C'est pas sorcier

C'est pas sorcier
Sabine Quindou, the tv presenter & journalist of the program
Genre	Children's television series/Education
Presented by	Jamy Gourmaud, Frédéric Courant, Sabine Quindou
Narrated by
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	20
No. of episodes	599
Production
Executive producer	Elizabeth Cornali
Producer	Philippe Molins (delegate)
Production location	Variable
Running time	26 minutes
Production company	Multimédia France Productions (France Télévisions)
Distributor	France 3
Release
Original network	France 3
Original release	September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19) – February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)
External links
Website

C'est pas sorcier (literally It's No Sorcery, French for "it's not rocket science") was a popular French live-action, science education program that originally aired on television from September 19, 1993, to February 1, 2014. In total, 559 episodes have been produced. This program belong at the popular culture, with an audience share of over 30%. The episodes are rebroadcast many years later, until today in 2021. In dubbed or subtitled version, the program is or has been broadcast in many countries, in Europe (Italy, Finland, Greece via Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi, Poland via Da Vinci Learning and in Portugal),^[1] in Asia ( Cambodia, China, South Korea, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Turkey, Vietnam) and in Africa: in Morocco on the channel 2M, in Tunisia via and in Algeria via Canal Algérie and Berbère Télévision.

In 2015, a new show, titled l'Esprit Sorcier and hosted by Frédéric Courant, began airing online, presenting itself as a successor to C'est pas sorcier.

The presenters[]

In the show, "Sabine" (Sabine Quindou) and "Fred" (Frédéric Courant) work together in the field. They travel around the world, interviewing specialists, and asking questions to "Jamy" (Jamy Gourmaud) who, in his laboratory situated at the back of a truck, driven by "Marcel",^[2] would answer them using his iconic models and mock-ups. After 2011, he travels to symbolic locations relevant to the topic with a mobile laboratory equipped with touch screens, computer graphics and the models which originally garnered the show much success.

The show is narrated by La petite voix ("The Little Voice", played by Valérie Guerlain) who does not appear physically in the show, but offers off-screen commentary and narration.

Topic[]

The programs can be classified into six categories:

• La Terre et l'Univers - (The earth and universe) (71 programmes) including: l'Espace et l'astronomie (space and astronomy) (18), la géologie (geology) (21), la géographie (geography), les découvertes (discovery) (32)
• La biodiversité, l'agronomie et l'environnement (biodiversity, agronomy and environment) (138) including la faune (fauna) (67), la botanique (botany) (14), l'alimentation et l'agronomie (food and agriculture) (25), l'écologie et le climat (ecology and climate) (32)
• Le sport et la santé (sport and health) (72) including le corps humain (human body) (26), la médecine (medicine) (27), le sport (sport) (19)
• Les technologies, la physique et la chimie (communication technology, physics and chemistry) (142) including physique et chimie (physics and chemistry) (13), énergie (energy) (16), les technologies et l'industrie (technology and industry) (23), les transports (transport) (44), la Défense (defence) (10), les grands travaux et l'architecture (big works and architecture) (14), la communication (communications) (23)
• L'histoire, la culture et la société (history, culture and society) (89) including l'histoire et l'archéologie (history and archeology) (44), Arts et spectacles (arts and shows) (18), économie et société (economy and society) (27)
• Les émissions spéciales (14) (special editions)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website on France 3 (in French)
• Official Website on TV5 (in French)
• C'est pas sorcier's channel on YouTube (in French) official channel with full episodes.