Frits Barend (born 17 February 1947) is a Dutch journalist, radio presenter and television presenter. He is known for presenting the late night television talk show ''

Barend & Van Dorp Barend or (somewhat dated spelling) Barent is a Dutch male given name and occasional middle name. As of 2014, there are over 4,000 men in the Netherlands with this as their first name, and nearly 3,000 with it as their middle name. It was likely d ...

'' with Henk van Dorp. Barend became nationally known for his talk show Barend & Van Dorp, which he co-hosted with Henk van Dorp.Eva Jinek is Omroepvrouw van het Jaar 2017
Mediacourant, 8 januari 2018 In 2007, he was one of the co-founders of the television channel ''

Het Gesprek Het Gesprek ( Dutch for "The Conversation") was a Dutch television channel, started on 2 October 2007. The channel offered interviews and debates, broadcast in the evenings. Founders of the television channel were Dutch journalists Frits Bar ...

'', together with Ruud Hendriks and Derk Sauer. The channel stopped broadcasting in August 2010 due to financial problems.

Personal life

Barend is the father of journalist and television presenter Barbara Barend.

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* 1947 births Living people Dutch radio journalists Dutch television journalists Dutch radio presenters Dutch television presenters {{Netherlands-journalist-stub