Television man Christophe Izard died on July 31, at the age of 85. Throughout his career, the author and producer has been the father of many shows and many programs for young people. Artisanal creations, far from the world of Japanese cartoons that will break in the 80s in France. He was director of the youth service at Antenne 2 in the 1980s.
If his name is not necessarily known by all, his programs have marked a whole generation of French people. Of children’s island at Albert the Fifth MusketeerPassing by The village in the cloudsa look back at the works of Christophe Izard who have made children happy in a joyful country.
children’s island
The program was broadcast between 1974 and 1982, on ORTF, FR3, then TF1. The credits, for which he wrote the lyrics (“Here comes the time…”) and the character of Casimir, the friendly orange dinosaur, have remained in the collective imagination until today.
Wednesday visitors
This educational program was broadcast every Wednesday on TF1 between 1975 and 1982. Many presenters from the channel took part in it: Dorothée, Jean-Pierre Pernaut, Michel Chevalet, Nicolas Hulot, etc.
The village in the clouds
This program follows children’s island. It was broadcast on TF1 between 1982 and 1985. We met two families of extraterrestrials called the “Zabars”, who came from a distant planet: Artas.
Albert the Fifth Musketeer
Christophe Izard has also created several animated series, such as Albert the Fifth Musketeer, released in 1994. It tells the story of the fifth musketeer, forgotten by Alexandre Dumas, because “when it comes time for honours, he prefers to breathe the evening air and the scent of flowers. »