Paul Witteman (born 14 October 1946) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is known for presenting multiple television shows, including the political interview show '' Buitenhof'', the talk show ''

Pauw & Witteman ''Pauw & Witteman'' was a Dutch late-night talk show, hosted by Jeroen Pauw and Paul Witteman. It was generally focused on current affairs and politics. It was broadcast every weekday at 11 pm on Nederland 1. It was initially co-produced by Du ...

'' and ''Podium Witteman'', a show about classical music.

Career

Witteman presented eight seasons of the television show ''Podium Witteman'', a show about

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. Dieuwertje Blok and Floris Kortie succeeded him as presenters of the show and the show was renamed to ''Podium Klassiek''. Witteman is known for presenting the debate television show '' Het Lagerhuis'' with Marcel van Dam. He is also known for co-presenting both the interview show '' Woestijnruiters'' and the talk show ''

'' with

Jeroen Pauw Jeroen Pauw (born 15 August 1960) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is known for being the lead presenter of the evening editions of ''RTL Nieuws'' from 1989 to 2000, as well as presenting '' Pauw & Witteman'' with Paul Witteman ...

. He was one of the presenters of the political interview television show '' Buitenhof''. He decided to stop presenting the show as both ''Buitenhof'' and ''Podium Witteman'' were filmed live on Sunday afternoon and this was difficult to combine. Journalist Hugo Logtenberg succeeded him as presenter of the show. Witteman also presented multiple seasons of the show ''De Meesterwerken'', a show about art and culture. Witteman was head of the jury for the 2014 Libris Literatuur Prijs, an annual award for Dutch-language novels. In 2018, he presented the two-part television series ''Uit Coma'' about people who awoke from a

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and about developments in the field of studying comas. Witteman won the ''Ere Zilveren Nipkowschijf'' award for his entire oeuvre in 2022.

Selected filmography

* '' Het Lagerhuis'' * '' Woestijnruiters'' * ''

'' * ''Uit Coma'' (2018) * ''Podium Witteman'' * ''De Meesterwerken''

References

1946 births Living people Dutch television presenters 20th-century Dutch journalists 21st-century Dutch journalists Dutch television talk show hosts {{Netherlands-bio-stub