If you think back to your past summers, what memories come to mind? A delicious ice cream eaten in front of a sunset? The satisfaction of a perfect tan? In 20 minutes, we love lemon sorbets and tanned complexions, but what we love even more is television and all the good times that go with it.
During the summer, there is no doubt that you have turned on your station, whether it is to follow the Tour de France and the Olympics if it is your hobby, or to relax in front of one of the cult programs that the TV offers us every season.
The success of Harvest Wind and Company
For this first episode ofA summer in front of the TV, let’s jump back in time to thirty years. In 1988, TF1 launched the fashion for summer sagas with The harvest wind, his series carried by Annie Girardot and Jacques Dufilho. The two actors do not know it yet, but thanks to them, the small screen will offer a soap opera using the same codes every year, while the French are on vacation.
After the success of Harvest Wind, other fictions manage to become just as cult: Burnt Hearts, Helene’s eyes, Indigo earth… But that is nothing compared to the impact of Zodiac and of Dolmen, broadcast in 2004 and 2005 by TF1. Are you ready for a whiff of nostalgia? It happens on video in the first issue ofA summer in front of the TV.