This is a list of television programs that have been produced by France. It includes series made by France alone as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. Almost all are in the French language; exceptions to this rule are also included in this list.
Most of the programs on this list are original French creations. However, many French game shows and reality shows are based on one or more series or television show franchises from other countries, most commonly from the UK. These and other programs that have been remade in France are also included in another section, at the bottom of this article.
Jean-Marc Doniak has documented all the French fiction series that have been programmed on French television in 2 volumes published in 1998: Volume 1 with 15,000 titles and covering the years 1945โ1990 and Volume 2 with 5,000 titles and covering the years 1991โ1996.[1]

Original French programs
editAction-drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporters[2] | N/A | 2007โ2009 | France Belgium |
French | In the competitive field of journalism, television and newspaper reporters face diverse challenges and dangers while pursuing the truth and trying to keep the public interested. |
Animated
editChildren's series (non-animated)
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle et Sรฉbastien | Belle and Sebastian | 1965โ1968 | France | French | After his Romani mother dies giving birth to him, Sรฉbastien is raised by an old shepherd along with his own two grandchildren. When Sรฉbastien is six years old, he meets Belle, a white Pyrenean mountain dog. They become inseparable and have many adventures together. Cรฉcile Aubry wrote and directed the series, which she based on her novel Belle et Sรฉbastien. Her son, Mehdi El Glaoui, plays Sรฉbastien. Two series followed, titled Sรฉbastien parmi les hommes and Sรฉbastien et la Mary-Morgane. |
| La Baie des fugitifs | Runaway Bay | 1992โ1993 | France United Kingdom United States |
English | A group of children have adventures on the Caribbean island of Martinique. |
| Barnรจy et Ses Amis | Barney & Friends. | 1992โ2009 | France United States |
English | Children loves Barney, a purple loving-hugging Dinosaur in the world. |
| Tรจlรจtubbiรจs | Teletubbies. | 1997โ2001 and 2015โpresent | France United Kingdom |
English | Teletubbies are wonderful place called Teletubbyland. |
| Bob le Bricoleur | Bob the Builder. | 1998โ2015 and 2015โpresent | France United Kingdom United States |
English | Bob and the gang who working hard together. |
Comedy
editComedy
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des soucis et des hommes[3] | Partners, Fathers, Lovers (lit. Worries and men) |
2012 | France | French | Also known in English as Partners, Fathers and Lovers. |
| Fais pas ci, fais pas รงa[4] | Desperate Parents (lit. Don't do this, Don't do that) |
2007โ2017 | France | French | Two couples, the free spirited Bouleys and the conservative-authoritarian Lepics, agree to star in a reality program along with their children. The focus is mainly on the differences between how both sets of parents raise their children and how the children differ from their parents expectations. The first season is a mockumentary/pretend reality show. From the second season on all documentary aspects are discarded and the two families have become next-door neighbors. |
| Kaboul Kitchen | (lit. Kabul Kitchen) | 2012โpresent | France | French | The series is based on the true story of Radio France Internationale journalist Marc Victor, who ran a restaurant for French expatriates in Kabul until 2008. |
| Nos enfants chรฉris | (lit. Our precious children) | 2007โ2008 | France | French | The series follows the 2003 French film of the same name in which childhood sweethearts Constance and Martin, both married with children, reunite and leave their spouses for each other. The series begins three years later as the new couple, with their respective children, leave for a relaxing vacation at Martin's parents' house. Once there, their rest is constantly interrupted by family, friends and exes. |
| Vive la coloย ! | (lit. Long live the colonyย !) | 2012โ2013 | France | French | Thirty-five-year-old Morgane has just broken up with her significant other and her father has been hospitalized. She goes to fill in for her father as director of a summer camp for 10- to 14-year-olds. |
Comedy-drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clash[5] | N/A | 2012 | France | French | Six episodes of 52 minutes length following a group of adolescent friends. Each episode focuses on a different member of the group and examines their relationship with their parents and family. |
| Hard | N/A | 2008โpresent | France | French | Retired lawyer, Sophie's spouse dies and she discovers that instead of running a successful software company, he actually ran a pornographic film company, which she has now inherited. |
| Une famille formidable | A Wonderful Family | 1992โpresent | France | French | Follows the lives of the Beaumont family. |
| Victoire Bonnot[6] | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 2010โ2012 | France | French |
Satire
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bรฉbรชte Show | 1982โ1995 | France | French | ||
| Les Guignols de l'info | (lit. The Puppets of info) | 1988โ2018 | France | French | Satirical news show with puppets. |
| Cโest Canteloup | 2011โ2025 | France | French | Satirical news commentary |
Shortcom
editShortcom or programme court is a television program genre that is between sketch comedy and sitcom. Shortcom episodes typically range in length from one to seven minutes, though many shortcom series do include longer episodes. Un gars, une fille, based on the French-language Canadian series of the same name, began in 1999 and was the first shortcom series that was not a sequence in another series to air in France.
| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 jeunes, 1 voiture | (lit. 4 young people, 1 car) | 2013โ2015 | France | French | Djamel, Stรฉphanie, Patrick and Samuel are four young people who encounter comical situations while driving around together in the same car and taking turns at the wheel. |
| bref. | (lit. brief) The word is used in this case to mean something like, in brief, in short or anyway. | 2011โ2012 | France | French | Episodes that are less than two minutes long follow an unnamed young man in his, often failed, attempts to better his love/sex life, career, housing situation, etc. Originally aired as a segment of Le Grand Journal series. |
| Camรฉra Cafรฉ | (lit. Coffee Camera) | 2001โ2004 | France | French | Series consisting of seven-minute episodes taking place in an office lunch room. All action is shot from the point of view of the coffee machine. |
| Kaamelott | N/A (Intentional misspelling of Camelot, which is spelt the same in both French and English.) | 2004โ2009 | France | French | Medieval fantasy, comedy about the legendary King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail. The episodes range in duration from three and a half minutes to forty-four minutes, getting longer as the series progresses. |
| nos chers voisins | (lit. our dear neighbours) | 2012โ2017 | France | French | Families with children, single people, partying roommates, old people... The life and neighbourhood relations of the inhabitants of a building located at 28, rue de la Source, who meet on the landing, in the hall, the courtyard or in the elevator. . |
| Objectif: Nul | (lit. Objective: None) | 1987 | France | French | With absolutely no mission to complete, Capitaine Lamar and his crew roam the cosmos in their spaceship, Libรฉrator (lit. Liberator). Objectif: Nul is a spoof of popular sci-fi multimedia that was originally a segment of the series Nulle Part Ailleurs. |
| Pep's - Parents - Eleves - Profs. | (lit: Pep's - parents - students - teachers) | 2013โ2015 | France | French | Whether you work there as a teacher, study there or drop off your children every morning, the school leaves no one indifferent. Depressive teachers, stressed parents and daydreamer students, Pep's plunges us into the daily life of this infernal triangle. In front of the gate, in the cafeteria, in the hallways or in the classrooms, relationships are intertwined for better and often for worse. . |
| Samantha oups! | (lit. Samantha oops!) | 2004โ2007 | France | French | The daily lives of two young women, Samantha Lo and Chantal Matieu, played by two young male actors, David Strajmayster and Guillaume Carcaud. |
| Soda | (Anagram for Ados, lit. Teens or Teenagers.) | 2011โpresent | France | French | Adam is a carefree teenager who spends most of his time having fun with his two friends and being bothered by his little sister. |
| Sophie et Sophie[7] | (lit. Sophie and Sophie) | 2012โ2013 | France | French | A spin-off of the 2012โpresent series, WorkinGirls, which is a French adaptation of the 2008โpresent Dutch series, Toren C. Sophie and Sophie are a pair of lazy receptionists who work in the same office and always wear matching uniforms. They are rude to the clients and constantly critical of their coworkers. |
Sitcom
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blague ร Part[8] | (lit. Joke Aside), meaning all kidding aside.[9] | 1998โ2003 | France | French | A series depicting the daily lives of psychiatrist Isabelle and comedian Nicolas, a married couple and their friends. |
| H | N/A | 1998โ2002 | France | French | A surrealistic comedy series about the daily lives of the wacky staff and interns at a hospital in a Paris suburb. |
| Hรฉlรจne et les garรงons | (lit. Hรฉlรจne and the Boys) | 1992โ1994 | France | French | Hรฉlรจne et les Garรงons is a spin-off of Premiers Baisers. The romantic adventures begin when college student Hรฉlรจne Girard, played by French singer Hรฉlรจne Rollรจs, and her roommates Cathy and Johanna meet three male college roommates. |
| Jamais deux sans toi...t | (lit. Never two without you/roof) | 1996โ1997 | France | French | Thomas Dubreuil inherits an apartment in Paris from his recently deceased father. When he goes to move in, he finds Valentine Lรฉger, a young woman who is already living there. It turns out that his father co-owned the apartment with his secret lover and that Valentine is her daughter, from a previous relationship. As co-inheritor, Valentine refuses to sell Thomas her half and they agree to live together in the apartment. |
| La Croisiรจre foll'amour[10] | (lit. The crazy love Cruise) The ship's name is Foll'amour (lit. Crazy Love). | 1995โ1997 | France | French | The sequel to Salut les Musclรฉs. Now the musical band, Les Musclรฉs, and their friends have moved out of their apartment and are running cruises on their new ship, Foll'amour. They are joined by Estrella, the sister of their extraterrestrial friend, Hilguegue. She has come to earth to learn about humans. Their romantic adventures continue. |
| La Famille Guรฉrin | (lit. The Guรฉrin Family) | 2002 | France | French | In the Guรฉrin family, Ludivine is the only reasonable one. Her brother Stanislas is obsessed with money, her mother is self-obsessed and her father hasn't a clue what is going on. |
