Lingo (Dutch game show)

Lingo
François Boulangé hosted Lingo in the 1990s
GenreGame show
Based onLingo
by Ralph Andrews
Presented by
Narrated byJan Peter Pellemans (2005–2014, 2019–2023)
Country of originNetherlands
No. of episodes5665
Production
Producers
  • Freddy Groot (1989–1991)
  • Harry de Winter (1989–1999)
  • Frank de Jonge (1999–2009)
  • Lennart Pijnenborg (2010–2014)
Running time20 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) –
October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)
NetworkSBS6
ReleaseAugust 26, 2019 (2019-08-26) –
March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)
NetworkNet5
ReleaseAugust 29, 2022 (2022-08-29) –
June 9, 2023 (2023-06-09)
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Lingo is a television game show that aired in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2014 on public television, and returned in 2019 on commercial television where it was broadcast until 2023. The format consists of a word game that combines Mastermind and Bingo. The television game show was broadcast weekly in the beginning, but it later became a daily program.

From 1989 to 2014, the show was broadcast by public broadcasting associations. From 1989 to 2000, it was broadcast by VARA and from September 4, 2000, it was broadcast by TROS (later renamed to AVROTROS). October 2, 2014, the last episode was broadcast by AVROTROS. The show was brought back on air August 26, 2019 by Talpa TV on the commercial channel SBS6. The last episode aired on Net5 on June 9, 2023.