FRANCE 2

'France 2' is the largest French public TV network. It is part of the France Télévisions group, which also comprises France 3, France 5, Réseau France Outre-mer, and the new digital-only France 4 (plus participation in ARTE, EuroNews, and several cable/satellite thematic channels, and Mediamétrie).
France 2 used to be called 'Antenne 2' (Aerial 2) until September 7, 1992. Earlier, in the 1970s and as part of ORTF, it was simply called 'La Deuxième Chaîne' (The Second Channel).
Broadcasting began in 1963 using the 625-lines standard (but not yet in color) hence preparing the extinction of the older (black and white only) 819-line TV standard.
On October 1, 1967 at 2:15pm CET, the network switched broadcast from black and white to color using SECAM. Antenne 2 was the first color channel in France, it would be several years before the first network was colorized and changed to the 625-line TV standard.

Contents

Organization

Directors

Hosts/Presenters

Programmes

Lebanese Civil War kidnapping

References

External links

Organization

Directors

'Chairmen:'

★ Marcel Jullian: 01/01/1975 – 12/1977

★ Maurice Ulrich: 12/1977 – 08/1981

★ Pierre Desgraupes: 08/1981 – 11/1984

★ Jean-Claude Héberlé: 11/1984 – 10/1985

★ Jean Drucker: 10/1985 – 12/1986

★ Claude Contamine: 12/1986 – 10/08/1989

★ Philippe Guilhaume (joint chairmanship A2 / FR3): 10/08/1989 – 19/12/1990

★ Hervé Bourges (joint chairmanship A2 / FR3): 19/12/1990 – 07/09/1992
'Directors General:'

★ Jacques Thibau: 07/1965 – 11/1967

★ Maurice Cazeneuve: 11/1967 – 09/1971

★ Pierre Sabbagh: 09/1971 – 03/07/1972

★ Jean Lefèvre: 03/07/1972

★ Jean-Michel Gaillard: 27/09/1989 – 10/01/1991

★ Éric Giuily: 10/01/1991 – 09/1992

★ Georges Vanderchmitt: 09/1992 – 01/1994

★ Raphaël Hadas-Lebel: 01/1994 – 06/1996

★ Michel Pappalardo: 06/1996 – 06/1999

★ Michèle Cotta: 06/1999 – 06/2002

★ Christopher Baldelli: 06/2002 – 09/2005

★ Philippe Baudillon: since September 2005.
'Information Directors:'

★ Jean-Louis Guillaud: 01/1969 – 09/1969

★ Jacqueline Baudrier: 09/1969 – 03/07/1972

★ Jean-Louis Guillaud: 03/07/1972 – 01/01/1975

★ Jacques Sallebert: 06/01/1975 – 05/1976

★ Georges Leroy: 05/1976 – 09/1976

★ Charles Baudinat: 09/1976 – 01/1977

★ Jean-Pierre Elkabbach: 01/1977 – 12/1982

★ Pierre Lescure: 12/1982 – 12/1984

★ Albert du Roy: 12/1984 – 03/1985

★ Pierre-Henri Arnstam: 03/1985 – 1986

★ Marcel Trillat: 1986

★ Claude Carré: 1991 – 1992

★ Jean-Luc Mano: 12/1993 – 06/1996

★ Pierre-Henri Arnstam: 06/1996 – 09/2000

★ Gérard Leclerc: 09/2000 – 07/2001

★ Olivier Mazerolle: 07/2001 – 03/2004

★ Arlette Chabot: since March 2004.

