Taboe

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Taboe
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Title screen
Directed byKat Steppe
Presented by Philippe Geubels
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17
Production
Production companyPanenka
Original release
Network Eén
Release2018 (2018)

Taboe (Dutch for Taboo) is a Flemish 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.

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In December 2018, the show won the Ha! award for best television show, an annual award by HUMO magazine. [1] [2]

In 2019, the show received a nomination for an International Emmy Award in the category Non-Scripted Entertainment. [3] [4] The show did not win the Emmy Award; the British show The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night won the award instead. [5]

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

Ep.First airedThemeLive viewers (VOD)
121 January 2018Physical disability1,527,192 (1,791,717)
228 January 2018Terminally ill people1,693,706 (1,862,176)
34 February 2018People of colour1,619,367 (1,778,192)
411 February 2018Visually impaired1,582,845 (1,771,238)
518 February 2018Poverty1,595,417 (1,776,098)
625 February 2018Psychological vulnerability1,568,207 (1,762,192)
74 March 2018LGBT1,638,306 (1,822,334)
811 March 2018Obese people1,639,000 (1,857,674)
-18 March 2018Compilation1,444,964 (1,519,568)

Season 2

Ep.First airedThemeLive viewers (VOD)
126 December 2021People with autism1,279,897 (1,566,714)
22 January 2022Women1,267,989 (1,539,809)
39 January 2022Seniors1,569,371 (1,767,682)
416 January 2022People who are involuntarily childless1,433,167 (1,670,538)
523 January 2022People with an unusual appearance1,474,755 (1,491,430)
630 January 2022People who have struggled with addiction1,316,281 (1,610,783)
76 February 2022Gender diversity1,575,769 (1,762,059)
-13 February 2022Compilation1,194,377

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References

  1. ↑ ""Taboe" is beste televisieprogramma". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "'Taboe', die 'Ha!' Wint, opgenomen in Heuvelland". Focus / WTV (in Dutch). Belga. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "'Taboe' genomineerd voor Emmy Award". De Morgen (in Dutch). 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "'Taboe' maakt kans op International Emmy Award". De Standaard (in Dutch). 23 November 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Geen Emmy voor Taboe van Kat Steppe en Philippe Geubels". De Standaard (in Dutch). 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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