Nearly fifty years after its creation, France 3 resurrects
“Thalassa”
.
This new edition aims to be resolutely anchored in 2024 by adding, to the traditional sea magazine, a dimension of adventure.
From swimming with tiger sharks to abseiling off a dizzying cliff in Peru, the program led by
Diego Buñuel
offers thrills.
Known to the general public for having presented “Les Nouveaux Explorateurs” on Canal+ or “Animal Instinct” on France 2, the journalist intends to stand out from the “Thalassa” of yesterday, without losing its DNA.
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LE FIGARO. - You are taking over the show created by Georges Pernoud whose incarnation was very strong. Isn’t this legacy a little heavy to bear?
Diego Buñuel.
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I was born in 1975, I grew up with this show.
And everyone I've talked to about it has told me how much they watched the show as kids.
More than a burden, it is a source of excitement to take over a brand that has made so many people travel and discover the sea and oceans.
How do you plan to relaunch this PAF monument?
Georges Pernoud embodied this show so much that it would have been complicated to repeat the brand identically.
That's why we adapted the program to my personality.
We have remained faithful to this sharing of the love of the sea. Always placing the exploration of the marine world at the center of the subject, but with more nature, environment, adventures and a little less sailing and fishing.
“I wanted to be able to take people with me to discover a world that I have known since I was very young”
Diego Buñuel
What pushed you to take on “Thalassa”?
I accepted on the condition that I could explore the wild marine world.
For seventeen years, I covered extensively all of the world's conflict zones as a war reporter.
It makes me feel good to abandon humanity to its madness to find a nature where all species coexist.
I also wanted to bring a “Thalassa” image.
We shoot in Cinema Scope, which allows us to have sublime images.
Concretely, how does this translate for viewers?
I wanted to embody the show on the ground, which was not the case at the time of Georges Pernoud, who launched his subjects on set or from his boat moored on the Seine.
I have been diving since I was a child with my father, so I have seen the changes in the seas over the years.
In the current environment and context, I wanted to be able to take people with me to discover a world that I have known since a young age.
My role will be to highlight these differences.
I will also serve as a Candide to submit questions that people have.
This is what allows us to accompany the viewer in their reflection on the sea and its developments.