| Le miracle de l'amour[11] | (lit. The miracle of love) | 1995โ1996 | France | French | First sequel series to Hรฉlรจne et les Garรงons. |
| Les annรฉes bleues[12] | (lit. The blue years) | 1998 | France | French | Sequel to Les annรฉes fac, which is itself a sequel to Premiers Baisers. The love stories, friendships and daily lives of Justine Girard's friends continue but without Justine. |
| Les annรฉes fac[13] | (lit. The college years) | 1995โ1998 | France | French | First sequel to Premiers Baisers. Continues the story of Justine Girard, played by Camille Raymond, and her friends, now college aged, in their friendships, romances and daily lives. Followed by Les annรฉes bleues. |
| Les Filles d'ร cรดtรฉ[14] | (lit. The Girls next door) | 1993โ1995 | France | French | Claire, Fanny and Magalie leave their husbands and they and their children move into one apartment together. The three of them develop an attraction for their new neighbor, Daniel, an American fashion photographer. He is already engaged and not at all interested. However, Marc, his live-in guest, is immediately attracted to the three of them and is continually hatching plans to seduce them. |
| Les mystรจres de l'amour | Love in Paris (lit. The mysteries of love) | 2011โpresent | France | French | The romances continue in this third sequel series derived from Hรฉlรจne et les Garรงons. |
| Les Nouvelles Filles d'ร cรดtรฉ[15] | (lit. The New Girls next door) | 1995โ1996 | France | French | Sequel to Les Filles d'ร cรดtรฉ. Claire is in the same apartment but now lives with her sister Karen and her friend Sabine. Marc is still living in Daniel's apartment but Daniel is no longer there. Marc is now obsessed with Adeline. She just moved into the building with Gรฉrard, who works at a gym. |
| Les vacances de l'amour | (lit. The holidays of love) | 1996โ2007 | France | French | Second sequel series of Hรฉlรจne et les Garรงons. |
| Mes pires potes[16] | (lit. My worst buddies) | 2000โ2001 | France | French | Simon inherited a house in a Parisian suburb and now lives there with his three friends who crash his car, use his money to buy bad sculptures, have many sexual partners over and so on. |
| Premiers Baisers[17] | (lit. First Kisses) | 1991โ1995 | France | French | This story follows the romantic adventures of sixteen-year-old Justine Girard, played by Camille Raymond, and her friends. Also the character of Hรฉlรจne Girard, Justine's older sister and the main character of Hรฉlรจne et les garรงons and its sequels is first introduced in Premiers Baisers. |
| Salut les Musclรฉs[18] | (lit. Hello the Muscular Ones) Les Musclรฉs, which means The Muscular Ones, is the name of a fictional musical band. | 1989โ1994 | France | French | The lives and loves of Minet, รric, Rรฉmy, Framboisier and Renรฉ who are the musical band, Les Musclรฉs. They live together with their friend from the planet Vega, Hilguegue, played by Babsie Steger. The series spawned the sequel, La Croisiรจre foll'amour. Framboisier's niece, Justine, is the main character of Premiers Baisers and Les annรฉes fac. Justine's friends' stories continue in Les annรฉes bleues. Justine's older sister, Hรฉlรจne, is the main character of Hรฉlรจne et les garรงons and its three sequels. |
Sketch comedy
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV des รฉmissions | 2005โ2012 | France | French | Also known as Le Service aprรจs-vente des รฉmissions. Each episode is approximately two minutes, fifteen seconds long. | |
| Vous les femmes | WOMEN! (lit. You the women) | 2007โ2011 | France | French | A series written by and starring Judith Siboni and Olivia Cรดte. The two play various women from all walks of life in ordinary circumstances that often turn absurd. |
Crime
editCrime drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsรจne Lupin | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 1971โ1974 | France Canada Netherlands Switzerland Italy Germany Austria |
French | Loosely based on the novels by Maurice Leblanc, Arsรจne Lupin is a gentleman thief and master of disguise. |
| Les Beaux Mecs[19] | Tony's Revenge (lit. The Handsome Guys) French title refers to gangsters and means something like The Wise Guys. | 2011 | France | French | Old school gangster, Tony Roucas, shares a tiny prison cell with street hoodlum, Kenz, with whom he has next to nothing in common. When Kenz breaks out he tags along. Betrayed by his old gang, Tony is forced to stay with Kenz. He is appalled yet intrigued by the young crook's cavalier criminal methods as compared to the codes and meticulous planning of his era. Throughout the series, Tony's past is revealed in flashbacks of the 1950s to 1980s. |
| Mafiosa | The title is the Italian word for a female mafia member. see: mafiosa | 2006โ2014 | France | French Italian Corsican |
After her uncle is assassinated, thirty year-old Sandra Paoli inherits his position as the leader of a powerful mafia clan. |
| Le transporteur - la sรฉrie | Transporter: The Series | 2012โpresent | France Canada Germany United States |
