Visitors of Wednesday

the Visitors of Wednesday was an emission of French Télévision on line for the youth created by Christophe Izard and diffused every Wednesday afternoon starting from 13:30 on TF1 during 5:30 of Wednesday January 8th 1975 until the February 10th 1982 on television.

The emission

The emission is created by Christophe Izard, director of the programs youth of TF1, at the request of the chairman of the chain, Jean-Louis Guillaud, who wishes to devote to the children all Wednesday afternoon, day of rest for the French schoolboys. This emission was to be at the same time diverting, with cartoons and series, but also instructive with various sequences devoted to the sports, the animals, the topicality, the varieties, and do-it-yourself.

Entirely turned on line in studio 3 of 15 rue Cognac Jay, the emission was articulated around three parts:

Interdict with more than 10 years : this heading, which opened the emission, was devoted to the children from 6 to 10 years and was animated by Soizic Corne which received a guest, surrounded of the children. To note the presence of Jacques Trémolin for the stories of animals, Garcimore or Gilles Arthur for the magic…

Scoubidou opened then the festival of the cartoon with the Capitaine Cave , the Insane ones of the wheel and Barbapapa .

the club of the 10-15 : this heading, devoted to largest, took the continuation of the preceding one. It was animated by Patrick Sabatier and then by Marc Menant.

The Sibor puppets and Bora of Monique Sheigam and Boris Sheigam gave the tone on line also…

Sequences with the puppets Brok and Chnok were proposed at the beginning of program…

the Parade of the cartoons : this last part of the emission was devoted to the cartoons of the studios Hanna-Will bore which unloaded with the screen with a multitude of hero: Insane Scoubidou , HongKong Insane , Mumbly , the comets , Samson and Goliath , the Insane ones of the wheel , like Bugs Bunny , Caliméro , then since 1978-1981, Maya the bee , the Battle of the planets , Captain Flam , Remi without family , Very soft Dinky .
Pancho and Rancho
Heidi
Bajou
Barbapapa
Captain cave

Serials

Pierre white : two young children launch out bets in turn
Rintintin : adventures of a German shepherd within a regiment of Beautiful cavalry
and Sebastien : adventures of a young shepherd and his inseparable companion with four legs
Flipper the dolphin : a dolphin comes to assistance of the swimmers and the shipwrecked men
Corsaires and flibustiers : the adventures of a captain at the time of piracy marinades
Prince Noir : the friendship enters a standard and two children
Krempoli
Elephant Servant boy
Woobinda
the Double decker bus: adventures of a band of children whose general headquarter is a bus with imperial
Poly in Venice
Davy Crockett : the famous trapper
Robinson Switzerland
the red hand : adventures of a band of five pre-teenagers
Follyfoot
the company of the blue gull
Matt and Jenny
the Club of the Five : adventures of two girls, two boys and their dog

Sequences

Many sequences in educational matter intersect the emission:

small science
life in you
Mission space-health
Epsilon
blue table
Stories of animals
Catch

Headings

the hot spot : varieties with singers
Studio 3 : Singers on line, discovered, musical innovations, clips and topicality in the concerts and rounds presented by Jean-Pierre Pernaut of 1975 to 1976 then by Patrick Sabatier.
the infos : mini-newspaper of topicality adapted to youth presented by Claude Pierrard.
Garcimore : turns of magic carried out by Garcimore and its small white mice of 1976 to 1980.
Bazoum : heading reserved for the 10/15 years presented by François Diwo as from 1980.
the magic, it is easy : turns of magic presented by Gilles Arthur as from 1980.
Do-it-yourself

Vis-a-vis the severe competition of Récré A2 , diffused at the same time on Antenna 2 as from 1978, the audience of the emission does not cease eroding. The last emission of the Visiteurs of Wednesday is diffused on Wednesday, June 30, 1982, then is replaced in September of the same year by Mercre-say-me-all . The format of the emission inspired enormously Claude Pierrard for his emission Crunch-Holidays , which took again in more condensed way whole or part of this formula " magique".

Presenters

This emission called upon many speakers for its various headings, of which certain journalists of the drafting of TF1:

Dorothée : it animates the heading Interdit with more than 10 years of January 1975 in June 1975.
Claude Pierrard: it animates the Club of the 10-15 of January 1975 in June 1975.
Claude Ruben: it presents the emission of September 1975 in October 1976.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut: Co-presenter of the 13 hour old newspaper of TF1 with Yves Mourousi, Claude Pierrard and Michel Denisot, it animates the club of the 10-15 of January 1975 in June 1976.
Soizic Horn: it animates the heading Interdit with more than 10 years of September 1976 in June 1981.
Patrick Sabatier: it animates the Club of the 10-15 of September 1976 in June 1980, then leaves the emission to present the play Atout heart the same year on TF1.
Driving Marc: it arrives in 1979 as Co-presenter, then succeeds Patrick Sabatier on the Club of the 10-15 in 1980.
Henri As of and Mariane Anska: they succeed Soizic Corne the last year with the presentation of the heading Interdit more than 10 years .
Claude Gendrot

As from 1976, children take part in the emission and play in the middle of a pastoral decoration of trees and giant flowers, of the same invoice than that of the Island with the children .

