Season 5 • Episode 25
LatestPauw & Witteman is a Dutch late-night talk show, hosted by Jeroen Pauw en Paul Witteman. It is generally focused on current affairs and politics. It is broadcast every weekday at 11 pm on Nederland 1. It is produced by Dutch public broadcasters NPS and VARA. During summer Pauw & Witteman are replaced by Knevel & Van de Brink, a talk show hosted by Andries Knevel and Thijs van den Brink, produced by the dutch evangelical broadcasting company, the EO.
Direction
Intimate two-shot format that rewards patient viewing.
Production
NPS/VARA public broadcasting pedigree — substance over flash.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pauw & Witteman embodied the Dutch 'polder model' — confrontational yet consensus-seeking, where politicians expected tough questions without American-style spectacle.
The show's 11pm slot was considered prestigious, not graveyard — Dutch viewers treated serious current affairs as evening entertainment.
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