''Taboe'' (Dutch for ''Taboo'') is a
Flemish
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* Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium
* Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium
*Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium
* Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...
television show in which
Philippe Geubels explores humor and topics that tend to be taboo in comedy, including physical limitations, terminal illnesses, skin color and poverty.
In December 2018, the show won the ''
Ha!'' award for best television show, an annual award by ''
HUMO
''Humo'' (stylized in all caps) is a popular Dutch-language Belgian weekly radio and television magazine.
History and profile
''Humoradio'' (meaning a portmanteau of 'humor' and 'radio' in English) was first published in 1936 as a Dutch-langua ...
'' magazine.
In 2019, the show received a nomination for an
International Emmy Award
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in the category Non-Scripted Entertainment.
The show did not win the Emmy Award; the British show ''The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night'' won the award instead.
Concept
Every episode
Philippe Geubels invites around four people in his holiday home. People with a physical disability, people suffering from an incurable disease, LGBTs and so on. In short, people whom you wouldn't laugh at. He visits the area with them and listens to everyone's story. Meanwhile, he brings a stand-up comedy about the theme of the evening, the audience is composed of people similar to the guests.
Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
References
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2018 Belgian television series debuts
Flemish television shows
VRT 1 original programming
Dutch-language television shows