College Tour
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte on the show in late 2011.
Created byTwan Huys
Based onTown hall meetings
StarringTwan Huys
Country of originNetherlands
Original languagesDutch or English, depending on the guest
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes100
Production
Production locationVarying
Running timeCa. 50 minutes
Production companyNTR broadcasting
Original release
NetworkNetherlands Public Broadcasting system, channel NPO 3
ReleaseDecember 4, 2007 (2007-12-04) 
2017 (2017)

College Tour is a TV-show in the Netherlands, that interviews the most high-profile Dutch and international guests. Inspired by town hall meetings during United States elections, the majority of questions are asked by the audience. The show is hosted by news anchor Twan Huys, who conceived its format while working as U.S. correspondent in New York and Washington D.C. from 1999–2007.[1]

Similar to Inside the Actors Studio, College Tour typically features one guest per episode, and an audience of a few hundred students — however guests can be from all walks of life, including politicians, entrepreneurs, musicians and lawyers. Foreign guests have included Bill Gates, Shimon Peres, Sting and the Dalai Lama. Dutch interviews have featured football legend Johan Cruijff, astronaut André Kuipers and formerly Dutch activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Although College Tour aims to be weekly, episodes are only produced as sufficiently interesting guests can be found available. It is claimed that audience questions are not pre-screened, and there is no censorship on language used. Interviews with international celebrities are done completely in English, including the questions posed by the audience. Broadcasts feature the original sound with Dutch subtitles — there is no audio dubbing. Commercial breaks are absent.
Recording takes place in varying venues — frequently (movie) theatres, conference rooms, or sometimes a church. Occasionally the show is taken abroad to meet up with stars who are willing, but unable to visit the Netherlands. In a few cases, special venues were arranged, for instance when Da Vinci Code writer Dan Brown was interviewed in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, in front of famous painting The Night Watch.

Episodes

First airdate Guest Images
2007
4 December 2007Hans Teeuwen Hans Teeuwen
13 December 2007Jan Jaap van der Wal
2008
10 January 2008Joop van den Ende Neelie Kroes
17 January 2008Neelie Kroes
24 January 2008Gerard Spong Madeleine Albright
21 February 2008Madeleine Albright
5 June 2008Johan Cruijff Johan Cruijff
13 November 2008Nick Leeson
2009
24 January 2009John Malkovich John Malkovich
25 March 2009Peter van Uhm
1 April 2009Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson
22 April 2009Rem Koolhaas
13 May 2009Wouter Bos Dalai Lama
3 June 2009Dalai Lama
10 June 2009Princess Irene of the Netherlands Steve Ballmer
11 October 2009Steve Ballmer
2010
15 February 2010Harry Mulisch Ayaan Hirsi Ali
23 March 2010Ayaan Hirsi Ali
1 June 2010Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Peter Balkenende
7 June 2010Dries van Agt and Hans Wiegel
9 September 2010Doutzen Kroes Doutzen Kroes
11 November 2010Louis van Gaal
2011
11 February 2011Bram Moszkowicz
14 February 2011Maxime Verhagen
24 March 2011Alain Ducasse Alain Ducasse
31 March 2011Linda de Mol
8 September 2011Youp van 't Hek Seth Meyers
15 September 2011Seth Meyers
19 November 2011Richard Branson Richard Branson
19 December 2011Mark Rutte
2012
17 February 2012Matthijs van Nieuwkerk John de Mol
24 February 2012Rijkman Groenink
2 March 2012John de Mol Sting
9 March 2012Sting
1 June 2012Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt
30 August 2012André Kuipers
14 September 2012Wim Anker Desmond Tutu
21 September 2012Desmond Tutu
28 September 2012Janine Jansen
5 October 2012David Sedaris David Sedaris
12 October 2012Willem Holleeder
19 October 2012Sonja Barend Susan Sarandon
2 November 2012Susan Sarandon
2013
2 February 2013Bernardo Bertolucci Richard Gere
17 February 2013Richard Gere
1 March 2013Guus Hiddink Whoopi Goldberg
8 March 2013Whoopi Goldberg
15 March 2013Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard
29 March 2013Diederik Samsom
5 April 2013Carice van Houten Nigella Lawson
12 April 2013Nigella Lawson
24 May 2013A.F.Th. van der Heijden Frank de Boer
6 September 2013Frank de Boer
13 September 2013Armin van Buuren
20 September 2013Frans de Waal
27 September 2013Karin Slaughter Shimon Peres
4 October 2013Shimon Peres
11 October 2013Epke Zonderland Robbie Williams
18 October 2013Robbie Williams
25 October 2013Ruby Wax Malala Yousafzai
1 November 2013Malala Yousafzai
2014
7 February 2014Dan Brown Dan Brown
14 February 2014Michaela DePrince
21 February 2014Erwin Olaf Erwin Olaf
7 March 2014Derk Sauer
14 March 2014Frans Timmermans John Legend
21 March 2014Klaas Knot
28 March 2014John Legend
4 April 2014Jaap van Zweden Arjen Robben
29 August 2014Arjen Robben
5 September 2014Marlene Dumas Jeremy Paxman
12 September 2014Jeremy Paxman
19 September 2014Jerry Springer Famke Janssen
26 September 2014Famke Janssen
3 October 2014Afrojack Afrojack
17 October 2014Gerrit Zalm
24 October 2014Stromae Stromae
31 October 2014Johnny de Mol
6 November 2014Thomas Piketty Anouk (singer)
7 November 2014Anouk
14 November 2014Bill Gates Bill Gates
25 December 2014John Cleese
2015
20 February 2015Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman
27 February 2015Arnon Grunberg
6 March 2015Herman Finkers Remco Campert
8 March 2015Remco Campert
13 March 2015Lodewijk Asscher
20 March 2015Chantal Janzen Louis Theroux
27 March 2015Louis Theroux
4 September 2015Halina Reijn Halina Reijn
11 September 2015Jeroen Dijsselbloem
18 September 2015Guus Meeuwis Anton Corbijn
25 September 2015Anton Corbijn
9 October 2015Denis Mukwege Denis Mukwege
16 October 2015Rod Stewart
30 December 2015 Herman Finkers
2016
5 February 2016 Jane Goodall
12 February 2016 Herman van Veen
19 February 2016 Daan Roosegaarde
26 February 2016 Floortje Dessing
4 March 2016 Ahmed Aboutaleb
15 April 2016 Carl Bernstein
16 September 2016 Jochem Myjer
23 September 2016 Ai Weiwei
30 September 2016 Reed Hastings
7 October 2016 Igone de Jongh
14 October 2016 Geert Mak
21 October 2016 Khadija Arib
2017
7 April 2017 Ed Sheeran
21 April 2017 Christiane Amanpour
28 April 2017 Ben Feringa
5 May 2017 Ellen Laan
12 May 2017 Arjen Lubach
19 May 2017 Ali B
10 November 2017 Frans Lanting

References

  1. "NTR | College Tour | Info" (in Dutch). NTR broadcasting. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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