Since the start of the school year in September, Fabrice Luchini has embarked on a new challenge. Every Sunday, at 7:20 p.m., the actor and gourmand of words has carte blanche on France Inter to read for 40 minutes the works of his literary pantheon with his characteristic style and verve. A tailor-made role for this lover of literature, who is nevertheless not new to the exercise since he recited great heritage texts dealing with music on Radio Classique last year. But it must be believed that this new meeting proved too imposing for him.
“I thought I belonged in something more austere”
Guest of the show “C à vous”, on Friday November 15, the man of the theater had the pleasure of listening to a video message from Adèle Van Reeth, the director of the station who had contacted him personally to resume this slot formerly occupied by “Le Grand Dimanche soir”, at the heart of controversies. “He embodies both demand and great popularity. It is a gift to our listeners every Sunday evening”she noted, before asking an interested question to her benefactor: “Just to be sure, are you staying with us until June?”
His concern was very real, because Fabrice Luchini admitted having almost thrown in the towel. “I wanted to stop after a month. We had lunch together and she gave me two. You cannot resist the intelligence, the beauty, the light and above all the eternal superiority of women compared to men“, he explained, skeptical of its legitimacy. “I thought that my place was perhaps in something more austere like France Culture, I had a preconceived idea of France Inter”, added the media buff, metaphorically explaining that his listeners did not have the profile of those who went to the theater to see him on stage.
Good figures for France Inter this fall
If the audience figures for the troublemaker's “Literary Admirations” have not been communicated, the station on which he officiates is doing wonderfully. France Inter continues to consolidate its position as the most listened to radio in France, according to the results revealed by Médiamétrie on the September-October 2024 wave. It even beat its historic record for aficionados with 7.20 million subscribers. daily listeners on average, or 265,000 more in one year. Enough to rejoice and reassure her boss Adèle Van Reeth in her choices.
