BNN (Dutch broadcaster)
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Dissolved | 1 January 2014 |
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Former names | Bart's News Network |
Official website | bnn.nl |
Replaced by | BNNVARA |
BNN or Bart's Neverending Network (formerly Bart's News Network, as a pun on
History
BNN became a public broadcasting association as a part of the
Some of BNN's programs have included "Try Before You Die" – where presenters attempted to do things that they think people should do at least once in their life, made headlines when presenter
In May 2007, five years after the death of Bart de Graaff, who had suffered from kidney failure for almost all of his life, BNN announced "De Grote Donorshow" (The Big Donor Show), an initiative for promoting the filling in of a codicil for organ donation, in which three contestants would strive to be the recipient of a kidney donated by a terminally ill woman. The show aired on 1 June; at the end of the show it was revealed to be a hoax, attempting to draw attention to the low number of organ donors in the country.[3][4]
BNN merged with the
Notable television shows
- Cash Cab (Dutch version)
- De Grote Donorshow
- De Lama's
- Spuiten en Slikken
Presenters
- Bart de Graaff (1998–2002)
- Bridget Maasland (2000–2005)
- Eric Corton (2005–)
- Edo Brunner (2006)
- Hanna Verboom (2004–2006)
- Katja Schuurman (2001–2008)
- Ramon Stoppelenburg (2005–2006)
- Nicolette Kluiver(2006–2014)
- Patrick Lodiers (2001–)
- Ruud de Wild (1998–2004)
- Sander Lantinga (2005–)
- Wouter van der Goes (2004–2006)
- Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen(2006–)
- Floortje Dessing (2010–)
References
- Balkenende was afraid of De Grote Donorshow's negative effect on the country's image abroad. (See "Balkenende betreurt donorshow zeer" [Balkenende deeply regrets donor programme] (in Dutch). NU.nl. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2009..)
- ^ "Wimbledon uncovered". BBC. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ Washington Post, June 1, 2007[dead link]
- ^ The Scotsman