Intervilles
Intervilles [ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vil] is a French comedy game show first broadcast in 1962. The show was based on a previous Italian programme. It featured teams representing towns in France competing in a series of games, some of which involved live cows and bulls (referred to as the vachettes). The show was aired from July 17, 1962, on RTF, then on ORTF from 1964 to 1973. After 12 years of absence, it reappeared on July 10, 1985, on FR3, then from July 4, 1986, to September 6, 1999, on TF1 despite allegations of cheating in 1997. France 2 aired the show from July 5, 2004, then France 3 from June 23, 2006, to August 26, 2009.
| Intervilles | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Guy Lux Claude Savarit |
| Presented by | Various |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of series | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 344 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company | Mistral Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTF (1962–1964) ORTF (1964–1973) TF1 (1986–1991, 1995-1999) France 2 (2004–2005, 2013) France 3 (1985, 2006–2009) Gulli (2014–2016) |
| Release | 17 July 1962 – 26 August 2009 |
| Related | |
| Jeux sans frontières It's a Knockout | |
A special programme was broadcast on France 2 on June 29, 2013, to mark the show's 50th anniversary, and an international version was broadcast on Gulli from 2014 to 2016. In 2019, it was announced that the programme would be revived, albeit without including the vachettes.