Once upon a time...
, a popular scientific and historical series popular with children since 1978, is getting a facelift with a new wave of episodes devoted to "funny objects", 15 years after the death of the creator of the famous Maestro.
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The old wise man with the long white beard, who took young viewers on a journey through time, space or the human body, returned to service on Monday on France 4. He will be present every evening except Saturday, in two episodes unpublished, already available on Okoo, the France Télévisions youth platform.
Chocolate bar, football, toilet or satellite...
Once upon a time... these funny objects
reveal
"the exciting stories hidden behind everyday objects, to learn while having fun"
, summarizes the public audiovisual group in a press release.
“The opportunity to cross different fields of knowledge and discover how they have played a role in the history of humanity and shaped the world in which we live”
, thanks to content validated by a scientific committee, adds France Télévisions .
Deprived of Roger Carel, interpreter of Maestro who died in 2020, the new series of 78 seven-minute episodes is co-produced by Procidis, a company managed by Hélène Barillé, the widow of Albert Barillé, creator of the saga who died in 2009. Pioneer of the animation series, Albert Barillé launched
Once upon a time... l'Homme
in 1978 , the first of its edutainment genre, which retraced the history of humanity.
Translated into 80 languages and broadcast in more than 100 countries, the series, broadcast on FR3, was a great success and was declined in other themes, to the music of Michel Legrand, including
L'Espace
(1982),
La vie
(1982 ). 1986),
The Americas
(1991) or
Our land
(2008).