CAMPING PARADIS: UN ANGE GARDIEN AU CAMPING 1 & 2 (CROSSOVER WITH JOSÉPHINE, ANGE GARDIEN, TF1)

Joséphine the guardian angel arrives at the Camping Paradis for her new mission. French private channel TF1's two hit series Joséphine, ange gardien and Camping Paradis meet again after Joséphine, ange gardien: Trois campeurs et un mariage (aired last march).

Launched in 2006, Camping Paradis was created by Michel Alexandre, Ludovic Pion-Dumas & Anne Badel. Produced by JLA Productions with TF1, this comedy series is centered on the everyday life and problems of Tom Delormes, a campsite owner, and his team. Regular cast members since the beginning are Laurent Ournac (Tom), Thierry Heckendorn (André Durieux) and Patrick Guérineau (Xavier Proteau). Humorist Candiie plays Audrey Dukor since season 8. Patrick Paroux (Around the world in 80 days, Amelie) recurs as Christian Parizot, the most faithful client of the Camping Paradis. Distributed by TF1 Studio, Camping paradis celebrated its 50th episode last year.

Created by Laurent Chouchan with Michel Lengliney & Philippe Niang, comedy/drama Joséphine, ange gardien started on TF1 in 1997. It's the second oldest active series of the channel after Une famille formidable (1992). Comedian/actress Mimie Mathy stars as Joséphine Delamarre, a guardian angel sent on Earth to help people solve their problems. The series, produced by DEMD productions (Lagardère Studios) with TF1 and distributed by Lagardère Studios Distribution, celebrated its 20th anniversary in autumn 2017 with its 85th episode. The same year, Joséphine, ange gardien and Camping Paradis left the 90-minute format for the same 2 x 52-minute.

The idea of a meeting between the two hits was inspired to TF1 by the success of Magellan et Mongeville, a 2016 crossover between pubcaster France 3's detective dramas Commissaire Magellan (produced by JLA) and Mongeville. In Joséphine, ange gardien: Trois campeurs et un mariage, Joséphine, André Durieux and Xavier Proteau helped Tom Delormes to deal with the wedding of his former girlfriend. The deputy mayor in charge of the ceremony happened to be the ineffable monsieur Parizot! Written by France Corbet & Maia Muller (who write for both series) with Giacchino Campanella, this episode was directed by Camping Paradis regular helmer Philippe Proteau.

Penned by Florence Philipponnat and Mélusine Laura Raynaud with Laurent Mondy (Le prix de la vérité), Camping Paradis: Un ange gardien au camping sends Joséphine Delamarre to the Camping Paradis where she must help Olivier Cotin (Jérémie Covillault). The guardian angel poses as a temp as Tom needs someone to replace André, who has neck pains. Olivier still loves his ex-wife Mathilde (Anaïs Gilbert). Their teenage daughter Violette (Charlie Loiselier) has feelings for Valentin (Victor Boccard) but the young man only has eyes for Audrey. Parizot suddenly softens because of his new campsite neighbour, the charming Fabienne (Olivia Dutron).

Camping Paradis is very reminiscent of The Love Boat and Un ange gardien au camping is definitely quieter than Trois campeurs et un mariage. The humour of this sympathetic reunion of Joséphine with Tom Delormes and his pals comes mostly from Mimie Mathy and Patrick Paroux. The guest cast also includes Renaud Roussel (Stéphane) and Déborah Krey (Anaïs). Produced by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Richard Berkowitz. Bernard Paccalet exec produces. Main title song composed by Sébastien Lipszyc, Emmanuel Lipszyc and Franck Lascombes. Music by Frédéric Porte. Produced with the participation of RTL-TVI and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. Directed by Philippe Proteau.

Next monday on TF1.

