Les Grosses Têtes
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Les Grosses Têtes is a daily French radio program on the RTL
French radio network, created by Jean Farran and Roger Krecher on 1 April 1977. The host is Philippe Bouvard
.
Presently broadcast from 16:30 to 18:00 in France (16:00 - 18:00 in Belgium
), this show has several regular segments. The first fourth of the show is hard-hitting news, then the next fourth deals with cultural issues. Then, for the next 30 minutes the host takes phone calls from listeners. Finally, guests are interviewed and joked about (these jokes are called gauloises on the show). Questions sent by the auditors, the most famous being Mme Leprieur
, are asked to the guests.
A TV version was broadcast on TF1
from 1992 to 1997.
On 27 March 1996, Philippe Bouvard, Vincent Perrot and the president of TF1 Patrick Le Lay were fined for having provoked racial hatred by telling a riddle comparing Muslim
women to robbers.
In 2000, station managers thought that they could do without the services of their aging best host (animateur de référence) and replaced him with Christophe Dechavanne
. The rapid loss of listeners (8 months) showed that the program's success was due as much to its formula as to the audience's attachment to the hosts.
RTL (French radio)
In France, RTL is a popular nation-wide commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group.In 1931, Radio Luxembourg, the public radio network from Luxembourg, was privatised. Beginning in 1946, it could be heard easily in France. Until the 1980s, only the French public radio networks could transmit...
French radio network, created by Jean Farran and Roger Krecher on 1 April 1977. The host is Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard is the well-known host of French radio program Les Grosses Têtes on RTL and TV program Le Petit Théâtre de Bouvard broadcast from 1982 to 1986 on Antenne 2....
.
Presently broadcast from 16:30 to 18:00 in France (16:00 - 18:00 in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
), this show has several regular segments. The first fourth of the show is hard-hitting news, then the next fourth deals with cultural issues. Then, for the next 30 minutes the host takes phone calls from listeners. Finally, guests are interviewed and joked about (these jokes are called gauloises on the show). Questions sent by the auditors, the most famous being Mme Leprieur
Laure Leprieur
Laure Leprieur was a radio personality in France, although she never participated in a radio show. She gained nationwide fame under the name Madame Leprieur d'Agon-Coutainville and was also nicknamed Madame «80 000 Questions»...
, are asked to the guests.
A TV version was broadcast on TF1
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
from 1992 to 1997.
On 27 March 1996, Philippe Bouvard, Vincent Perrot and the president of TF1 Patrick Le Lay were fined for having provoked racial hatred by telling a riddle comparing Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
women to robbers.
In 2000, station managers thought that they could do without the services of their aging best host (animateur de référence) and replaced him with Christophe Dechavanne
Christophe Dechavanne
Christophe Dechavanne, born January 23, 1958 in Paris is a French television and radio hostand program producer.Dechavanne started working as a radio host in the early 1980s. In 1985, he presented the daily talk-show C'est encore mieux l'après-midi on the state-owned television channel Antenne 2...
. The rapid loss of listeners (8 months) showed that the program's success was due as much to its formula as to the audience's attachment to the hosts.
Notable Guests
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- Amanda LearAmanda LearAmanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....
- Olivier de KersausonOlivier de KersausonOlivier de Kersauson is a French sailor and sailing champion.Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass”...
- Jean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre FoucaultJean-Pierre Foucault is a French television and radio host.He is the host of Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?, the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He has been hosting the Miss France pageant since 1996.Foucault played himself in the 2006 film Mon Meilleur Ami directed by Patrice...
- Jean DutourdJean DutourdJean Gwenaël Dutourd was a French novelist. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion of France in World War II...
- Jean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
- SimSim (actor)Sim was a French humorist, writer and comedian.Born as Simon Jacques Eugène Berryer, he was part of the team of Les Grosses Têtes, a humoristic program on radio and TV...