It's been years since I lost all hope on this country's (Spain) 'normal' television, 'normal' meaning the non-digital you don't have to pay... The lack of quality, the trash are more and more often usual. However, like the small village of Asterix and Obelix who resisted the Romans there are still little things, excellent TV programs here and there that show us that there's still people out there who does quality television. And "Silenci?" (silence in Catalan) is the perfect example...
It's a short and attractive cultural program, where they talk about multiple things like art, movies, comic-books, etc. and feature every week a couple of interviews with interesting people without asking them the usual, boring questions... The design, the content, how the interviews are edited showing the stuff the interviewee is talking about, the lovely and fascinating host (also excellent in every possible way) Bibiana Ballbé, everything is combined to create one of the most original things you can find these days on Catalan TV...
But the most intriguing aspect is how all that material is mixed with the concept of "silence", with the interviewees doing the known "Sssh!" gesture with their fingers, recreations of their ideas of an image of silence at the end of the program or Bibiana featured sometimes in different settings toying with the idea of silence, like under the water or stopping a noise from a machine...
"Silenci?" is a fantastic thing, going on for 3 years now and for a show featured in the 2nd Catalan TV channel (Canal 33) is quite successful and popular... They deserve that success...
Ssshhh... Silence...