Joséphine, ange gardien: Trois campeurs et un mariage: 

https://tattard2.blogspot.com/2018/03/josephine-ange-gardien-trois-campeurs.html 

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REVIEWS 

- Crimes parfaits - Episodes 5 & 6 (France 3):

https://tattard2.blogspot.com/2018/05/crimes-parfaits-episodes-5-6-france-3.html

- Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse (France 3):

https://tattard2.blogspot.com/2018/05/mongeville-et-magellan-un-amour-de.html

MONGEVILLE ET MAGELLAN: UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE (FRANCE 3)

Following a first crossover in 2016, Mongeville and Commissaire Magellan, two of the star sleuths of French pubcaster France 3, teamed up again for a case aired on Saturday, May 5.

The bottom line: Un juge, un flic.

 « Ah, parce que vous êtes de la même famille?
- Oui, par alliance. »

The crossover used to be a "rare bird" in the History of French television fiction: the sitcoms produced for TF1 by AB Productions in the 1990s, an encounter between crime drama PJ (1997-2009) and legal drama Avocats et Associés (1998-2010) on France 2 in 2007 and then nothing until 2016 with Magellan et Mongeville. Created by Laurent Mondy, Commissaire Magellan started on France 3 in 2009. Produced by JLA Productions and set in the fictional town of Saignac (in the north of France), it stars Jacques Spiesser as Commissaire Simon Magellan. Launched in 2013, Mongeville is a production from Son & Lumière created by Jacques Santamaria and starring Francis Perrin as Antoine Mongeville. Mongeville is a retired juge d'instruction who regularly assists police captain Valentine Duteil (Gaëlle Bona) in Bordeaux.

The two series, very well done, are part of the popular French detective/crime drama line-up of France 3. In Magellan et Mongeville, written by Céline Guyot & Martin Guyot and directed by Étienne Dhaene, Commissaire Magellan investigated a deadly hit-and-run involving a former protégé of Mongeville. This most pleasant special episode caught 4.508.000 viewers (19.8%), enough to greenlight the "return match" promised by its ending (« À bientôt. ») Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse brings Magellan on ex-judge Mongeville's territory. Wealthy art collector François Darcy is stabbed to death and a precious painting is stolen. Delphine Lindberg, the commissioner of his exhibition, vanishes after asking old acquaintances Simon Magellan and Antoine Mongeville to meet her in Bordeaux.

« Et merde.
- Excellent résumé. »

Mongeville and Magellan bump into Delphine's daughter Sara. Both Simon and Antoine loved Delphine with passion when they were law students and they want to prove her innocence to the Lestrade-esque Commissaire Briare. Capitaine Duteil is on holidays, so only Lieutenant Stéphane can help them. An unknown Modigliani, Bartolini (not Balotelli) and secret love stories are some of the ingredients of this new reunion of "Les deux M". Astutely built around the character of Delphine, mentioned in the first crossover, the script is classic and sometimes predictable. Nevertheless, it does the job by giving the duo an excellent material valued by the chemistry between Francis Perrin and Jacques Spiesser (1). Filmed between November and December 2017 in Bordeaux and its region, Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse is punctuated with the mandatory "office du tourisme" drone shots.

« Contentieux fiscal. Ca fait rêver... C'est comme la limonade bio. »

Élisa Servier, who plays Delphine, and Francis Perrin starred in the 1988 sitcom Loft Story. "Monsieur Darcy" is played by François-Eric Gendron. Pierre Aussedat (Commissaire Briare) and Jean-Philippe Lachaud (Lieutenant Stéphane) are Mongeville regulars. Also with Florence Coste (Sara Lindberg), Nathalie Villeneuve (Mathilde), Hubert Roulleau (Paul), Max Geller (Christian), Mathieu Ehrard (Hervé), etc. Written by Céline Guyot and Martin Guyot. Directed by Emmanuel Rigaut. Co-produced by Son & Lumière and JLA Productions with the participation of France Télévisions. Bernard Paccalet (JLA Productions) exec produces. Produced by Daniel Dubois (Son & Lumière) and Richard Berkowitz (JLA Productions). 

