It was a dramatic event that took place on the set of Looking forward to Sunday last August. A technician did a fall of 10 meters and was placed in an induced coma. The studio in which the 82-year-old host and his teams record the show is closed until further notice, and Michel Drucker is under investigation in order to determine his responsibility and that of the production company he manages.
While he has been on radio and television for 60 years now, Michel Drucker has no intention of stopping. Despite two infectious endocarditis and triple bypass surgery, the man who is also a producer continues his long career with as much success as ever, but it is perhaps justice that could put an end to it.
Michel Drucker changes the studio
Only true fans of Roll on Sunday noticed the change, since September the set of the show has not been quite the same. The huge sliding doors through which Michel Drucker entered are no longer there, the shiny metallic covering of the sofas has disappeared and on the studio floor, we no longer find those elegant glass tiles that were the show’s trademark.
Indeed, as revealed by journalists from Mediapart, “in September, the show moved in stealth. Michel Drucker left Studio Gabriel, located in a small lane parallel to the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, which he has occupied since 1994 for his various broadcasts.. Michel Drucker et Roll on Sunday moved to Studios Rive Gauche, where Yann Barthès records Daily.
photo credit: France 3 Can’t wait for Dimanche and Michel Drucker change studios.
A 10 meter fall and hospitalization
And this change of studio follows a dramatic event that occurred on August 26. A stagehand who has worked for the show for many years did “a fall of more than 10 meters” and is “fall in the pit where the famous glass floor can be stored, which is retractable”. Although he survived, the severity of the fall forced doctors to place him in a coma. To this day, he is receiving treatment in a Paris hospital to recover from his serious injuries.
The Paris firefighters filmed and broadcast on YouTube “their intervention aimed at lifting the injured man, during a stretcher that they described as ‘perilous'”. “In view of the shortcomings observed: failure to secure the pitwithout guardrails or barriers, absence of safety equipment such as a harness”the prosecution made the decision to place the Studio Gabriel set under seal.
photo credit: France 3 A 10 meter fall on the set of Vivement Dimanche.
Michel Drucker targeted by an investigation
The machinist who had to “painting furniture” above the pit fell when he wanted “dip your brush”more “no protection was in place”. In fact, nothing was holding the victim back, “neither barrier, nor guardrail, nor lifeline”. Production therefore apparently did not respect the safety guarantees that the Labor Code requires.
photo credit: France 3 Michel Drucker targeted by a police investigation.
The prosecution therefore opened an investigation which is responsible for the labor inspection on one side and the police station of the 8th arrondissement of Paris on the other. It targets Michel Drucker as “president of SGPM, the company which owns the studio and which was the victim’s employer”. Filming in this legendary place that is the Gabriel studio will only resume after a “compliance check”.
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