English | Based on the Transporter film series. Frank Martin is a freelancer who will deliver anything to anywhere in Europe for the right price, no questions asked, so long as his three rules are followed. These are that no names are exchanged, the deal never changes and that the package is not opened en route. However, he has a habit of breaking these rules himself. |
Legal drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Nevers: Le juge est une Femme[20] | The Judge Is a Woman | 1993โpresent | France | French | The investigations of the titular character who is a juge d'instruction (examining magistrate). The 1993 pilot episode's title was Le juge est une femme (The judge is a woman). For the first seven seasons (1994โ2002), the show was named Florence Larrieu, le juge est une femme after the main character Florence Larrieu, played by Florence Pernel. In 2002, when Pernel left the series, the name changed to match that of the new lead character, Alice Nevers, played by Marine Delterme. |
Mystery
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie | (lit.Agatha Christie's Little Murders) | 2009โpresent | France Switzerland |
French | French adaptations of some of Agatha Christie's mysteries. |
Police comedy-drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| รlodie Bradford | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 2004โ2007 | France | French | Follows the adventures of a police lieutenant, รlodie Bradford. |
| Les Bleus: premiers pas dans la police | (lit. The Rookies: first steps in the police) | 2006โ2010 | France | French | A group of young police officers participate in their first investigations ranging from dog napping to murder. In addition to these challenges Laura suspects that the Commissaire is her father, Lyรจs tries to keep his siblings in line, Kรฉvin has nowhere to live, Nadia is having an affair with the boss and Alex's friends are all petty criminals. Mostly humorous, but sometimes tragic, as when Laura's refusal to believe a victim ends in suicide. The show is popular for the same-sex romance between Kรฉvin and Capitaine Yann Berthier. |
| Marie Pervenche[21] | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 1984โ1991 | France Switzerland |
French | While working at a Paris Commissariat, Marie Lorieux grows tired of her limited assignment of handing out parking tickets. She begins to conduct her own investigations into the city's crimes. |
Police drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigone 34[22] | N/A (The title is the name of the police district where the story takes place.) | 2012 | France | French | Set in Antigone, an area in the city of Montpellier. Police detective Lรฉa Hippolyte solves crimes with the help of her two unconventional friends, psychologist Hรฉlรจne de Soyรจre and doctor Victor Carlier. |
| Braquo | Slang for Braquage (armed robbery). | 2009โ2016 | France | French | Max Rossi of the SDPJ of Hauts-de-Seine (a branch of the criminal investigation division of the Police Nationale) commits suicide after being wrongfully accused of criminal negligence. Devastated by the loss of their superior, Eddy, Walter, Roxane and Thรฉo vow to do whatever it takes to right this wrong, even if they must step outside of the law to do it. |
| Les Brigades du Tigre | The Tiger Brigades | 1974โ1983 | France | French | Period police series set in the early twentieth century, following cases investigated by one of the mobile police units set up by Georges Clemenceau (the โTigerโ). |
| Candice Renoir[23] | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 2013โpresent | France | French | After a decade spent raising her four children, Commandant Candice Renoir returns to the police force.[24] |
| Cherif | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 2013โ2019 | France | French | Dedicated police officer Capitaine Kader Cherif lives across the street from the police station. He and partner Capitaine Adeline Briard, both from the Brigade criminelle in Lyon, solve crimes using effective yet unusual methods. |
| Commissaire Cordier[25] | (lit. Commissioner Cordier), though the position is not actually identical. See: Commissaire de police |
2005โ2008 | France | French | After his promotion to Commissaire Principal, Pierre Cordier continues his fight against crime without the aid of his children, who have both left home. This is a spin-off of the series Les Cordiers: Juge et Flic, which followed Pierre Cordier's adventures with his daughter and son who are an investigative journalist and an examining magistrate. |
| Commissaire Moulin | (lit. Commissioner Moulin), though the position is not actually identical. See: Commissaire de police |
1976โ1982 and 1989โ2008 | France | French | A long running police series following the adventures of Jean-Paul Moulin, a lighthearted police commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes. |
| Dolmen | N/A (see: Dolmen) | 2005 | France | French | A young police officer, Marie Kermeur, returns to the island she was born on to marry her childhood sweetheart, Christian. Once there, she is again haunted by nightmares she had as a child. Her brother, Gildas, is found dead at the bottom of a cliff and the menhirs outside of town begin to bleed. A series of murders follows. Marie decides to investigate with the help of the local police inspector. |