Hosts/Presenters

★ Rachid Arhab ★ Sophie Aurenche ★ Thierry Beccaro ★ David Boéri ★ Jérôme Bonaldi ★ Christine Bravo ★ Laurent Broomhead ★ Yves Calvi ★ Catherine Ceylac ★ Arlette Chabot ★ Guilaine Chenu ★ Christian Choupin ★ Sophie Davant ★ Laurent Delahousse ★ Jean-Luc Delarue ★ Michel Drucker ★ Benoît Duquesne

★ Guillaume Durand ★ Églantine Emeyé ★ Carole Gaessler ★ Olivier Galzi ★ Isabelle Giordano ★ Gérard Holtz ★ Christophe Hondelatte ★ Françoise Joly ★ Françoise Laborde ★ Philippe Lefait ★ William Leymergie ★ Élise Lucet ★ Daniela Lumbroso ★ Laurent Luyat ★ Isabelle Martinet ★ Valérie Maurice ★ Olivier Minne

★ Nelson Monfort ★ Patrick Montel ★ Nagui ★ Marie-Ange Nardi ★ Ness ★ Bernard Pivot ★ David Pujadas ★ Anne-Gaëlle Riccio ★ Laurent Romejko ★ Laurent Ruquier ★ Béatrice Schönberg ★ Patrick Sébastien ★ Pascal Sevran ★ Yoann Sover ★ Tex ★ Jean-Michel Zecca ★ Charlotte Bouteloup ★ Laurence Ostolaza ★ Elsa Pallot ★ Patrice Drevet ★ Laurent Romejko

Programmes

★ 'American TV Shows' : ER ''(Urgences)'' ; Without A Trace ''(FBI : portés disparus)'' ; Cold Case ''(Cold Case : affaires classées)'' ; That's So Raven ''(Phénomène Raven)'' ; The Bold and the Beautiful ''(Amour, gloire et beauté)'' and Days of Our Lives ''(Des jours et des vies)''.

★ These American TV Shows were shown on France 2 : The Nine ''(The Nine : 52 heures en enfer)'' ; Gilmore Girls ; The O.C. ''(Newport Beach)'' ; The West Wing ''(À la Maison Blanche'') ; That '70s Show ; Everwood ; What I Like About You ''(Ce que j'aime chez toi)'' ; Grounded for Life ''(Parents à tout prix)'' ; JAG ; Six Feet Under ''(Six pieds sous terre)'' ; Third Watch ''(New York 911)'' ; Friends ; Boston Public ; The District ''(Washington Police)'' ; Lizzie McGuire ; Even Stevens ''(La Guerre des Stevens)'' ; Fastlane ; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ''(Sabrina, l'apprentie sorcière)'' ; Grosse Pointe ; Shasta McNasty ; Sister, Sister ; Millennium ; Goosebumps ''(Chair de poule)'' ; Weird Science ''(Code Lisa)'' ; The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ''(Le Prince de Bel-Air)'' ; Full House ''(La Fête à la maison)'' ; Growing Pains ''(Quoi de neuf docteur ?)'' ; The Fall Guy ''(L'Homme qui tombe à pic)'' ; Magnum, P.I. ''(Magnum)'' ; Miami Vice ''(Deux flics à Miami)'' ; Logan's Run ''(L'Âge de cristal)'' ; Charlie's Angels ''(Drôles de dames)'' ; CHiPs ; Green Acres ''(Les Arpents verts)'' ; M
★ A
★ S
★ H ; The Time Tunnel ''(Au cœur du temps)'' ; The Fugitive ''(Le Fugitif)'' ; ''(Mission impossible)'' and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ''(Des agents très spéciaux)''.

Lebanese Civil War kidnapping

In March 1986 an Antenne 2 news team was kidnapped in Beirut while reporting on the Lebanese Civil War. Philippe Rochot, Georges Hansen, Aurel Cornéa and Jean-Louis Normandin were four of many Western hostages held by terrorists during the conflict. During Antenne 2 news bulletins the headlines would be followed by a reminder of the French hostages held in Lebanon, including others such as Michel Seurat and Jean-Paul Kaufman, with names, photos and the length of their captivity. Within a year, most of the news team had been released and returned to France, but the reminders continued until all the French hostages had been freed.

References

External links

★ Official Site

★ France Télévisions

★ France 2 presentation at GenTV.be