After 20 years of the first broadcast, it returns to public television this Thursday 59 secondsa revolutionary format hosted by journalist Gemma Nierga, current presenter of the Catalan magazine Cafe of IdeasThe iconic programme, produced by RTVE and Globomedia (The Mediapro Studio), will feature panellists who will discuss current political issues, but also social issues such as housing, immigration, healthcare and unemployment. In its new version, it will feature the participation of an audience of around 150 people as well as viewers, who will be able to vote and give their opinions using a QR code on the topics that are put up for debate. Each intervention will be limited to 59 seconds. “I feel good, happy. More excited than nervous. I feel the weight of responsibility, but I am more looking forward to tomorrow and being able to convey that everything can be said in a minute,” said Nierga, visibly moved.
The first program will be broadcast this Thursday at 10:50 p.m. on La 1 and RTVE Play after The Revoltby David Broncano. The premiere will feature prominent guests such as the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, and presenters Andreu Buenafuente and Berto Romero. Nierga has announced that the debate will focus mainly on hate on social networks. The direction of 59 seconds has confirmed that it will have frequent collaborators such as Màrius Carol, former director of The Vanguard; Pedro J. Ramirez, director of The Spanish; or Carlos E. Cué, journalist at EL PAÍS and political analyst.
Nierga has promised that it will be a dynamic, plural format, but strict with the interventions, although he has assured that if any opinion requires some nuance, he will try to give room for said contribution. Maribel Sánchez Maroto, former director of RTVE in Catalonia, has also participated in the presentation of the program, and has assured that in 59 seconds dialogue will prevail: “We are not interested in noise or stridency,” he concluded.
12 years since the last broadcast on TVE
On October 4, 2004, the first premiere with Mamen Mendizabal as moderator took place. When she signed for La Sexta, Ana Pastor took over from 2006 to 2009. María Casado was in charge of the program until its last instalment in 2012. There were eight seasons and 282 programs that reached an average of 30% audience share.
The presentation ended with an anecdote from journalist Pedro J. Ramírez that took place in the first program in 2004, when he gave his opinion on the legalization of gay marriage, so Nierga invited him to give his opinion on the subject again 20 years later.
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