| Julie Lescaut | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 1992โ2014 | France | French | A twenty-two season series about the adventures of Commissaire Julie Lescaut. Commissaire Lescaut (played by Vรฉronique Genest) is the single mother of two girls, Sarah and รlisabeth ("Babou"), and runs a Commissariat de Police staffed with about thirty officers, who are under her command. |
| Les Tรฉmoins | Witnesses | 2014 | France Belgium |
French | Bodies of murder victims are pulled from graves, and the former police chief is implicated. |
| Navarro[26] | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 1989โ2006 | France Switzerland |
French | Antoine Navarro, a single father, raises his daughter (Yolande) and works as a Parisian Commissaire de Police. |
| Nox (mini-series) | 2018 | France | French | A mass murderer/s is hiding bodies in the catacombs beneath Paris.[27] | |
| P.J.[28] | C.I.D. Not to be confused with C.I.D., the 1998โpresent Indian police drama series. |
1997โ2009 | France | French | A window into the daily lives of the officers of a Paris Commissariat de Police. P.J. is also known in France as P.J.: Police judiciaire (lit. P.J.: judicial Police). |
| Profilage[29] | (lit. Profiling) | 2009โ2020 | France | French | Created by Sophie Lebarbier and Fanny Robert. Criminal psychologist, Chloรฉ Saint-Laurent, puts herself in the shoes of victims and criminals alike to assist the police in solving crimes. |
| Section de Recherches[30] | (lit. Research Section) | 2006โpresent | France | French | The Section de recherches (SR) is a research unit of the Gendarmerie nationale. They regularly handle difficult cases such as disappearances, child abductions and sex crimes and are empowered to extend their investigations beyond French borders. |
| Trois femmes flics[31] | (lit. Three women cops) | 2005 | France | French | Three friends and roommates (Lisa, Manu and Justine) begin their careers in the police. |
| Une femme d'honneur[32] | (lit. A woman of honor) | 1996โ2008 | France | French | Isabelle Florent, an adjudant-chef in France's Gendarmerie nationale, directs criminal investigations while raising her son. |
Police-legal drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engrenages | Spiral (lit. Gears) |
2005โpresent | France | French | Most seasons begin with a gruesomely realistic corpse or two being found. Then Capitaine Laure Berthaud aggressively investigates these crimes along with Lieutenants "Gilou" and "Tintin" and the rest of her team. Meanwhile, at the Palais de Justice, Franรงois Roban a juge d'instruction (examining magistrate) and Pierre Clรฉment a substitut du procureur (assistant prosecutor) deal with other crimes and corrupt politics in the community. Often on the other side of the law, Josรฉphine Karlsson, a young lawyer, will defend anyone and resort to anything in an effort to become wealthy and powerful. |
| Femmes de loi[33] | (lit. Women of law) | 2000โ2009 | France | French | Elisabeth Brochรจne, a substitut du procureur (assistant prosecutor), and police Lieutenant Marie Balaguรจre team up to solve criminal cases. |
| Les Cordiers: Juge et Flic[34] | (lit. The Cordiers: Judge and Cop) | 1992โ2005 | France | French | Depicts the crime fighting adventures of the Cordier family. Pierre Cordier is a police commissaire in Nanterre, a region of Paris. His son, Bruno, is a juge d'instruction (examining magistrate) and his daughter, Myriam, is an investigative journalist. This series is followed by a spin-off, Commissaire Cordier, which continues Commissaire Pierre Cordier's career after both his children have left. |
Spy
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bureau des Lรฉgendes | The Bureau (TV series) | 2015โ2020 | France | French | In the heart of the DGSE, a department called the โBureau des lรฉgendesโ (โcover story officeโ) runs a network of clandestine agents abroad. One of their number, Guillaume Debailly, alias Paul Lefebvre, alias Malotru, returns from a mission unable to shake off his emotional commitments, creating difficulties for his department and tensions with the CIA. |
| Lรฉa Parker[35] | Lea Parker | 2004โ2006 | France | French | Lรฉa Parker is an elite agent for the D.O.S. (Division des Opรฉrations Spรฉciales, lit. Division of Special Operations), a secret section of the Police Nationale. However, this life and its adventures are kept hidden from her friends and family, all of whom believe her to be a simple police archivist. |
| No Limit | N/A | 2012โpresent | France | French |
Documentary series
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des racines et des ailes | (lit. roots and wings) | 1997โpresent | France | French | Series that explores cultures and periods of history in France and other countries. |
| รchappรฉes Belles[36] | (lit. Beautiful Escapes) | 2006โpresent | France | French | Each week the host tours a country or region, focusing on the sites and interacting with local inhabitants. Near the end of the program there is a short segment that is part of the monthly voyage, entitled Les Routes mythiques (lit. mythic routes). |
