1, rue Sésame

*1, rue Sésame*
1, rue Sésame
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Based on a concept by Joan Ganz Cooney, with Jim Henson
Starring	TBA
Country of origin	France
No. of episodes	82
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	TF1
Release	4 January 1978 –; 2 June 1982

1, rue Sésame (translates to: 1 Sesame Street) is a French children's television series based on the popular U.S. children's program Sesame Street. The show first aired on 4 January 1978, at 6:00 a.m. on TF1. Its musical director was Roger Elcourt, composer Jean Morlier.

The series was executive produced by Michel Berthier from TF1 and Lutrelle Horne from CTW. The show ran for a total of 82 episodes and ceased production in June 1982.

The series is occasionally called Bonjour Sésame, or la Rue Sésame. In October 2005, a new series by Sesame Workshop was launched, called 5, Rue Sésame.

Characters

Toccata, a white feathered bird, almost a goose-hawk-ostrich-like hybrid (voiced and puppeteered by Lucien Morisse)
Mordicus, a furless grouch (voiced and puppeteered by Georges Mosca)
Trepido, a pink snail
Ernest et Bart (Ernie and Bert)
Clémence (Monique Tarbes)
Odile (Edith Garnier)
Roger (Roger Elcourt)
Maxime (Maxime Arcos)
Dominé (René Lafleur)
Children Fabienne (Fabienne Dauvin) and Rodrigue (Rodrigue Mallet)

External links

(in French) De Casimir à Goldorak: 1, rue Sésame fan site