Het Gesprek (

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for "The Conversation") was a Dutch

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, started on 2 October 2007. The channel offered

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s, broadcast in the evenings. Founders of the television channel were Dutch journalists Frits Barend,

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. Barend is known for producing several successful sports and current event programs on television and radio with fellow journalist Henk van Dorp. The channel used various "conversationalists" for the interviews, ranging from

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s. The channel also broadcast the Late Show with David Letterman on Weekdays at 11:00 p.m.http://www.hetgesprek.nl/programmas/609/ Due to financial problems Het Gesprek stopped broadcasting on 21 August 2010.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gesprek, Het Defunct television channels in the Netherlands Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010