| Enquรชtes Extraordinaires[37] | (lit. Extraordinary Investigations) | 2010- | France | French | An investigative program that conducts scientific examinations of unexplained phenomena and experiences. |
| Faut pas rรชver[38] | (lit. Mustn't dream) | 1990โpresent | France | French | A series that takes its audience around the world. Each episode concentrates on a different country, often leaving the beaten track, to take an in-depth look into persons, lifestyles, cultures or occupations. |
| L'Abรฉcรฉdaire de Gilles Deleuze | (lit. The ABCs of Gilles Deleuze) | 1996 | France | French | French philosopher Gilles Deleuze converses with journalist, friend and former student, Claire Parnet, on twenty-five themes in alphabetical order. |
| Le Grand Tour[39][40] | (lit. The Grand Tour) See: Grand Tour |
2012โ2014 | France | French | Producer and host, Patrick de Carolis, presents a worldwide cultural and historical exploration. Most episodes cross two or more countries to study the effect that a product, trade or ethnic group from the past has had on global culture. A recurring theme throughout the series is the influence of France on the world and vice versa. |
| Thalassa | Named for Thalassa, Greek primordial personification of the sea whose name means "Sea". | 1975โpresent | France | French | Thalassa focuses on the sea from an ecological, geographical, sporting, transportation and historical point of view. |
| Ushuaรฏa Nature[41] | 1998โpresent | France | French |
Drama
editDrama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 x Manon[42] | Three Times Manon | 2014 | France | French | Fifteen-year-old Manon is sent to a rehabilitation center after stabbing her mother. She has six months to prove herself. Also known as Trois fois Manon. |
| Clem | N/A (Title is main character's name) | 2010โpresent | France | French | Clรฉmentine (Clem), a sixteen-year-old girl, discovers she is fourteen weeks pregnant. It being too late for her to choose, she must carry her son to term. |
| Un village franรงais | (lit. A French village) | 2009โpresent | France | French | During World War II, German forces invade and occupy Villeneuve (lit. New town), a fictional French village on the French-Swiss border. Residents try to cope under the new regime. |
| Marseille | N/A (named after the French city Marseille) | 2016โpresent | France | French | After 20 years as mayor of Marseille, Robert Taro (Depardieu) enters into a war of succession with his former protรฉgรฉ turned rival Lucas Barres (Benoรฎt Magimel).[6][7] Both men are members of the "UPM" party, based on the centre-right UMP (Union for a Popular Movement). |
Historical drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borgia | N/A | 2011โ2014 | France Germany Czech Republic |
English | |
| Napolรฉon | Napoleon | 2002 | France Canada |
French | A historical miniseries based on the four-part biography of Napolรฉon Bonaparte written by French writer-historian-politician, Max Gallo. |
Medical drama
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabien Cosma[43] | N/A (Title is main character's name.) | 2001โ2007 | France | French | Medical series starring Louis-Karim Nรฉbati, named after the main character, Dr. Fabien Cosma. |
Soap opera
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus belle la vie | (lit. "more beautiful life") | 2004โpresent | France | French | Popular show that plays five days a week. It already has over four thousand episodes and five million regular viewers. |
| Sous le soleil | (lit. Under the sun) | 1996โ2008 | France | French | |
| Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez | (lit. Under the Saint-Tropez sun) | 2013โ2014 | France | French | |
| Demain nous appartient | (lit. "Tomorrow belongs to us") | 2017โpresent | France | French | Popular show that plays five days a week. It already has over eight hundred episodes and three million regular viewers. |
Erotic/adult
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sรฉrie Rose | Softly from Paris (lit. Pink Series) |
1986โ1991 | France | French | An anthology series where each episode features an author. |
| X Femmes | (lit. X Women) | 2008โ2009 | France | French | A series of erotic short films made by female directors on the topic of sex/love. |
Game show
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avec ou Sans Joker | (lit. With or without joker) | ||||
| Des chiffres et des lettres | (lit. numbers and letters) | 1965โpresent | France | French | Originally titled Le Mot le plus long (lit. the longest word). Contestants formed words from seven random letters. The longest words received the most points. Off air from 1970 to 1972, the series returned under the current title. Since then it has been in two segments. The first was still the original word game, Le Mot le plus long. In the new segment, Le compte est bon (lit. the total is right), players were given a set of random numbers to add, subtract, divide or multiply to reach a predecided total. Since 2010 the number of letters drawn to form words has increased to ten.
