Zomergasten (1988)
- Genre
- talk show
- Country
- Netherlands
- Length
- 39 seasons, 31 episodes
- Rated
- 9
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Dutch talk show where a single guest is interviewed for three hours on a Sunday evening. The guest picks film and TV clips to discuss during the interview, and after the talk ends, a movie of their choice airs.
conversationalreflectiveintimateleisurely-pacedthoughtfulcerebralunhurried
What happens
Zomergasten ("Summer guests", an allusion to migratory birds) is a Dutch television programme broadcast each summer by VPRO on NPO 2. The programme was first aired in 1988. Each episode takes up an entire Sunday evening. It consists of an in-depth studio interview, typically three hours long, with a notable Dutch, Belgian or other Dutch-speaking foreigner, interspersed with cinema or television footage selected by the guest, which is subsequently discussed. Guests include writers, scientists, television personalities, politicians or business people. After the interview is finished, a movie selected by the guest is broadcast on the same channel. Zomergasten has become one of the signature programmes of Dutch public television. VPRO has organized live public screenings of Zomergasten in arthouse cinemas. In 2017, several venues in Amsterdam organised public screenings of the Zomergasten edition featuring Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan. In December 2025, broadcaster VPRO announced that the 39th season in 2026 will be the last, due to cutbacks in the NPO budget. In April 2026, Janine Abbring announced that she will return as host for the final season. She previously hosted from 2017 until 2022, and again for one episode in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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