- The French edition of this format, ‘Les rencontres du Papotin’, was a great success with an average audience of more than 3 million viewers and a 20% share.
- Politicians, actors, singers, celebrities and athletes will be subjected to the questions asked, without filters, by 30 extraordinary people with a naturalness full of truth. With a unique and unpredictable tone, viewers will get to know their more unknown side in an inclusive encounter full of emotions, humour and fun.
Shine Iberia (Banijay Iberia) has acquired the rights to the international hit ‘The A talks’, a revelation programme on French television, a unique and surprising interview format in which a very special group of interviewers will get to the heart of the best-known faces on the national scene with their questions. A programme about the importance of inclusion, which is never talked about directly.
Politicians, actors, singers, celebrities and sportspeople will be asked questions, without filters or taboos, by 30 people with autism spectrum disorders, who will put themselves in the shoes of a top-level journalist. Spontaneous, uncomfortable, emotional, personal questions… Everything is possible here and they will be able to resolve all their doubts on any subject. These interviewers have totally different personalities, but with one thing in common: a naturalness full of truth. With a unique and unpredictable tone, viewers will discover the unknown side of different national personalities through the eyes of extraordinary people in an extraordinary context. In addition, this unique encounter will be moderated by a moderator, who will intervene as little as possible so as not to break the dynamic of the conversation and will share the floor. A surprising, exciting, moving, funny and inclusive space with a new point of view.
The true story of ‘Le Papotin’.
The A talks’ brings to the small screen the true story of ‘Le Papotin’, a newspaper founded more than three decades ago in the French hospital of Antony (Hauts-de -Seine) as one of its daytime activities. Its editorial staff is composed of a large group of volunteers with autistic spectrum disorder and is directed by the hospital’s psychologist. In it, patients publish articles, drawings and interviews with writers, directors and comedians. The originality of their questions and the freshness of their outlook won the hearts of the directors of the film ‘Untouchable’, who adapted it for television for the France2 channel.
The French edition of this format, ‘Les Rencontres du Papotin’, was a great success with an average audience of more than 3 million viewers and a 20% share, 33% more than the France2 channel average. In the programme in which they interviewed Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, broadcast at the beginning of the year, they captured almost 4.6 million viewers and 22.5% of the audience. The format, distributed by Can’t Stop Media, is preparing versions in Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Australia and the Netherlands, and is being produced in countries such as Poland, where it will premiere at the end of 2023.
