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What French language TV programmes do you watch when in France? After a ten year gap I have started watching TV again and am horrified at the generally unwatchable trash that is being pumped out. Am I missing something or has that wonderful medium sunk so low? Even the porn is atrocious.
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If you watched French TV 10 years ago Tag, you will know just how awful

it was then and how not so bad it is now (bad but not quite so bad,

being the only way I can explain !)

And why is it that everyone seems to be writing in big coloured text

these days, is it that members eyesights are getting worse, perhaps in

part, due to the atrocious porn on the box  [8-|]

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You know how bad it is when you see  satelite dishes on nearly every french property and all the choice they have too from the weekly TV mags. Personally I only watch news and local programmes, the main TF1 is showing things we saw in the 70's and 80's in the UK and the dubbing over is attrocious.
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...could be worse - I was stuck in a hotel in Rome last week, with the choice of Italian TV, (even though my Italian's very limited, I can generally recognise c**p even with only a tenuous grip of the language) F2 or CNN. In the end I read 2 books in 3 evenings, and am still trying to work out why the story of the French woman with the transplanted face was the lead story on CNN for THREE days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! F2 was undoubtedly the lesser of all the evils, although that's not saying much. I've desperately been trying to understand the point of "On a Tout Essaye" for years and years.......[:^)]
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I agree with Opalienne, Arte/France 5 often have the most watchable programmes, only last night they screened the film Bloody Sunday, which my french OH found very enlightening.  He said that he, and many other french friends, had never really understood the troubles in Northern Ireland.  I had to admit that, even though I might know the basic history of the problems, I didn't really understand the violence either.

Other than the odd decent film, I always watch the local news on France 3, then turn over at 8 for the TF1 news. I like the documentaries, but loathe the reality shows and dubbed American shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

I can't claim that all my viewing is "high-brow" though, as I'm also a total sucker for A Prendre ou à, Laisser, it blows poor old Noel and his UK version right out of the water [:)]

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[quote user="Cat 46"]

I agree with Opalienne, Arte/France 5 often have the most watchable programmes, ....[/quote]

I've somehow 'lost' Arte. Very sad about that because it was easily the best.

I watch the news and the weather in the evening, and sometimes Thalassa, which is always beautiful and informative.

I'll also watch any French film after 8.50, the odd documentary, and very occasionally Sous le Soleil which is a soap set in/near Cannes; all beautiful pouting glamourous career women in very high heels and very short skirts.

 

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[quote user="Cat 46"]

I can't claim that all my viewing is "high-brow" though, as I'm also a total sucker for A Prendre ou à, Laisser, it blows poor old Noel and his UK version right out of the water [:)]

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I'm with you there Cat, Noel's show is dire compared  to the GEORGEOUS 'art-eur' (Arthur for those who haven't seen it). It's a must every night, unfortunately tonight we had a power cut from 6.55 [:@]  until  just before 9 (in time for Holby though).

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Now that Star Ac is off the air I'm a bit stymied. I watch the news

because I feel I ought to, some of the documentry stuff (Envoy Spéciale

is usually pretty good) and the odd one-off drama. I quite like [:$]

some of the police dramas, especially Soeur Therese.com that one with

the nun who used to be a cop and keeps getting dragged back into the

line of duty to help her somewhat dim ex husband do his job. It was on

again last night. It is complete pants. My children sneak in and watch

"à prendre ou à laisser" when they can get away with it, but they don't

actually grasp what it is all about. They just like Arthur.

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