Nostalgie The public service is working on a resurrection of the “Intervilles” format, discontinued since 2013, with Nagui and Bruno Guillon at the presentation
Recording of an Intervilles program in Amneville in June 2009. — POL EMILE/SIPA
Will or won’t come back? After the announcement of a first return from Intervillesin 2020, which ultimately could not take place due to the Covid pandemic, the public service would be at a standstill. back to work to resurrect this cult broadcast format. from 1962 to 2013. Like three years earlier, it would be the animator Nagui and his company; of production, Air Productions, which would be at the origin of this project according to Var-Matin.
The presenter of N’don’t forget the lyrics Planned for several years on the return of the emblematic summer game creaé by Guy Lux. His previous attempt, hailed by many nostalgic viewers, had already announced that many changes.
Bruno Guillon and Nagui approached
It’s a trio of presenters made up of by Valérie Bègue, Olivier Minne and Bruno Guillon who had been chosen to be in charge of the show. Only the last would still be in the small papers of the public service for this new attempt.
To support him, it’s Nagui himself who will wet the shirt. The 60-year-old animator had already presented the show in 2004 and 2005 alongside Juliette Arnaud.
A unique filming location at Poitiers
Side filming location, the show should also take place in a single location, as planned in the aborted copy of 2020 where everything was planned for long-distance recordings. Disneyland Paris. This time, it’s the Futuroscope in Poitiers that would have been restrained, according to local media. This place had already hosted the show’s massive games for a day in 2007 and 2008.
This configuration allows chain a sharp reduction in production costs. The original version of the program took place by following the teams which installed the structures of the games of the show in different regions of France live.
The summer game broadcast ; For more than fifty years, Intervilles saw two French cities compete against each other. through a series of physical tests and games of skill on very different terrains.