Frédéric Sobczak is the production manager for Son & Lumière. Music composed by Philippe Kelly. Cinematography by Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty. Editing by Hughes Orduna. Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse attracted 4.195.000 viewers (20.6%) and ranked #2 vs The Voice on TF1. The success of the first crossover between Commissaire Magellan and Mongeville in 2016 inspired TF1 to commission the crossover between its long-running comedy/drama Joséphine, ange gardien (launched in 1997) and the comedy hit Camping Paradis (aired since 2006) (2). A repeat of Magellan et Mongeville on Saturday, May 12 was watched by 3.666.000 viewers (16.2%).

« S'il craque pas c'est quoi le plan B?
- On l'enmène dans ta cave. On lui fout des baffes jusqu'à ce qu'il dise la vérité. »

(1) Francis Perrin and Jacques Spiesser played together in the film La gifle (1974).
(2) https://vl-media.fr/jean-luc-azoulay-richard-berkowitz-jla-productions-loi-series-182/

Amandine Attard contributed to this review.

See also:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/watched-last-week.html (Magellan et Mongeville)
https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2018/03/josephine-ange-gardien-trois-campeurs.html (Joséphine, ange gardien/Camping Paradis) 

JOSÉPHINE, ANGE GARDIEN: TROIS CAMPEURS ET UN MARIAGE 1 & 2 (CROSSOVER WITH CAMPING PARADIS, TF1)

[Spoiler-free review] Joséphine the guardian angel has a new "client" in the person of Tom Delormes, who owns the Camping Paradis.

French private channel TF1's two hit series Joséphine, ange gardien and Camping Paradis meet in a very well done and enjoyable episode of the former.

The crossover is a "rare bird" in the History of French television fiction: the sitcoms produced for TF1 by AB Productions in the 1990s, an encounter between crime drama PJ (1997-2009) and legal drama Avocats et Associés (1998-2010) on France 2 in 2007 and then nothing until 2016 with Magellan et Mongeville, a crossover between France 3's Commissaire Magellan (launched in 2009) and Mongeville (aired since 2013). 4.508.000 viewers (19.8%) watched this special with its two popular sleuths, which prompted the pubcaster to give the duo another one, filmed at the end of 2017.

Created by Laurent Chouchan with Michel Lengliney & Philippe Niang, comedy/drama Joséphine, ange gardien started on TF1 in 1997. It's the second oldest active series of the channel after Une famille formidable (1992). Comedian and actress Mimie Mathy stars as Joséphine Delamarre, a guardian angel sent on Earth to help people solve their problems. The series celebrated its 20th anniversary in autumn 2017 with its 85th episode. Joséphine, ange gardien is produced by DEMD productions (Lagardère Studios) with TF1 and distributed by Lagardère Studios Distribution. Its format changed from 90-minute episodes to 2 x 52-minute last year.

TF1's comedy Camping Paradis was created by Michel Alexandre, Ludovic Pion-Dumas & Anne Badel and launched in 2006. Produced by JLA Productions (1), it is centered on the everyday life and problems of Tom Delormes, a campsite owner, and his team. Regular cast members since the beginning are Laurent Ournac (Tom), Patrick Guérineau (Xavier Proteau) and Thierry Heckendorn (André Durieux). Patrick Paroux (Around the world in 80 days, Amelie) recurs as Christian Parizot, the most faithful client of the Camping Paradis. In 2017, the series celebrated its 50th episode and left the 90-minute format for the same 2 x 52-minute format as Joséphine, ange gardien. Camping Paradis is distributed by TF1 International.

Trois campeurs et un mariage (1ère partie et 2ème partie) is the 88th episode of Joséphine, ange gardien. It was written by France Corbet & Maia Muller, who write for both series, with Giacchino Campanella. Tom Delormes, André Durieux and Xavier Proteau are invited to the wedding of Tom's ex-girlfriend Ariane Leroy. For the occasion they stay at a luxury hotel-casino where Joséphine Delamarre welcomes them as the new concierge. They meet Arthur, the groom, who happens to be a quasi-lookalike of Tom Delormes. Joséphine must help Tom to deal with the situation but also with his feelings as the event doesn't turn out as planned.

