Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu

Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu
Also known asLe Grand Raid
Genre
Created byJacques Antoine
Written byJacques Antoine
Directed byJean-Michel Boussaguet
Presented byNoël Mamère and Didier Regnier
Country of origin
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Canada
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
Original languageFrench
No. of series1
Production
ProducerJacques Antoine
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesTélé Union; CTF
Original release
Network
Release1984 (1984) –
1985 (1985)
Related
Race Around the World

The Great Rallye (Cape of Good Hope / Tierra del Fuego) is a TV game show produced by the Community of French televisions and aired in 1984 on Antenne 2 (France), RTBF1 (Belgium), TSR (Switzerland), CBC Television (Canada), RTL Télévision (Luxembourg) and TMC (Monaco).

This program was carried out following the success of La Course autour du monde [fr] (The Race around the world).

Principle of the issue

Five two-men teams (one per channel), drove Citroen Visa cars for an extraordinary adventure, traveling around the world from the Cape of Good Hope to Tierra del Fuego, producing short TV documentary films that were noted by a professional jury based in Paris.

Jury

The members of the standing jury representing television channels were:

  • Sophie Hecquet (RTL Television)
  • Bruno Albin (Antenna 2)
  • Jean-Louis Boudou (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • José Sacré (TMC)
  • Vincent Philippe (TSR)

Winners

  • 1at – The RTL team (Belgium): 3818 Points
    • Participants: Thierry Devillet, Serge Goriely and Philippe Raymakers
  • 2nd – The CBC team (Canada): 3785 Points
    • Participants: Robert Bourgoing and Francis Lévesque
  • 3rd – The TMC Team (Monte Carlo): 3751 Points
    • Participants: Christine Demond and Guilène Merland
  • 4th – The SSR team SSR (French Switzerland): 3682 Points
    • Participants: Alexandre Bochatay and Alain Margot
  • 5th – The Antenne 2 team (France): 3658 Points
    • Participants: Laurent Chomel, Roland Théron and Georges Siciliano

See also

References

  • Didier Regnier, L'Aventure du Grand Raid Ed Robert Laffont
  • Pierre Kohler, Grand Raid, Le Cap-Terre De Feu, Ed Hachette Télé-Union
  • Gauthier Fleuri, Les Maillantes, ou 242 jours autour de la planète Terre, Ed. Pierre Theubet