Jeux sans frontières season 1

The first season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in summer 1965. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The competition features teams from towns from those countries competing against each other two by two, broadcast live from both competing towns to all the participating broadcasters via the Eurovision network. The winners of this edition were the cities of Ciney, Belgium, and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France.[1]

Jeux sans frontières
Season 1
No. of teams4 countries
WinnersCiney, Belgium
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France
No. of episodes9
Release
Original network
Original release26 May (1965-05-26) –
15 September 1965 (1965-09-15)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

Overview

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Jeux sans frontières ("Games Without Borders" in French) is an international television game show, based on the French programme Intervilles which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non-French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles. It is also widely known as It's a Knockout, the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme. The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a series of games to reinforce the friendship between the two countries.[2]

Format

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In its original conception, teams from Belgium, France, West Germany, and Italy competed each week in head-to-head competition between two cities or towns from two of the four competing countries. There would be sports events, but also studio-based quizzes each week. Eventually, all teams would have competed against each other and the teams with the highest cumulative points for each nation from the series would meet in two semi-finals, with the two winners meeting in the final.[3]

Participants

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Country Broadcaster Code Colour Cities
  Belgium RTB B Yellow Binche
Stavelot
Ciney
  France ORTF F Green Dax
Orange
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
  Italy RAI I Dark Blue Camogli
Orvieto
Ischia
  West Germany ARD D Red Warendorf
Siegburg
Lemgo

Heats

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Heat 1

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Heat 1 was hosted on 26 May 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 D Warendorf 4
2 F Dax 0

Heat 2

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Heat 2 was hosted on 9 June 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 F Orange 7
2 I Camogli 5

Heat 3

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Heat 3 was hosted on 23 June 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 B Binche 4
2 D Siegburg 4

Heat 4

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Heat 4 was hosted on 7 July 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 F Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 4
2 B Stavelot -2

Heat 5

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Heat 5 was hosted on 21 July 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 I Orvieto 10
2 D Lemgo 4

Heat 6

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Heat 6 was hosted on 4 August 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 B Ciney 6
2 I Ischia 4

Semi-finals

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Semi-final 1

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Semi-final 1 was hosted on 18 August 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 B Ciney 13
2 D Warendorf 13

Semi-final 2

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Semi-final 2 was hosted on 1 September 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 F Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 7
2 I Orvieto 5

Final

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The final was hosted on 15 September 1965.

Place Country Town Points
1 B Ciney 11
1 F Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 11

Broadcasts

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The competition was broadcast live from both competing towns to the participating broadcasters via the Eurovision network.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Presenter(s)/Commentator(s) Ref.
  Belgium RTB RTB Pierre Brive, Paule Herreman and Jean-Claude Menessier [3]
  France ORTF Première Chaîne Simone Garnier, Yvonne Kasawicz, Guy Lux, Joseph Pasteur and Léon Zitrone
  Italy RAI Secondo Programma Lea Landi, Giulio Marchetti and Enzo Tortora
  West Germany ARD Deutsches Fernsehen Arnim Dahl, Camillo Felgen, Lilo Katzke, Albert Raisner and Otto Ernst Rock
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Presenter(s)/Commentator(s) Ref(s)
   Switzerland SRG SSR TSI TV DRS Georges Kleinmann [3]
SSR TV Ernst-Ludwig Freisinkel

References

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  1. ^ "Series Guide 1965". jsfnetgb.co.uk/series. Alan Hayes. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Intervilles revient: une émission mythique avec ses couacs, chutes et scandales de triche" (in French). RTBF. 2019-12-19. Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  3. ^ a b c "Jeux sans frontières 1965". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2024.