Thierry Beccaro (born 19 October 1956) is a French stage actor and TV presenter, with an Italian grandfather and a Breton grandmother. He has a sister, younger by four years. He was primarily known to the general public as the presenter of TV game ''Motus'' on
France 2 (1990-2019) .
Radio career
He began his radio career in 1978 as an assistant to
Macha Béranger at
Radio France in the copyright department. In 1981, he became a reporter for
Radio Bleue, and then hosted his first radio show ''Grand-mère et boule de gomme''. In 1983, he presented the morning and early afternoon programs on Radio France and on
France Inter
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.
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TV career
* In 1983, on TF1 he presented ''La Une est à vous''.
* In 1987, he moved to
Antenne 2
France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews.
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with the show ''Matin Bonheur''.
* In January 1990, he hosted ''Après-midi show''.
* On 25 June 1990, the game ''Motus'' was launched on France 2.
* He hosted other games such as ''Dingbats'' (1992) and ''Jeux de comédie'' (1996).
* He presented the show ''Le Grand Zapping de l'humour'', broadcast on the weekend on France 2.
* He led ''40 ° à l'ombre'' on
France 3.
* He hosted several prime-time shows : ''La nuit des rigolos'', co-presented by Valérie Maurice (1993), ''Parlez-moi d'amour'' (2000) and ''Y a quoi à la télé'' (November 14, 1998).
* He took part in various shows including ''Surprise sur prise'' or ''Telethon'' (December 2006, with Frédéric Courant and Jamy Gourmaud, hosts of the program ''C'est pas sorcier'').
* Thierry Beccaro often replaces
William Leymergie
William Leymergie (born 4 February 1947 in Libourne) is a French journalist television producer and host, best known for the French breakfast television news show ''Télématin'', broadcast on public broadcaster France 2 and TV5 in Canada.
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on ''Télématin'' during his vacations.
* Finally, he co-presented ''Le grand code du savoir vivre'' with
Sandrine Quétier
Sandrine Quétier (born 30 December 1970) is a French television presenter.
Early life
Sandrine Quétier was born in Paris and spent her childhood at the Vallée de Chevreuse. She graduated at age 17 with her high school final exam before star ...
.
* He hosted a new game called ''Slam'' on France 2.
* In 2019, he leaves the game Motus and France Televisions.
Theatre career
* 1993 : ''Boeing-boeing'' by Marc Camoletti, Théâtre Michel
* 1997 : ''Voyage de noces'' by Marc Camoletti, Théâtre Michel
* 2010 : ''Coach'' by Julie Carcuac, Théâtre Saint Georges
References
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1956 births
Living people
French people of Italian descent
French radio presenters
French television presenters
French game show hosts
People from Saint-Mandé