Presenters of the headings

Jacques Trémolin: it put its talents of storyteller at the service of the world of the animals.
Nicolas Hulot: it presents from 1980 the sports columns, about the events, the cultural reports, and speaks about adventures and voyages.
François Diwo: it animates the heading Bazoum and present of the book or the reports on the cinema news.
Garcimore, with its inimitable voice, carried out turns of magic with its small white mice.
Gilles Arthur: it succeeds Garcimore in the magic, it is easy to produce juggling acts.
Claude Pierrard: Co-presenter of the 13 hour old newspaper of TF1 with Yves Mourousi, Jean-Pierre Pernaut and Michel Denisot, it intervened at the end of the emission for the heading topicality entitled the infos .
Michel Rest: scientific journalist of the drafting of TF1, it presented the scientific heading and reports
Claude Villers to speak literature
Greg
Paul-Emile Victor to speak about adventure
Pierre Barbizet to speak music

Puppets

In the first two parts of the emission, the organizers conversed with a couple of puppets. Four couples followed one another of 1975 to 1982: Brok and Chnok of 1975 to 1976, Pil and Glou in 1976, Sibor and Bora of 1976 to 1981, and finally Misscat and Flagada of 1981 to 1982.

BROK and CHNOK (1975, 90 emissions): puppets created by Christophe Izard and Denis Dugas, articulated by Yves Brunier (CHNOK) and Denis Dugas (BROK). Brok and Chnok are two extraterrestrial greens living on the tiny Pokalus planet, covered with flowers, located before the eleventh satellite of Saturn and which turns in zigzag in the opposite direction of the other satellites. Their planet was discovered by the French astronomer Alfred Feather-Cushion (interpreted by Jean-Pierre Rambal). The two extraterrestrial ones, which is bored on their planet, want to discover the Earth, but they discover quickly that it is not as they thought it. They thus go down on Earth with their saucer in which fleet Shepiok, left small worm. Through Brok and Chnok, one at the same time finds the duet of the white clown and the Auguste, opposite but complementary. Brok is a scientist serious, grumbler, sententious and who would like themselves authoritative. Chnok is a carefree man, a poet, an eccentric and a gaffor.

Brok and Chnok were then replaced in 1976 by the other extraterrestrial ones:

PIL and GLOU (1976): puppets created by Christophe Izard, Pil and Glou are two extraterrestrial caves.

SIBOR and BORA (1976-1981): puppets created by Christophe Izard and articulated by Monique and Boris Scheigam. Sibor and Bora are two extraterrestrial pinks coming from the Kallatus planet. Bora is a recognizable girl with the two sunshades which it carries on the head. They read the poems and showed the drawings sent by the children in the sequence mail.

Poï-Poï : series created in 1979 per Christophe Izard in which occurred the puppets Sibor and Bora like Mr Poï, Miss Poï Poï and Mr Poï Poï Poï, all the five extraterrestrial ones. This series revisited the land History in a very parodic way. Professor Bouchon (Yves Brunier) told the history and Sibor, Bora and Poï-Poï interpreted it by strewing their dialogs with extracts of songs. Other characters also intervened in this series like Tiburce (Bernard Thomas) the assistant of professor Bouchon, or the pedant Anatole-Marie Plantin-Dupaf (Gerard Camoin).

MISSCAT and FLAGADA (1981-1982): puppets created by Christophe Izard.

Credits of the emission

The two credits of the emission were composed by Christophe Izard for the words and Roger Pouly for the music. That of 1975 was interpreted by Anne Germain and that of 1979 by Michel Vallier.

Derivative products

Many characters and series were adapted in band-drawn, prébubliées in the magazine Télé Junior and publish in stitched albums.

See too

External bonds

Generic of the Visitors of Wednesday in 1975 (audio + words)
Generic of the Visitors of Wednesday on Bide and Musique
Page devoted to the Historical emission
of the emission

Vidéos

Generic of the Visitors of Wednesday in 1979 interpreted by Michel Vallier
Heading Studio 3: interview of Georges Moustaki by Jean-Pierre Pernaut on March 10th, 1976 (format Quick Time)
Sequence magic with Garcimore and Soizic Horn the 1 {{er}} April 1980
Sequence magic with Garcimore and Soizic Horn the 1 {{er}} May 1980

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