Christian Morin (born 2 March 1945) is a French

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and radio presenter, musician (

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) and comedian.

Early life

Christian Morin was born in

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in the department of

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. He graduated at the Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and then became a cartoonist for the newspaper '' Sud-Ouest'' and a graphist for the channel FR3 from 1964 to 1970. After his military service, he moved to Paris in 1971 and became a cartoonist for many newspapers like '' Lui'' and a graphist for many advertisement agencies.

Radio career

In 1972, he met

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, who was the director of the programs for

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. He debuted on the radio station on 9 January 1972 as a game show host. He hosted programs on weekend like ''Hit-Parade'', and became among the most famous presenters of the radio station in the 1980s. After his departure of Europe 1 in 1987, he joined the same year the station RMC where he hosted morning programs until 1992.

Television career

He debuted on television on FR3 in the program ''Altitude 10000'' in 1975 and then in ''Rires et sourires'' in 1978 for two years. In 1980, he presented ''Les Descendants'' on

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and many other programs through the 1980s on the TSR such as ''La Grande Roue'', ''Studio 4'' and ''Trèfle d'or''. He also hosted the second season of the show ''Les Paris de TF1'' on channel TF1 first hosted by

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in 1981 and then ''Histoire d'en rire'' in 1982. He was on 20 February 1986 the presenter who introduced the channel

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with ''Voilà la Cinq''. He presented on the same channel the French version of a successful Italian game show titled ''Cherchez la femme'' with

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. He then joined TF1 in 1987 to host the game show '' La Roue de la fortune'' with Annie Pujol. He also hosted many other successful programs like ''Succès fous'' with

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and

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. The success of ''La Roue de la fortune'' let the appearance of a parody with ''Le Grand Bluff'', in which

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attempts a provocation in 1992. He also hosted a special program in 1989 to celebrate the centenary of the

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. He later left the channel to let the place for younger presenters. After his departure of TF1 in 1993 and after the program ''Rires sur la ville'' with

, he joined

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to present a number of game shows, including ''Combien tu paries ?'' on

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and an adaptation of the game ''

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'' on

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in 1994. He presents that same year the

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on France 2. He then left the television field except for presenting ''Shopping à la une'' on TF1 from 1999 to 2000.

Musical career

Christian Morin has recorded a few records in which he plays the

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. He also participated at the musical comedy ''Envoyez la musique'' with

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at the

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in 1982 and 1983.

Filmography

* 2006 : ''

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'' * 2015 : ''

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External links

Official website
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