Apostrophes

Overview

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Series details

First air date

1975

Last air date

1990

Status

Ended

Seasons

16

Episodes

724

Episode runtime

70 min

Genres

Talk

Original language

FR

Origin country

FR

Networks

Antenne 2

Created by

Bernard Pivot

Production

Antenne 2

Cast

Bernard Pivot

Host

Charles Libman

Self

E

Emile Pollak

Self

R

René Floriot

Self

P

Paul Lefèvre

Self

Jean-Pierre Bernard

Self