"At first it angered me because no one warned me." Guest of Culture Médias on Europe 1, Wednesday, Christophe Hondelatte spoke about France Télévisions' decision to stop the program "Bring in the accused", of which he was the creator, and the presenter until in 2011. After twenty years of existence, the news magazine was ousted from France2 at the start of the year, and bought by the RMC Story channel.
"We are angry because we feel like we are being sold like hotcakes, but after we calm down," moderates the man who hosts the daily program "Hondelatte raconte" on Europe 1. "RMC Story bought the collection to exploit it, and when RMC Story has stopped exploiting it, it will surely be sold again ", he continues, adding that the show also made the heyday of the Planet chain for almost twenty years.
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To do a trial ? "It is unthinkable!"
No volley of green wood against France Télévisions, therefore. If the decision is now digested, Christophe Hondelatte confesses nevertheless to have hesitated to make a trial. "Finally, I said to myself 'what, are you going to sue the production house that made you the character of' Bring in the accused '? It is unthinkable," he said, assuring that said house of production is populated only by friends.
Through its 243 issues, the emblematic news program attracted on average more than a million viewers. Now on RMC Story, new issues of "Bring in the accused" have already been ordered by the chain from the judicial columnist Dominique Rizet, a new figure in the program. Anyway, Christophe Hondelatte made the decision. The private channel's takeover of the program it created in 2000 is a sign that the show still has a bright future ahead of it. "There are not many shows that live like this beyond their normal life," he concluded, not without pride.
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