Aux frontières du possible

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Aux frontières du possible
Created by	Henri Viard
Starring	Pierre Vaneck, Elga Andersen
Country of origin	France, Germany
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	approx. 50 min per episode
Release
Original network	ORTF
Original release	4 October 1971 – 6 April 1974

Aux frontières du possible (To the Boundaries of the Possible) is a French television show that was broadcast from 1971 and 1974. The show was created by Henri Viard and Jacques Bergier, based on the latter's book Scientific Espionage. 13 50-minute episodes were made, and the series was shown on channel 2 of the French ORTF network. In Canada, the series was broadcast in 1972 and 1974 on Radio-Canada.

Synopsis[]

This series depicts two agents from the "International Bureau of scientific prevention" (BIPS, "Bureau international de prévention scientifique") who are responsible for protecting mankind from the criminal use of the latest scientific discoveries.

Cast[]

• Pierre Vaneck : Yan Thomas
• Elga Andersen : Barbara Andersen

Episodes[]

First series (1971)[]

1. Le Dossier des mutations « V » (The "V" mutations folder)
2. Attention, névroses mentales (Caution, neuroses)
3. Terreur au ralenti (Slow-motion terror)
4. Menaces sur le sixième continent (Menaces on the 6th continent)
5. L'Homme-radar (The Radar Man)
6. Protection spéciale ultra-sons « U » (Special protection of U-ultrasound)

Second series (1974)[]

1. Le Dernier Rempart (The Last Bastion)
2. Le Cabinet noir (The Black Cabinet)
3. Les Hommes volants (The Flying Men)
4. Meurtres à distance (Long-distance Murder)
5. Alerte au Minotaure (Minotaur Alert!)
6. Le Créateur de visible (The Creator of Visible)
7. L'Effaceur de mémoire (The Mind-Wiper)

Production[]

Development[]

Concept[]

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Filming[]

Scientific foundation[]

Broadcast[]

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Reception[]

Upon its release, the series was the subject of several various reviews. On October 12, 1971, Maurice Cruchon wrote in Sud-Ouest, following the second episode, the series is "a good time, if not a highlight".^[1]

Nevertheless, when the last episode of the first season is broadcast, Jean-Paul Aymon, still in “France-Soir” but on October 13, 1971, writes of the series that it “reached its cruising speed the same evening where we are presented with the sixth and last episode of the first series of this science fiction soap opera ”. For him, "Elga Andersen and Pierre Vaneck are leaving too soon".^[2]

Note[]

Articles[]

• Jacques Benoit, "Dans les coulisses de la télévision avec Henri Viard", Le Journal d'Elbeuf, 28 September 1971
• Alain Diana, "Jacques Bergier est devenu un personnage de Tintin et Milou", TéléMagazine No. 833, p. 64-65, 9 October 1971

Bibliography[]

• ; (1995). Merveilleux, fantastique et science-fiction à la télévision française. Bry-sur-Marne / Paris: INA / Huitième art | Les dossiers du 8e art. p. 183. ISBN 2-908905-09-4..
• ; (1990). Meurtres en séries | les séries policières de la télévision française. Paris: Huitième art. p. 289. ISBN 2-7304-0540-2..

References[]

External links[]

• Aux frontières du possible at IMDb