De Wereld Draait Door


De Wereld Draait Door also known by the acronym DWDD was an early-evening talk show on Dutch television, broadcast every weekday at 7:00 p.m. on NPO 1. It is the Netherlands' longest-running, regularly scheduled TV entertainment show and is also the program with the second-highest viewing figures on Dutch television, beaten only by the main evening news at 8.00 p.m. The show, created by Dieuwke Wynia and produced by BNNVARA, was discontinued after the last episode on March 27, 2020.

Content

The chat, conducted at a large table, was hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and a rotating guest co-host. Guests were politicians, celebrities, artists, or simply people involved in projects or organizations that were topics of interest. The show contained a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment. Frequent guests and panelists included Jan Mulder, Yvon Jaspers, Halina Reijn, Giel Beelen, Mathijs Bouman, Sylvana Simons, Marc-Marie Huijbregts and André van Duin. House poet Nico Dijkshoorn had a weekly column in the show, usually on Wednesday.
Each show had a live performance of a band in the studio. The show's closing sequence was Lucky TV, a small movie clip that featured a parody of news with changed voice-over text added to the video. One of those ending clips, where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were singing a duet during a presidential debate, became a viral phenomenon. From 2014, Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entries were premiered on the show.

DWDD University

DWDD University was a series of special episodes, in which a professional expert in a certain area held a one-and-a-half hour long lecture to a general audience. It commenced in 2012 with a lecture by IAS director Robbert Dijkgraaf about the Big Bang.
The following speakers have contributed to DWDD university:
DateSpeakerSubjectLocationViewership
17 May 2012Robbert DijkgraafBig BangRonde Lutherse Kerk 991,000
16 November 2012Robbert DijkgraafThe smallest Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam1,056,000
26 April 2013Alexander KlöppingDe Wereld van Klöpping 1.0 MC Theater586,000
3 May 2013Alexander KlöppingDe Wereld van Klöpping 2.0 MC Theater466,000
10 May 2013Alexander KlöppingDe Wereld van Klöpping 3.0 MC Theater536,000
29 November 2013Robbert DijkgraafAlbert Einstein theoriesWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam859,000
13 December 2013Robert KranenborgCowsWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam725,000
28 November 2014Robbert DijkgraafInfinityWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam1,104,000
12 December 2014Freek VonkPoisonWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam1,462,000
30 April 2015Erik ScherderHuman brain : De AanknopPodium Mozaïek
7 May 2015Erik ScherderHuman brain : BloedstollendPodium Mozaïek
14 May 2015Erik ScherderHuman brain : Het GeheugenPodium Mozaïek
28 May 2015Twan HuysDWDD Summerschool: Bill and Hillary Clinton858,000
4 June 2015Gijs Scholten van AschatDWDD Summerschool: William Shakespeare645,000
11 June 2015Claudia de BreijDWDD Summerschool: Het Nederlandse lied 925,000
18 June 2015Wim PijbesDWDD Summerschool: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam998,000
25 June 2015Mart SmeetsDWDD Summerschool: American big four: baseball, ice hockey, basketball and American Football719,000
2 July 2015Wilfried de Jong & Michel van EgmondDWDD Summerschool: Miles Davis
27 November 2015Robbert DijkgraafBlack holesWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam1,212,000
12 March 2016Beatrice de GraafTerrorism1,216,000
2 December 2016Robbert DijkgraafLightWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam
9 December 2016Freek VonkEvolutionWestergasfabriek, Amsterdam