Frits Barend

Frits Barend (born 17 February 1947) is a Dutch journalist, radio and television presenter. He is known for presenting the late night television talk show Barend & Van Dorp with Henk van Dorp.

Career

In 1998, Barend and Henk van Dorp began presenting Villa BvD, a talk show held on multiple occasions when a large association football event was held (e.g., 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000). The show featured Jan Mulder as sidekick. In 2009, he started together with his daughter Barbara Barend the sports magazine Helden.

In 2007, he was one of the co-founders of the television channel Het Gesprek, together with Ruud Hendriks and Derk Sauer. The channel exclusively broadcast interviews and debates. The channel stopped broadcasting in August 2010 due to financial problems. He received the award for his work as journalist during the 1978 FIFA World Cup held in Argentina.

He was cast to play a resistance fighter in the war musical 40-45 but his acting skills did not prove to be good enough. A few months later, he got a small role as a pilot in the musical.

Personal life

Barend was born in 1947 in a Jewish family. He attended the Vossius Gymnasium in Amsterdam and he studied political science at the University of Amsterdam. He did not complete his studies.