120 secondes is an interview of a fake personality played by Vincent Kucholl, by Vincent Veillon who is acting as a journalist[3] It was broadcast daily at 7:50 on Couleur 3 and then available on YouTube and Dailymotion; each video was viewed about 60'000 times with peaks at 80'000 for burning questions.[3]

After their success on the radio, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon developed and presented in theatres a show entitles "120’’ présente la Suisse" in 2013-2014.[4][5] They had 145 performances in French-speaking Switzerland.[1] The show is inspired by the radio programme and by the collection "LEP Référence" that Vincent Kucholl is directing for the Éditions Loisirs et pédagogie.[4][6]

26 minutes

Since 2015, 26 minutes replace the radio programme. It is filmed on Fridays in a night-club of Lausanne (Chauderon 18) and is broadcast on Saturdays at 18:45 on RTS Un and on Sundays at 20:00 on RTS Deux.[1] In 2015, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon were also invited at the Paléo Festival.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 (French) Marie-Pierre Genecand, "« 120 secondes » s’empare de la télévision", Le Temps, Thursday 15 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 (French) "Duo à l'interview. Vincent et Vincent", Point commun-e, journal of the Union des communes vaudoises, number 51, page 11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 (French) Rocco Zacheo , "Vous regardez trop la radio !", Le Temps, Monday 30 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 (French) Marie-Pierre Genecand, "« 120 secondes », des ondes à la scène", Le Temps, Friday 3 May 2013.
  5. ↑ (French) "120’’ présente la Suisse" (page visited on 14 April 2015).
  6. ↑ (French) Florence Gaillard, "Comprendre la Suisse, une histoire familiale", Le Temps, Tuesday 26 November 2013.

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