Nummer 28
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Nummer 28 was a Dutch reality soap, directed by Joost Tholens and produced by Today TV, shown as part of the youth show "1-4-U" of public broadcaster KRO
in 1991. The name of the show was directly derived from the number of the house in that street (Number 28). The show ran only for one season.
For this show, seven strangers (all starting students) were put together in a student house in Amsterdam, and their lives were followed for several months. Unlike later versions of the concept, no game-aspects were included in the show, and the inhabitants of the house were also not isolated from the outside world. Every week a broadcast of about 20 minutes showed the experiences of last week of all inhabitants.
The show included a heavy use of soundtrack music and the interspersing of events on screen with after-the-fact "confessionals" recorded by cast members, that serve as narration.
The same concept was used one year later in 1992 by MTV in their new series The Real World
, and in a similar show on the BBC. Erik Latour, creator of the concept, has long claimed that The Real World was directly inspired by his show, but he never succeeded in receiving any recognition.
KRO
KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep , is a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcasts the bulk of its television output on the Nederland 1 channel. KRO is also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church...
in 1991. The name of the show was directly derived from the number of the house in that street (Number 28). The show ran only for one season.
For this show, seven strangers (all starting students) were put together in a student house in Amsterdam, and their lives were followed for several months. Unlike later versions of the concept, no game-aspects were included in the show, and the inhabitants of the house were also not isolated from the outside world. Every week a broadcast of about 20 minutes showed the experiences of last week of all inhabitants.
The show included a heavy use of soundtrack music and the interspersing of events on screen with after-the-fact "confessionals" recorded by cast members, that serve as narration.
The same concept was used one year later in 1992 by MTV in their new series The Real World
The Real World
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
, and in a similar show on the BBC. Erik Latour, creator of the concept, has long claimed that The Real World was directly inspired by his show, but he never succeeded in receiving any recognition.