Téléchat

*Téléchat*
Téléchat
Created by	Roland Topor; Henri Xhonneux;
Country of origin	France; Belgium;
Original language	French
No. of episodes	234
Production
Producer	Éric Van Beuren
Running time	5 minutes
Original release
Network	RTBF1; Antenne 2
Release	1983 –; 1986

Téléchat is a Franco-Belgian French-language children's television series created by Roland Topor and Henri Xhonneux. The series aired on France 2 as a segment of Récré A2,^[1] and ran for 234 episodes between 1983 and 1986. A surreal satire of news broadcasting, the series centers around a TV news program presented by two anthropomorphic puppets—Groucha, a cat, and Lola, an ostrich.^[2]^[3]^[4] The series was later rebroadcast on France 5 in the 1990s, and on Arte in the 2010s.^[3] In Belgium, the series premiered first on RTBF1's Lollipop strand, on 19 September 1983.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Chabert, Chrystel (30 December 2019). "Roland Topor, dessinateur génial et créateur de Téléchat au Musée de l'illustration jeunesse de Moulins". France Info (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ 國際偶戲學術研討會論文集 [International Puppet Theatre Conference Proceedings]. 1999. p. 277. ISBN 957-02-4287-6.
^ ^a ^b Gonzalez, Romain (30 April 2014). "Téléchat est – toujours – l'émission la plus étrange de l'histoire de la télévision" [Téléchat is – still – the strangest show in the history of television]. Vice. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ Bindé, Joséphine (3 April 2017). "De "Hara-Kiri" à "Téléchat", le dessinateur Roland Topor est un génie de l'humour noir". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ Raymond Marcillac, Chronique de la Télévision, Éditions Chronique, ISBN 2-905969-76-8 p. 219

External links[edit]

Téléchat at IMDb

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[1] Chabert, Chrystel (30 December 2019). "Roland Topor, dessinateur génial et créateur de Téléchat au Musée de l'illustration jeunesse de Moulins". France Info (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[2] 國際偶戲學術研討會論文集 [International Puppet Theatre Conference Proceedings]. 1999. p. 277. ISBN 957-02-4287-6.

[Gonzalez_2014-3] Gonzalez, Romain (30 April 2014). "Téléchat est – toujours – l'émission la plus étrange de l'histoire de la télévision" [Téléchat is – still – the strangest show in the history of television]. Vice. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[4] Bindé, Joséphine (3 April 2017). "De "Hara-Kiri" à "Téléchat", le dessinateur Roland Topor est un génie de l'humour noir". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[rm-5] Raymond Marcillac, Chronique de la Télévision, Éditions Chronique, ISBN 2-905969-76-8 p. 219

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