INTERVIEW
Public broadcasting is "the shame of the Republic". These comments, reported by L'Express in December 2017, and loaned to Emmanuel Macron, Daniel Picouly did not forget them. So when he learned about the abolition of France Ô, a television channel on which he notably animated the programs Le Monde vu par ... or still animates Page 19 , he was frustrated, but not surprised. "I was really disappointed, I've been working there for more than 20 years," said the writer, in L'Equipée sauvage , Tuesday, on Europe 1.
As part of a major reform of the French public broadcasting service, the government announced in July 2018 the abolition of France 4 (which will become available only on the Internet) and France O, chain of cultural diversity and France. overseas. For the latter, the disappearance will be effective in August 2020, after fourteen years of presence on DTT.
"The promise is that we will show diversity on France Télévisions"
"Now, the promise is that we will show diversity on France Televisions," said Daniel Picouly, who will wait to see to be convinced. The writer remains skeptical: "there is an absolutely extraordinary literature that comes from overseas or the great south," he insists. "Where will she be treated?" now, wonders the author of Water Fort .