is a Japanese

Japan

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 talk show

Talk show

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 by NHK

NHK

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. The show began in 2003 and ended in 2009, however is ongoing as a special program. Contrary to the title, Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 is the main language used in the show, although the Japanese hosts use English when interviewing British and American celebrities, such as Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher

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, Howard Stringer

Howard Stringer

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 and Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

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, or when the English language

English language

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 is discussed.

is a quiz where Patrick Harlan

Patrick Harlan

Patrick Harlan is a gaijin tarento, member of the comedy duo Pakkun Makkun, and one of the hosts of the late-night English television show Eigo de Shabera Night in Japan...

 defines a certain word in English, after which contestants must produce the word in question. Other sections of the show include London Online and .

NHK recently announced that regular broadcasts of the show would be cancelled, but that "special editions of the program will be aired on an irregular basis".

Narrators

- narrator, March 31, 2003—September, 2006, since April 2008 - narrator

Narrator

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, October, 2006—March 17, 2008, March 16, 2009

Theme songs

• The opening song from March 31, 2003 until March, 2006: "Help!
  Help! (song)
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  " performed by the Beatles
• The opening song from April, 2006 until March 23, 2007: "Help!" covered by Love Psychedelico
  Love Psychedelico
  is a Japanese band. In Japan they are often called Delico for short. They are widely popular not only in Japan but also Hong Kong and Taiwan.- Members :* Kumi – lead vocals, guitars, etc....
  
  
• The opening song from April, 2007 until March 2008: "Magical Mystery Tour
  Magical Mystery Tour (song)
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  " covered by Bonnie Pink
  Bonnie Pink
  , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She lived in New York during 1998 and speaks English . She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano...
  
  
• The ending song: "A Hard Day's Night
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  "A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964...
  
  " performed by the Beatles
  The Beatles
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  .

Broadcasting times

• March 31, 2003—March, 2006: 11:15 p.m.—11:45 p.m. on Mondays
• April, 2006—March, 2007: 11:00 p.m.—11:30 p.m. on Fridays
• April, 2007—March, 2009: 11:00 p.m.—11:30 p.m. on Mondays
• Reruned at 2:10 a.m. on Saturdays

Trivia

• The Japanese title of the show, Eigo de Shabera Naito, is a word play
  Word play
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  featuring a shortened version of the Japanese expression nai to ikenai which means "have to" or "must". In this sense the title means "eigo de shaberanai to [ikenai]" or "have to speak English". The word "naito" means night, adding to the word play since the show airs at 11:00 pm.