The appointment is given.
Conductor since 2014 of the program
"Les Grosses Têtes"
on RTL - every day from Monday to Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. -
Laurent Ruquier
announces great news this April 9 on his professional future.
“I can tell you that I have just resigned for four years.
If all goes well, I will therefore go until the 50th anniversary of the
“
Big Heads
”
, in 2027
, ”says the television and radio man to the
Sunday newspaper
.
"
It's a great mark of confidence from the station"
, welcomes the 60-year-old host.
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And this contract extension does not involve major changes to the structure of the show.
Starting with the length of the program.
“
We have already increased its duration to two and a half hours, we will not go beyond.
It's a big preparation.
The famous questions, I do them myself, without an author, every morning from 6 a.m. from the press or encyclopedias
, ”says Laurent Ruquier.
Maintaining it at the presentation implies more of a return to the basics.
"
What makes the success is that I returned to the fundamentals of the show as Bouvard had created it: culture, gibbering and improvisation.
Without touching the bottom, we make adjustments from time to time with new sequences such as fake news, born during confinement, or the mystery guest, which we will undoubtedly abandon.
“I am certain that Édouard Baer would be a masterful Big Head”
Laurent Ruquier
And if some formulas do not last over time, other elements seem essential.
"The evolution is made by the presence of new Big Heads each year, such as the arrival of Christophe Barbier, Paul El Kharrat, Rachel Khan, Sébastien Thoen, Jérémy Ferrari or the return of Roselyne Bachelot", explains
Laurent
Ruquier
.
He also tells the magazine that he already has new names in his sights.
“I would also like to bring Muriel Robin back and welcome an Edouard Baer.
I am sure he would be a masterful Big Head, on the level of Jean Yanne and Pierre Bénichou.
