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Lingo | |
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Genre | Game show |
Presented by | Robert ten Brink (1989–1992) François Boulangé (1992–2000) Nance (2000–2005) Lucille Werner (2005–2014) Jan Versteegh (2019–present) |
Narrated by | Jan Peter Pellemans |
Country of origin | Netherlands |
No. of episodes | 5575[1] |
Production | |
Producers | Freddy Groot (1989–1991) Harry de Winter (1989–1999) Frank de Jonge (1999–2009) Lennart Pijnenborg (2010–2014) |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Nederland 1 (1989-1991, 2006-2013) Nederland 2 (1991-1992, 2000-2006, 2014) Nederland 3 (1993–2000) SBS6 (2019–2021) Net5 (2022-) |
Release | January 5, 1989 present | –
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Lingo is a television game show that aired in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2014, and returned in 2019 on the commercial channel SBS6. Since 2022, it is aired on the commercial channel Net5. The format consists of a word game that combines Mastermind and Bingo.
From 1989 to 2014, the show was broadcast by public broadcasting associations. From 1989 to 2000, it was broadcast by VARA and later transferred to TROS which was later renamed to AVROTROS.
The television game show was on a weekly broadcast at first, but later became a daily program. October 2, 2014 was the last episode shown on AVROTROS.[2] The show was brought back on air last August 26, 2019 on the channel SBS6 with the new presenter Jan Versteegh.