''La Tête et les Jambes'' () is a French game show which was broadcast from October 20 1960 to September 15 1975 to June 26 1978. It was created by

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in 1957 as a sequence in the show Télé Match, it was presented by Pierre Bellemare.

Principle of the game show

The game combines two competitors: a competitor ("the head") has to answer complex questions on a specific topic. In a case of failure, a high-level competitor ("legs"), must catch up with their opponent by performing a minimum performance to allow him to stay in the game. If one competitor reaches the end of the 24 questions (6 questions per week for 4 weeks), they will earn 100,000 francs.

Bibliography

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, ''Les 500 Émissions mythiques de la télévision française'', Coll. Histoire et Act, Flammarion, 2012

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* 1960 French television series debuts 1978 French television series endings French game shows French-language television shows {{France-tv-prog-stub