Tom almost loses one of the wedding rings in a sink. Arthur is jealous of him and the deputy mayor who'll celebrate the ceremony is the ineffable monsieur Parizot! Jennifer Lauret (Une famille formidable), who was Ariane in Camping Paradis until 2012, returns for Joséphine, ange gardien. Thierry Heckendorn played alongside Mimie Mathy in the TV movie Une nounou pas comme les autres (1994), its sequel Une nana pas comme les autres (1995), and in three episodes of Joséphine as different characters. Jean-Pierre Bouvier is back as Ariane's father Clément Leroy. Amusingly, he guest-starred in a 2013 Joséphine, ange gardien.

Patricia Malvoisin is Françoise Leroy, Ariane's mother, a role previously performed by Alexandra Vandernoot (Highlander: The Series) in Camping Paradis. Also starring Olivier Solivérès (Arthur), Valentine Atlan (Sofia), Évelyne Grandjean (Grandmother), etc. Directed by Philippe Proteau,  who regularly helms episodes of Camping Paradis. Produced by Sébastien Pavard and Laure de Kervasdoué. Didier Langlade exec produces. Music by Xavier Berthelot, Roland Romanelli & Didier Vasseur. Cinematography by Jonny Semeco. Produced with the participation of RTBF (Télévision belge) and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse.

Belgian channel La Une and Swiss channel RTS Un aired Trois campeurs et un mariage ahead of TF1, which will show it tomorrow. Joséphine Delamarre and Tom Delormes will meet again, this time in an episode of Camping Paradis.

(1) The production company behind Commissaire Magellan. Founded by Jean-Luc Azoulay, who was the "A" of AB Productions (Claude Berda was the "B").

[UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2018]   

Camping Paradis: Un ange gardien au camping:

http://tattard2.blogspot.com/2018/09/camping-paradis-un-ange-gardien-au.html

See also:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/mongeville-and-magellan-another.html
(Mongeville and Magellan)

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NEWS 

-  Julie Depardieu is La légiste for France 3:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/julie-depardieu-is-la-legiste-for.html

 -  Al Dorsey on France Ô in December:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/al-dorsey-on-france-o-in-december.html

-  Mongeville and Magellan: another crossover (France 3):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/mongeville-and-magellan-another.html

- Capitaine Marleau on French Region 2 DVD (LCJ Éditions):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/capitaine-marleau-on-french-region-2.html

- Darkman - Édition Ultime (L'Atelier d'images):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/darkman-edition-ultime-latelier-dimages.html (Review ASAP)

- Frankie Drake Mysteries (CBC):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/frankie-drake-mysteries-cbc.html (Including a "mini review)

REVIEWS 

- L'Intégrale des Minichroniques de Goscinny (French Region 2 DVD):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/lintegrale-des-minichroniques-de.html

- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie: Drame en trois actes (France 2):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/les-petits-meurtres-dagatha-christie.html

- L'Art du crime - Episodes 1 & 2 (France 2):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/lart-du-crime-episodes-1-2-france-2.html

MONGEVILLE AND MAGELLAN: ANOTHER CROSSOVER

Following the success of a previous crossover last year, Mongeville and Commissaire Magellan, two of the star sleuths of French pubcaster France 3, will reunite again.

The crossover is a "rare bird" in the History of French television fiction: the sitcoms produced for TF1 by AB Productions in the 1990s, an encounter between crime drama PJ (1997-2009) and legal drama Avocats et Associés (1998-2010) on France 2 in 2007, and then nothing until November 2016 with Magellan et Mongeville. Created by Laurent Mondy, Commissaire Magellan started on France 3 in 2009. Produced by JLA Productions and set in the fictional town of Saignac (in the north of France), it stars Jacques Spiesser as Commissaire Simon Magellan.

