Plays without borders

Jeux without borders (JSF) is a play of French television created by Guy Lux, Pierre Brive, Claude Savarit and Jean-Louis Marest on an original idea of the Général de Gaulle and diffused on the first chain of ORTF then on Antenne 2 starting from the May 26th 1965 and conceived like a Intervilles on the scale of the Europe.

This play will be with the antenna in France until in 1982 and returns in 1988 on Antenne 2 with mythical couples such as Marie-Angel Nardi and Fabrice but still Daniela Lumbroso and Georges Beller. The emission will remain with the antenna until in 1992 in France to return in 1997 and to finish in 1999 on France 2. The play finished then in Europe. August 2006 sees the advertisement of the reappearance of Jeux without borders for the summer 2007. But because of the financial problems because of the lack of large countries (like the France or the Germany), the edition 2007 is cancelled. Currently, of the petitions circulate on Internet, so that the JSF return in 2008. Despite everything, it is not envisaged at present a return of the Plays without borders on the screens.

It should be noted that in 1980, Peter Gabriel composed a song called Games Without Frontiers .

Participating countries and victories

Between 1965 and 1999, 20 countries took part in the 30 editions of the JSF (considering the Wales and the Czechoslovakia as separate participants): (classification by victories)

Victorious cities

French presenters

1965 - 1970: Guy Lux
1971 - 1982: Guy Lux, Claude Savarit and Simone Garnier
1988 - 1989: Fabrice and Marie-Angel Nardi
1990: Georges Beller and Marie-Angel Nardi
1991 - 1992: Georges Beller and Daniela Lumbroso
1997: Olivier Mines and Jean Riffel
1998: Jean-Luc Reichmann and Christelle Ballestrero
1999: Nelson Monfort and Fabienne Equal

Countries which were ready to take part in the Plays without borders 2007

Belgium (B), Croatia (HR), Spain (E), Italy (I), Netherlands (NL), Portugal (P), (SLO), Greece (LIKING).

No edition 2008 is envisaged. (source Mistral production)

See too

Internal bond

Intervilles
Mistral production, producer of JSF

External bond

French Site of Plays without borders (inactive)
European Petition for the return of Plays without borders
Italian Petition for the return of Plays without borders
JSF Official Site (inactive)
JSF Fans Italian Club
English Site of Plays Without Borders
JSFnet Greece Greek Site of Plays without Borders
VoteForJsf Petition in English
VoteForJsf Petition in Hungarian
English Site of Plays without borders

Category: Television game

Category: emission diffused on TF1 Category: emission diffused on Antenna 2 Category: emission diffused on France 2

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