Lingo (Dutch game show)

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Lingo
	François Boulangé hosted Lingo in the 1990s
Genre	Game show
Based on	Lingo; by Ralph Andrews
Presented by	Robert ten Brink (1989–1992); François Boulangé (1992–2000); Nance (2000–2005); Lucille Werner (2005–2014); Jan Versteegh (2019–2023);
Narrated by	Jan Peter Pellemans
Country of origin	Netherlands
No. of episodes	5665
Production
Producers	Freddy Groot (1989–1991); Harry de Winter (1989–1999); Frank de Jonge (1999–2009); Lennart Pijnenborg (2010–2014);
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	IDTV
Original release
Network	VARA
Release	January 5, 1989 –; September 1, 2000
Network	TROS; AVROTROS;
Release	September 4, 2000 –; October 2, 2014
Network	SBS6
Release	August 26, 2019 –; June 9, 2023

Lingo is a television game show that aired in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2014, and returned in 2019 on the commercial channel SBS6. In 2022 and 2023, it was aired on the commercial channel Net5. 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 Network on the commercial channel SBS6. The last episode was aired on Net5 on June 9, 2023.