26 minutes


26 minutes was a humorous weekly French-language Swiss television programme starring Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon. It was broadcast between 2015 and 2017 on RTS Un, following their daily radio programme 120 secondes from 2011 to 2014 on Couleur 3.
In 2017, 26 minutes was also broadcast with German subtitles on SRF zwei.
Since August 2018, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon come back with a monthly 120 minutes on RTS Un and a weekly 120 secondes on La Première.
YearsProgrammeBroadcasting
2011-2014120 secondesDaily, Couleur 3
2015-201726 minutesWeekly, RTS Un
2018-2020120 minutesMonthly, RTS Un
Since 2018120 secondesWeekly, La Première
Since 202052 minutesBimonthly, RTS Un

Biographies

Vincent Kucholl, born in 1975, studied political sciences at the University of Lausanne and is the director of the book collection "Comprendre" of the Éditions loisirs et pédagogie.
Vincent Veillon, born in 1986, studied new media at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne. He is the son of :fr:Pierre-François Veillon|Pierre-François Veillon, who was successively member of the Grand Council of Vaud, the Council of State of Vaud and the National Council of Switzerland.

''120 secondes''

The principle of 120 secondes is an interview of a fake personality played by Vincent Kucholl, by Vincent Veillon who is acting as a journalist It was broadcast daily at 7:50 on Couleur 3 and then available on YouTube and Dailymotion; each video was viewed about 60'000 times with peaks at 80'000 for burning questions.
After their success on the radio, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon developed and presented in theatres a show entitles "120’’ présente la Suisse" in 2013-2014. They had 145 performances in French-speaking Switzerland. The show is inspired by the radio programme and by the collection "LEP Référence" that Vincent Kucholl is directing for the :fr:Éditions Loisirs et pédagogie|Éditions Loisirs et pédagogie.

''26 minutes''

Since 2015, 26 minutes replaces the radio programme. It is filmed on Fridays in a Lausanne nightclub and is broadcast on Saturdays at 20:10 on RTS Un and on Sundays at 20:00 on RTS Deux. In 2015, Vincent Kucholl and Vincent Veillon were also invited at the Paléo Festival.
The hundredth and last episode was broadcast on 16 December 2017.