In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Charles Aznavour
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday
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Michel Péricard
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Jean-Claude Brialy
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Patrick Juvet
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
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Coluche
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Fernand Raynaud
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Jacques Chirac
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Évelyne Leclercq
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Léon Zitrone
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Jacques Alexandre
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Jean-François Robinet
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Éliane Gauthier
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Georges de Caunes
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Jean-Michel Folon
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Hervé Claude
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Jean-Louis Guillaud
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Maritie Carpentier
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Gilbert Carpentier
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Jean-Marc Thibault
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Guy Lux
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Bernard Golay
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Jeanette
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Pierre-Louis
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Jean-Pierre Foucault
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Patrick Roy
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Sheila
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Billy Swan
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Sim
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Michel Leeb
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Guy Bedos
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Alice Sapritch
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Mireille Mathieu
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Carlos
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Annie Cordy
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Alain Chamfort
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Hervé Vilard
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Roger Hodgson
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Dalida
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Jean-Jacques Debout
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Chantal Goya
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Yvette Horner
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Michel Piccoli
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Gérard Depardieu
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Isabelle Adjani
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Miou-Miou
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Catherine Deneuve
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Michel Drucker
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Henri Salvador
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Claude Bolling
Lino Ventura
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Romy Schneider
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Simone Signoret
Louis de Funès
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Annie Girardot
Simone de Beauvoir
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Claude François
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Serge Lama
Mort Shuman
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Joe Dassin
Nana Mouskouri
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Michael Jackson
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Donna Summer
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Eddy Mitchell
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Gérard Lenorman
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Petula Clark
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Georges Brassens
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Serge Reggiani
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Thierry Le Luron
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Gilbert Bécaud
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Serge Gainsbourg
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Véronique Sanson
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Philippe Bouvard
Jane Birkin
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Georgette Lemaire
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Madame Claude
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François Mitterrand
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Jane Fonda
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Bernard Pivot
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Pierre Desproges
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Marguerite Duras
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Angela Davis
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Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Philippe Labro
Charles Bukowski
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Catherine Langeais
Piem
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
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Jacques Villeret
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Pierre Lescure
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Roger Gicquel
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Jean-Claude Bourret
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Bruno Masure
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Jean-Pierre Pernaut
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Michel Denisot
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Marie-Laure Augry
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Jean-Louis Bory
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Sylvie Vartan
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Richard Dewitte
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Sacha Distel
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Jean d'Ormesson
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Alain Jérôme
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Armand Jammot
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Martine Chardon
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Patrice Laffont
Gérard Majax
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Patrick Bricard
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Christophe Izard
Patrick Sabatier
Alain Souchon
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Laurent Broomhead
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Grichka Bogdanoff
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Igor Bogdanoff
Soizic Corne
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Éliane Victor
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Dorothée
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Danièle Askain
Brigitte Simonetta
Catherine Ceylac
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Patrick Simpson-Jones
Anne-Marie Peysson
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Pierre Groscolas
Jacqueline Baudrier
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Jean Ferrat
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Gisèle Halimi
Nicole Croisille
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Pierre Perret
Jacques Dutronc
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Georges Pernoud
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Jean-Pierre Hutin
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Jean-Claude Narcy
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Bernard Pradinaud
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Roger Carel
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Gérard Hernandez
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Maurice Favières
Jean-Pierre Descombes
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Jacques Capelovici
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Daniel Prévost
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Patrick Topaloff
Jean Amadou
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Jean Bertho
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Anne-Marie Carrière
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Stéphane Collaro
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Michèle Torr
Marie Myriam
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Alain Duhamel
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Georges Marchais
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Pierre Douglas
Jean-Louis Burgat
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Patrick Lecocq
Patrick Hernandez
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Liz Mitchell
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Marcia Barrett
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Maizie Williams
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Bobby Farrell
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Garcimore
Pierre Hunt
Self (archive footage)
Geneviève Guicheney
