On Saturday, France 2 broadcasts at 11:30 pm a special of
On est en direct
devoted to the hundred years of radio.
The show, recorded on Friday, will revolve around five themes, including FM, morning shows and radio humor.
Among the thirty or so personalities invited: Julie, Jean-Jacques Bourdin, Pascale Clark, Fred Musa, Manu Lévy, Luis Rego…
Jean-Jacques Bourdin, Pascale Clark, Fred Musa, Jérôme Garcin, Elodie Gossuin, Manu Lévy… On Saturday, thirty figures from the airwaves will be brought together on the set of
On est en direct
from 11:30 pm to celebrate the hundred years of radio. “Among the personalities that Laurent Ruquier wanted to invite, Eve Ruggieri could not come. Everyone else said yes quickly, ”says Philippe Thuillier, co-producer of the France 2 talk show.
The fact that the host, who will celebrate his thirty years of radio in September - he hosted the premiere of
Rien à cirer
in 1991 -, has officiated in his career on the antennas of France Inter, Europe 1 and RTL, "facilitates the confidence ”, recognizes his sidekick, who continues:“ He rubbed shoulders with all these people.
He's a radio freak.
He's always been an absolute fan of it, more than television.
It's his core business, he loves it.
"
Competition of circumstances
This special program, exceptionally recorded this Friday, however came into being a bit by chance. “Originally, we invited Julie from Europe 1 because she is celebrating her fiftieth season on the station. Laurent is very close to her. Then, we said to ourselves that we were going to invite Marc-Olivier Fogiel because he worked with her, and to evoke
The review of almost
with Philippe Caverivière [the regular comedian of
On est en direct
is one of the authors of the chronicle of Nicolas Canteloup] ”, relates the co-creator of the Saturday evening program.
Their idea resonated with the device planned by the CSA to celebrate the centenary of radio the week of May 31.
"France Télévisions told us that it had not planned a documentary on these hundred years and that it would be great if we talked about it in
On est en direct
", continues Philippe Thuillier.
Five Themes
Concretely, the show will be constructed in five stages bringing together "four or five guests".
One on "the golden age of the two large peripheral stations, Europe 1 and RTL, which pulled out all the stops in the 1960s and 1970s", the next on the great voices of France Inter, a third on the forty years of the FM band and the fourth on the morning hours.
Humor on the radio will be the last theme in the spotlight.
The opportunity to go back to the soap opera
Signed Furax
by Francis Blanche and Pierre Dac, to come back, with Luis Rego, on Le tribunal des flagrants Délires, and to approach today's entertainers.
Each plate will be introduced by a magneto.
“We found images of the shows, there are photos, advertising campaigns, but also quite a few videos.
We will be able to see people as they were at the time, ”says Philippe Thuillier.
What if TV kids are unfamiliar with radio?
This special program keeps all its interest, pleads the co-producer: “We tell about a domain, a genre.
Radio is not doing well today, it comes at the right time to take stock of what this media is today, how people consume it.
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