This Sunday, May 5, 2024, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez announced the end of the cult show “Des Numéros et des Lettres”. After 59 years on the air, the game will give way to a new show. Questioned by “Le Parisien”, Patrice Laffont, presenter and then producer of the game, reacted directly and did not mince his words.
It’s a page in the French audiovisual landscape that is about to be turned. In a few weeks, France Télévisions will definitively put an end to the cult game Numbers and lettersalmost sixty years after its launch under the name The longest word. Designed by Armand Jammot, initially presented by Christine Fabréga, the game ultimately became the one we know from 1972 with the appearance of encrypted draws. But after 59 years of existence, and as Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez announced to The gallery this Sunday, May 5, 2024, the game will bow out at the end of the seasonto the great dismay of its emblematic producer Patrice Laffont.
Questioned by our colleagues from ParisianPatrice Laffont does not hide his disappointment, but does not say he is surprised by the decision taken by the management of France Télévisions: “It’s a shame, it’s sad. It’s sad for the whole team, for the people who loved the program. We tried to do things well until the end, to make changes to the game. It’s a show that dates from 1972, which was over 52 years old. We’re going to hold this record for longest running show for years, if not forever. because 50 years for a TV show won’t happen today.”
Patrice Laffont wanted the game to end in 2022
Of the…
Read more
Read also
Dancing with the stars: Caroline Margeridon, her truth about the cut clash with Inès Reg, Christophe Licata’s reaction is clear
Numbers and letters: the show canceled at the start of the school year and already replaced!
Patrice and Justine (Love is in the meadow) as a couple or separated? Response in pictures, 3 months after the show!