Spawned the 1982โpresent British adaptation, Countdown, as well as other international versions. |
| Fort Boyard | N/A (named after the real Fortress in France) | 1990โpresent | France | French | The original version of the now international show. It has been remade by many countries, usually under the same title or one that is similar. |
| Le 4รจme duel | (lit. The fourth duel) | 2008โpresent | France | French | |
| Motus | |||||
| Pรฉkin Express | (lit. Peking Express) | ||||
| Qui chante le plus justeย ?[44] | (lit. Who sings the most correctly) | 2013โpresent | France | French | A karaoke style singing competition that the entire studio audience, about one hundred people, takes part in. The only judge, a computer named SAM aka systรจme analytique de musique (lit. music analytic system), awards points based on who can sing the right notes. In the end there is a showdown between the last two competitors. Finalists win prizes such as mini-PCs and ski trips depending on how many points they accumulate. |
| Tout le monde aime la France | (lit. Everyone loves France) | 2012โ2013 | France | French | |
| Tout le monde veut prendre sa place | (lit. Everyone wants to take their place) | 2006โpresent | France | French |
News
edit| Original Title in France | English Title (or Literal Meaning) |
Year | Country of Origin | Original Language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/13[45] | N/A | 1990โpresent | France | French | A midday news report that lasts 50 minutes and plays all seven days of the week on France 3. Past names include 12H45 and 12/14. |
| 19/20[46] | N/A | 1986โpresent | France | French | A France 3 program that begins at 7:25ย p.m. and lasts thirty minutes on weeknights and twenty-five minutes on Saturday and Sunday nights. 19/20 covers national, European and international news stories. |
| 66 minutes[47] | N/A | 2006โpresent | France | French | A Sunday night general news program, made by M6, that has a run-time of 66 minutes. |
| 90' Enquรชtes | |||||
| Appels d'urgence | |||||
| Au cลur de l'enquรชte | |||||
| Au cลur du crime | |||||
| C'est un mondeย ![48] | (lit. It's a world!) | 2014โpresent | France | French | A half-hour sequence of the daily news show, Tรฉlรฉmatin. |
| Capital | |||||
| Complรฉment d'enquรชte | |||||
| En quรชte d'actualitรฉ | 2012โpresent | France | French | A ninety-minute news series on France's channel D8. Originally a bi-weekly program alternating with En quรชte de solutions. As of September, 2013 En quรชte d'actualitรฉ airs weekly. | |
| En quรชte de solutions | |||||
| Encore plus d'action | (lit. Even more action) | ||||
| Enquรชte d'action | |||||
| Enquรชte exclusive | (lit. Exclusive investigation) | ||||
| Enquรชtes criminellesย : le magazine des faits divers | |||||
| Enquรชtes et rรฉvรฉlations | |||||
| Envoyรฉ spรฉcial | |||||
| Expression directe[49] | (lit. direct expression) | 1975โpresent | France | French | Government funded radio and television broadcasts by political parties, unions and professional organizations designed to create a direct dialogue between these groups and French citizens. |
| Faites entrer l'accusรฉ | |||||
| Harry Roselmack en immersion | |||||
| Journal de 13 heures or 13 heures |
1981โpresent | France | French | ||
| Journal de 20 heures or 20 heures |
1975โpresent | France | French | ||
| Kiosque | |||||
| Le Journal tรฉlรฉvisรฉ | |||||
| Parole Directe | (lit. Direct Speech) | ||||
| Piรจces ร Conviction | 2000โpresent | France | French | ||
| Point route[50] | 1993โpresent | France | French | A Monday to Friday, 3โ5 minute bulletin on road conditions, reported in real time. It is a segment of the daily news show, Tรฉlรฉmatin. | |
| Reportages | |||||
| Sept ร huit | (lit. Seven to eight) | ||||
| Suspect nยฐ 1 | |||||
| Tรฉlรฉmatin | (lit. Tele-morning) | 1985โpresent | France | French | A daily show that is similar in style to The Today Show. Includes segments on news, weather, culture, traffic conditions, etc. |
| Zone Interdite | (lit. Forbidden Zone) | 1993โpresent | France | French |
Reality show
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allo Nabilla | (lit. Hello Nabilla) | ||||
| L'รcole des fans | 1976โpresent | France | French | ||
| L'รle des vรฉritรฉs | (lit. Island of truths) | 2011โ2014 | France | French | |
| La Maison du bluff | (lit. The House of bluff) | 2010โpresent | France | French | A reality show about poker that is sponsored by the online poker room, PokerStars. |
| Les Anges (Previously: Les Anges de la tรฉlรฉ-rรฉalitรฉ) |
(lit. The Angels or The Angels of reality tv) | 2011โpresent | France | French | Former French reality show stars live together in a large villa in a foreign country. They attempt to break into their chosen field in the entertainment industry with the help of celebrity sponsors. |
