C'est pas sorcier
C'est pas sorcier is a popular French live-action, science education television program that originally aired from September 19, 1993, to February 1, 2014. In total, 559 episodes were produced. This program was popular culture, with an audience share of over 30% in France. The episodes continued to be rebroadcast, until at least 2021.
Dubbed or subtitled, the program is or has been broadcast in many countries, in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, and in the United States on the streaming service France Channel.
In 2015, a new show, l'Esprit Sorcier hosted by Frédéric Courant began airing online, presenting itself as a successor to C'est pas sorcier.
The presenters
In the show, "Sabine" and "Fred" work together in the field. They travel around the world, interviewing specialists, and asking questions to "Jamy" who, in his laboratory in the trailer of a truck driven by "Marcel", would answer them using his iconic models and mock-ups. After 2011, he travels to symbolic locations relevant to the topic with a mobile laboratory equipped with touch screens, computer graphics and the models which originally garnered the show much success.The show is narrated by La petite voix who does not appear physically in the show, but offers off-screen commentary and narration.
Topic
The programs can be classified into six categories:- La Terre et l'Univers - including: l'Espace et l'astronomie, la géologie, la géographie, les découvertes
- La biodiversité, l'agronomie et l'environnement including la faune, la botanique, l'alimentation et l'agronomie, l'écologie et le climat
- Le sport et la santé including le corps humain, la médecine, le sport
- Les technologies, la physique et la chimie including physique et chimie, énergie, les technologies et l'industrie, les transports, la Défense, les grands travaux et l'architecture, la communication
- L'histoire, la culture et la société including l'histoire et l'archéologie, Arts et spectacles, économie et société
- Les émissions spéciales