Lectures pour tous

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Lectures pour tous
Directed byPierre Dumayet
Presented by Pierre Dumayet
Max-Pol Fouchet
Pierre Desgraupes
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time22–24 minutes
Release
Original network RTF
Picture format Black and white
Audio format Monaural
Original releaseMarch 27, 1953 (1953-03-27) 
May 8, 1968 (1968-05-08)

Lectures pour tous was the first French television show discussing Literature. [1] The show was created and presented by Pierre Dumayet, it was broadcast from March 27 1953 to May 8 1968, on RTF. [2]

Contents

Premise

The shows principle was to analyse and review literature on television. [3] [4] Authors of books were interviewed and discussed, the show was designed to entertain and educate the french viewing public. [5] People of all backgrounds were invited to discuss literature on the show. [6]

Reception

The show was critically acclaimed for elevating the quality of television on French television. [7] According to Le Monde in 1962 Lectures pour tous had between 26% and 32% of the French viewing public. [8]

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References

  1. "L'Œil de l'INA : Lectures pour tous, la première émission littéraire". Le Figaro . November 6, 2021.
  2. "Dumayet ou l'art de l'entretien littéraire". 8 April 2020.
  3. Bazin, AndrŽ; Andrew, Dudley (October 3, 2014). Andre Bazin's New Media. Univ of California Press. ISBN   9780520283565 via Google Books.
  4. Burnautzki, Sarah; Kiparski, Frederik; Thierry, Raphaël (October 30, 2018). Dealing with Authorship: Authors between Texts, Editors and Public Discourses. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   9781527520738 via Google Books.
  5. "Pionnier de la télévision, Pierre Dumayet est mort". November 17, 2011 via Le Monde.
  6. "Décès - « Lecture pour tous », c'est lui. « Cinq colonnes à la Une » aussi. Pierre Dumayet est mort hier. Inventeur de la télévision". L'Est Républicain .
  7. "LECTURES POUR TOUS". July 31, 1957 via Le Monde.
  8. Chaplin, Tamara (December 12, 2007). Turning On the Mind: French Philosophers on Television. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226509914 via Google Books.