Les Rencontres du Papotin (English: The Chatterbox Encounters) is a French television programme where a celebrity answers questions from non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorder. The discussion is moderated by Julien Bancilhon, psychologist and editor-in-chief of , a magazine edited mostly by autistic people.
It has been broadcast in France since 3 September 2022. It airs on certain Saturdays at 8:30p.m. on France 2, after the 8 p.m. news. It has been rebroadcast in Belgium since 5 October 2023, where it is shown on Sunday at 2 p.m. on La Une, in contrast to the original broadcast order..
The show adapts the newspaper based on an idea by directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, by inviting a media personality to face the journalists from the newspaper's editorial staff..
Production Between the initial ideas and the first broadcast, three years of reflection and unsuccessful attempts passed to find a formula in keeping with the spirit of the newspaper and its editorial staff.
Julien Bancilhon, its editor-in-chief, commented:The filming takes three hours while the final broadcast lasts only about thirty minutes..
Season 1 (2022-2023)
Audiences +Guests from season 1No Release dateGuestViewershipMarket share over 4 years and olderRef.13 September 2022Gilles Lellouche.3,300,00020%.28 October 2022Camille Cottin.2,720,00014.6%.319 November 2022Julien Doré.3,100,00016%.47 January 2023Emmanuel Macron.4,540,00022.5%.54 March 2023Virginie Efira.3,240,00017.2%.622 April 2023Josiane Balasko.3,310,00018.4%.720 May 2023Angèle.2,690,00016%.824 June 2023Thomas Pesquet.2,420,00017.2%.
Season 2 (2023-2024)
Audiences +The guests of season 2No Release dateGuestViewershipMarket share over 4 years and olderRef.12 September 2023Jonathan Cohen.2,510,00015.4%.27 October 2023Juliette Armanet.2,750,00015.4%.34 November 2023Dany Boon.3,950,00020.3%.42 December 2023Christiane Taubira.2,810,00015.2%.56 January 2024Adèle Exarchopoulos.3,230,00016.3%.610 February 2024François Cluzet.3,230,00017.8%.79 March 2024Ginette Kolinka.2,770,00015.2%.86 April 2024Philippe Etchebest.2,960,00017.4%.94 May 2024Benoît Magimel.3,070,00017.5%.
Season 3 (2024-2025)
Audiences +The guests of season 3No Release dateGuest(s)ViewershipMarket share over 4 years and olderRef.17 September 2024Philippe Katerine.2,250,00013.6%.25 October 2024Antoine Dupont.3,270,00018.6%.39 November 2024Clara Luciani.3,120,00017.4%.411 January 2025Matthieu Ricard.3,320,00018.7%.58 February 2025Marion Cotillard.3,310,00018.7%.68 March 2025Omar Sy.3,590,00021%.75 April 2025Charlotte Gainsbourg.3,020,00019.9%.823 May 2025Diane Kruger, Élodie Bouchez, Raphaël Quenard.2,440,00014.7%.97 June 2025Benjamin Lavernhe.2,270,00014.9%.1012 July 2025Claude Lelouch.2,540,00019.4%.
Season 4 (2025-2026)
Audiences +Guests from season 4No Release dateGuest(s)ViewershipMarket share over 4 years and olderRef.120 September 2025Valérie Lemercier.2,700,00017.2%.225 October 2025Jean-Louis Aubert.3,180,00018.5%.322 November 2025Pierre Niney.3,340,00018.9%.431 January 2026Orelsan.2,690,00016.5%.521 February 2026Muriel Robin.2,840,00016.3%.621 March 2026Live from L'Alpe d'Huez Film FestivalFranck Dubosc.2,930,00018.6%.
International versions The show is sold internationally under the title The A Talk. and has been adapted in 21 countries.
Denmark (En Særlig Samtale) Spain () Poland (Autentyczni) in 2023 United Kingdom (The Assembly) Norway (A-Laget) Sweden (Frågan är fri). Australia (The Assembly) in 2024 Netherlands (Een buitengewoon gesprek) Singapore (The Assembly) in 2025 Israel (, ) English-speaking Canada (CBC Television, The Assembly) in 2025 French-speaking Canada (ICI Télé, Facteur A) in 2026
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External links
Site officiel de l'émission sur France TV