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French television Television in France was introduced in 1931, Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, when the first experimental broadcasts began. Colour television was introduced in October 1967 on France 2, La Deuxième Chaîne. Digital terre ...

related events from 1980.

Events

*23 March -

Profil Profil may refer to: *La Mouette Profil, a French hang glider design *Profil (band), a French musical group *''Profil (literary magazine)'', a Norwegian literary magazine *''profil (magazine)'', an Austrian news magazine * ''Profil (Russian magaz ...

are selected to represent France at the

1980 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event a ...

with their song "

Hé, hé M'sieurs dames France was represented by five-member group Profil, with the song "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames", at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 April in The Hague. Before Eurovision National final Having chosen their 1979 entry by ...

". They are selected to be the twenty-fourth French Eurovision entry during a national final.

Debuts

*27 February - ''

Julien Fontanes, magistrat ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' is a French police television series. It has been distributed since 1980 on TF1 (France), the show remains active as of 1989. Plot This series features Julien Fontanes, judge by the Ministry of Justice to review ...

'' (1980-1989)

Television shows

1940s

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Le Jour du Seigneur ''Le Jour du Seigneur'' (English: The Day of God) is a France 2 religious programme that presents Christianity, usually broadcasting Catholic mass and services, amongst other things related to religion. It was the first broadcast Vatican Catholi ...

'' (1949–present)

1950s

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Présence protestante ''Présence protestante'' is a France 2 religious programme that presents Protestant Christianity. It has been produced since the 1950s broadcast every Sunday morning since October 9, 1955. History Présence protestante debuted on October 2, 19 ...

'' (1957-)

1960s

*'' Les Dossiers de l'écran'' (1967-1991) *'' Les Animaux du monde'' (1969-1990) *''

Alain Decaux raconte Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

'' (1969-1987) *

Télé-Philatélie ''Télé-Philatélie'', was a 30-minute French television program devoted to philately Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic product ...

1970s

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Aujourd'hui Madame ''Aujourd'hui'' (, ''Today'') was a daily newspaper which styled itself as "independent" and which was created in August 1940 by Henri Jeanson, to replace ''le Canard enchaîné'' under agreement with the Germans. The first issue appeared on ...

'' (1970-1982) *''

30 millions d'amis 30 millions d'amis (English: "30 million friends") is a French television program, a French monthly magazine with its posters, and a French foundation: the Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis. All three focus on pets, especially cats, dogs, horses, ferret ...

'' (1976-2016) *'' Les Jeux de 20 Heures'' (1976-1987) *'' 1, rue Sésame'' (1978-1982)

Ending this year

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Monsieur Cinéma ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respec ...

'' (1967-1980)

Births

*26 April -

Laurent Ournac Laurent Ournac (born 26 April 1980) is a French actor and comedian. Career In 2005, Ournac became famous for playing Laurent Fortin in the French version of the TV Show My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. In 2013 he was one of the contestant during ...

, actor & comedian *5 July -

Lætitia Milot Laetitia may refer to: Mythology and religion * Laetitia (goddess), a minor Roman goddess of gaiety * One of the 16 geomantic figures, primary symbols used in divinatory geomancy Other uses * Laetitia (given name) * 39 Laetitia, an asteroid * ...

, actress & author *25 October -

Laurie Cholewa Laurie Cholewa, (born 25 October 1980) is a French television and radio host. Biography She was born into a family of Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, Cholewa holds a master's degree in Business Law from the Sorbonne. Career After debuti ...

, TV personality