1968 in Dutch television

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This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1968.

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Ronnie Tober Dutch singer

Ronald Edwin (Ronnie) Tober is a Dutch singer with an international performance record.

Eurovision Song Contest 1968 song contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following Sandie Shaw's win at the 1967 contest in Vienna, Austria with the song "Puppet on a String". It was the third time the event took place in the UK; after the 1960 and 1963 editions, both of which also took place in London. The contest was held at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 6 April 1968, and was hosted by Katie Boyle.

"Morgen" ("Tomorrow") was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, performed in Dutch by Ronnie Tober.

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<i>NOS Journaal</i> dutch News program

NOS Journaal is the umbrella name for the news broadcasts of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS on radio and television. The division of the NOS responsible for gathering and broadcasting the news is known as NOS Nieuws, and is based at the Media Park in Hilversum; the NOS also has fully equipped radio and television studios in The Hague, from which political programmes are often produced.

<i>Pipo de Clown</i> television series

Pipo de Clown is a character created by writer and artist Wim Meuldijk, which became famous as the lead character of a popular early Dutch television series also written by Meuldijk, and which was subsequently popularized in movies and on records. The best-known of Pipo-actors was Amsterdam actor Cor Witschge, who played the part in the television series from 1958 to 1968 and from 1974 to 1980. The regular Pipo cast often performed in theaters and for company occasions. Pipo returned to the mainstream in the 2003 movie Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, and in the 2009-2010 theater season with the musical Pipo en de Gestolen Stem.

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Births

Martijn Krabbé Dutch radio personality and television presenter

Martijn Joop Krabbé is a Dutch radio and television presenter.

Gordon Heuckeroth singer and TV personality

Cornelis Willem (Gordon) Heuckeroth is a Dutch performer and radio and television personality, better known by his nickname Gordon. As a singer, he had his greatest hit with the single Kon ik maar even bij je zijn, which was a number one hit in The Netherlands in 1991.

Daphne Deckers Dutch actress

Daphne Muriël Deckers is a Dutch model, host, writer and occasional actress. In 1989 she started working at RTL-Véronique. While at RTL she presented Holland's Next Top Model, which she took over after the second season from Yfke Sturm.

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