RETRO: France, Wednesday, December 20, 1972

[TVWorldwide]

French TV from December 20, 1972, about two years before the breakup of ORTF and just days before the launch of the third network. (Please excuse the lack of accents.)

ORTF's First Network

12:30 Miditrente [talk show]
1:00PM 24 Heures sur la Une [afternoon news]
3:30 Le Roi Leo [early Japanese anime]
4:20 Blanche Neige [Snow White]
5:25 Samsong
5:35 Grands burlesques
5:50 Autobus a Imperiale [Here Come the Double Deckers, a joint Britsih (BBC) / US (ABC) production)
6:30 Vivre au present [show for young people]
6:50 Bonne nuit les petits [series for children]
7:00 Regional news
7:25 Reponse a tout
7:45 24 Heures sur la Une [news]
8:20 Ces animaux qu'on appelle betes
8:40 Columbo
9:50 Les cent livres [literary series]
10:40 Serieux s'abstenir [series]
11:30 24 Heures Derniere [late news]

ORTF's Second Network

2:30PM Aujourd'hui Madame [program for women]
3:20 Match contre la vie [NBC's Run for Your Life]
7:00 Regional news or Court metrage [short feature]
7:20 Colorix Musti
7:35 Poigne de fer et seduction [The Protectors from the UK]
8:00 Inf. 2 [news]
8:35 Les gens de Mogador [French-German-Swiss-Canadian series]
9:35 Les Precieuses ridicules [a Moliere satire, apparently]
10:30 Au pays des visages [a documentary with music by Vangelis: http://www.vangelismovements.com/aupaysdesvisagesmovie.htm)
11:15 Inf. 2 Derniere [late news]

Source: ORTF 1973 (yearbook)

 

[FreddyE1977]

French TV from December 20, 1972, about two years before the breakup of ORTF and just days before the launch of the third network. (Please excuse the lack of accents.)

ORTF's First Network

3:30 Le Roi Leo [early Japanese anime]

Could that be the same original Kimba the White Lion series that was running here
at about the same time?

 

[TVWorldwide]

Could that be the same original Kimba the White Lion series that was running here
at about the same time?

According to Wikipedia, that's exactly it!