Launched in 2013, Mongeville is a production from Son & Lumière created by Jacques Santamaria and starring Francis Perrin as Antoine Mongeville. Mongeville is a retired juge d'instruction who regularly assists police captain Valentine Duteil (played by Gaëlle Bona) in Bordeaux. The two series, very well done, are part of the popular French detective/crime drama line-up of France 3. In Magellan et Mongeville, Commissaire Magellan investigates a deadly hit-and-run whose suspect is a former protégé of Mongeville. Written by Céline Guyot & Martin Guyot and directed by Étienne Dhaene, this very pleasant special episode caught 4.508.000 viewers (19.8%).

In their second case together, currently filmed until the end of next month, Antoine Mongeville and Simon Magellan investigate in Bordeaux. Meanwhile, TF1 goes on working on a crossover between the long-running Joséphine, ange gardien (launched in 1997) and Camping Paradis (aired since 2006 and produced by JLA). The event was announced this summer.

Magellan et Mongeville:

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/watched-last-week.html

See also:

http://www.leblogtvnews.com/2017/11/tournage-d-un-second-crossover-mongeville-magellan.html
http://www.programme-tv.net/news/series-tv/167103-camping-paradis-josephine-ange-gardien-decouvrez-la-photo-insolite-de-laurent-ournac/

[Update - May 21, 2018] 

Review of Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse (Crossover #2):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2018/05/mongeville-et-magellan-un-amour-de.html

LAST MONTH ON THIS BLOG (OR NOT)

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- Munch (TF1):
 
http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/munch-tf1.html 

- Blood on the Docks (France 2):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/watched-last-week.html
http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/blood-on-docks-justices-france-2.html

- Magellan et Mongeville (France 3):
 
http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/watched-last-week.html

WATCHED LAST WEEK

Le Havre, terre de contraste and a rare bird.

- Blood on the Docks: Amours mortes (France 2): 

Last of the sixth 2 x 90-minute series of Deux flics sur les docks, starring Jean-Marc Barr and Bruno Solo as Le Havre police detectives Capitaine Richard Faraday and Capitaine Paul Winckler.

Amours mortes is an original story written by Olivier Prieur, loosely based on Graham Hurley's Joe Faraday novels. This rather effective episode, directed by Edwin Baily, is regrettably ruined by a cliche-esque case resolution. And the new status of Bazza Swaty (Emmanuel Salinger) at the end raises some doubts. Produced by Gétévé Productions with France Télévisions and the support of Région Haute-Normandie.

You can find a review of the previous episode here:

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/blood-on-docks-justices-france-2.html

- Magellan et Mongeville (France 3):

The crossover is a "rare bird" in the History of French television fiction: the sitcoms produced for TF1 by AB Productions in the 1990s, an encounter between crime drama PJ (1997-2009) and legal drama Avocats et Associés (1998-2010) on France 2 in 2007, and then nothing until now. Created by Laurent Mondy, Commissaire Magellan started on France 3 in 2009. Produced by JLA Productions and set in the fictional town of Saignac (in the north of France), it stars Jacques Spiesser as Commissaire Simon Magellan.

Launched in 2013, Mongeville is a production from Son & Lumière created by Jacques Santamaria and starring Francis Perrin as Antoine Mongeville. Mongeville is a retired juge d'instruction who regularly assists police captain Valentine Duteil (played by Gaëlle Bona) in Bordeaux. Magellan and Mongeville are part of the popular French detective/crime drama line-up of France 3. They are very well done, like this most pleasant crossover where Magellan investigates a deadly hit-and-run whose suspect happens to be a former protégé of Mongeville.

Antoine Mongeville is a law school pal of Simon Magellan but they lost touch a long time ago. Mongeville and Valentine, on their way to London, are not far from Saignac and they team up with Simon. Never mind the far-fetched solution, this "reunion" is brought smartly, the characters have a good chemistry and great fun together. The actors look like they enjoyed the experience. Written by Céline Guyot & Martin Guyot. Directed by Étienne Dhaene.

http://www.ozap.com/actu/audiences-france-3-leader-danse-avec-les-stars-en-baisse-m6-tres-bas/512530 (Ratings)