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Envoyé Spécial

1990 · 37 seasons

A sober, curiosity-driven weekly journey into real lives and social issues, asking you to listen and understand rather than be entertained.

Created by
Bernard Benyamin, Paul Nahon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Paul Nahon, Bernard Benyamin, Françoise Joly
Overview
For more than twenty-six years, the show has offered reports abroad, surveys of social phenomena and portraits. Because it is sometimes difficult to understand the life of your neighbor or of everyone you meet in the street, Special Envoy will do it for you: listen, question, understand, investigate.

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Created by
Bernard Benyamin, Paul Nahon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Paul Nahon, Bernard Benyamin, Françoise Joly
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • justice
  • class
  • identity
  • media
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • documentary
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Created by
Bernard Benyamin, Paul Nahon
Starring
Paul Nahon, Bernard Benyamin, Françoise Joly, Élise Lucet, Guilaine Chenu, Lionel Jospin, Jacques Chirac, Laurent Fabius
Length
37 seasons, 221 episodes, 105 min each
Network
France 2
Country
France
Languages
French

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