| Les Ch'tis[51] | (lit. The Ch'tis) Ch'tis are people who speak "Ch'ti", the Picard language. | 2011โpresent | France | French | Follows nine to ten candidates from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France and from Belgium as they travel to a different country in each season. There are no challenges or eliminations. The focus is on the culture shock exhibited by the participants. |
| Les Marseillais[52] | (lit. The people of Marseille) | 2012โpresent | France | French | Based on Les Ch'tis but with candidates from the French region of Marseille. |
| Qui sera le prochain grand pรขtissierย ?[53] | (lit. Who will be the next great pastry chef?) | 2013โpresent | France | French | |
| Qui veut รฉpouser mon filsย ?[54] | (lit. Who wants to marry my son) | 2010โpresent | France | French | A handful of mothers try to find wives for their adult sons, who still live with them. Similar to the 2012โ2013 Australian series, Please Marry My Boy. |
| Une semaine pour faire la fรชte | (lit. One week to party) |
Religious
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Jour du Seigneur[55] | (lit. The Lord's Day) | 1949โpresent | France | French | The oldest French television series that is still running. Since 1949, it has aired every Sunday morning for an hour and a half. The program airs Catholic religious ceremonies, interviews and testimonials. |
Speculative fiction
editHorror
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Revenants | The Returned | 2012โpresent | France | French | Long dead citizens of a small town return and try to pick up where they left off with their living friends and relatives. Based on the 2004 French film, Les Revenants. |
Science fiction
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Lyoko: Evolution | N/A | 2013 | France | French | A year after the events of Code Lyoko, Jeremie and his friends are again forced from their regular lives as X.A.N.A., inadvertently released by a mad scientist, returns to threaten humanity once more. |
| รternelle | (lit. Eternal) | 2009 | France | French | |
| Mystรจre | Lost Signs | 2007 | France Belgium Switzerland |
French | A mini-series about alien abductions. |
| Mรฉtal Hurlant Chronicles | (lit. Howling Metal Chronicles) | 2012โpresent | France Belgium |
French, English | An anthology series where every episode takes place on a different planet and with a completely new cast of characters. The only thing linking the stories is a comet named Mรฉtal Hurlant that passes by each planet. Based on the ongoing French comic book series, Mรฉtal hurlant, created in 1974 by Jean Giraud, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Pierre Dionnet and Bernard Farkas. |
Superhero
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero Corp | N/A | 2008โpresent | France | French | A comedic superhero series. |
Supernatural
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josรฉphine Ange Gardien | (lit. Josรฉphine Guardian Angel) | 1997โpresent | France Belgium Switzerland |
French | For the first season known as Josรฉphine, profession ange gardien (lit. Josรฉphine, profession guardian angel). A comedy-drama about a guardian angel who solves people's problems with her insight and magical powers. |
| Une Fille D'Enfer[56] | (lit. A Girl from Hell) | 2004โ2005 | France | French | A demon in the form of a young girl tries to trick a teenage boy into selling his soul. |
Talk show
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostrophes | 1975โ1990 | France | French | Discussions on literature with one or more well-known authors per episode. | |
| Bienvenue chez Cauet | |||||
| Bouillon de culture | (lit. culture bouillon or culture broth) | 1991โ2001 | France | French | Created by Bernard Pivot as a replacement for his earlier show, Apostrophes. Like its predecessor, Bouillon de culture consists mainly of literary discussions but also covers many other cultural topics. |
| C ร vous | |||||
| Ce soir avec Arthur | (lit. This evening with Arthur) | 2010โ2013 | France | French | Also known as Vendredi, tout est permis avec Arthur and Ce soir tout est permis avec Arthur. |
| Courbet sans aucun doute | |||||
| Jusqu'ici tout va bien | |||||
| Le Grand 8 | |||||
| Le Grand Journal | 2004โpresent | France | French | Previously named Le Grand Journal de Canal+. | |
| Le Petit Journal | |||||
| Les Feux de la Rampe[57] | 2001โ2003 | France | French | Bernard Rapp interviews famous actors from French theater and cinema, one on one. | |
| On n'est pas couchรฉ | |||||
| Touche pas ร mon posteย ! | |||||
| Tout le monde en a parlรฉ | |||||
| Zemmour et Naulleau |
Variety show
edit| Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le plus grand cabaret du monde | (lit. The biggest cabaret in the world) | 1998โpresent | France | French |
French adaptations of television series from other countries
editSee also
edit- Cinema of France
- Culture of France
- List of French animated television series
- List of French-language Canadian television series
- List of French-language films
- Lists of French films
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