In the Lift with Poppe and Ronning

More often than not, there is an awkward silence in a lift. However, in this new take on the talk show genre quite the opposite happens in the lift: a lively conversation − and a profound one at that. We invited two well-known people for a television recording in the top floor of a building. None of them knows the other one. The first one enters the lift on the main floor. The other one gets in from a different floor. And then, on its way up, the lift ‛accidentally’ stops between two floors. A disembodied voice from a loudspeaker informs them that they have arrived at their final destination and that the lift will only move again after they have had a conversation about themes that deal with life’s greatest questions. During the meeting, the voice poses new questions to keep the conversation going. Inside the lift, hidden cameras have been mounted behind a mirror. The guests soon forget that this is a recording; to them, it feels like the lift really is stuck between two floors.