The real breakthrough of television came with Expo 58. Pros Verbruggen then presented for 6 months together with the very young, recently deceased Annie Declerck every day from morning to evening the live program about what happened at the world exhibition in Brussels. Before that, he interviewed political and artistic celebrities who came to visit and led the viewer through just about all of the pavilions.
For the BRT it was a daring feat and a battle of attrition. Thanks to Verbruggen and Declerck, the inexperienced broadcaster survived. This led to the multiplication of the number of television sets in our country, just in time for the weddings of Albert and Paola, and Boudewijn and Fabiola. And guess who reported directly on the tube about it? Right, our perfect all-rounder.
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