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Temps X
1979 · TV series · documentary · 30 min episodes · 2 seasons
Created by Grichka Bogdanoff, Igor Bogdanoff, Jacques Mousseau
DocumentaryScience FictionFantasy
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Talking about sci-fi on mainstream French TV was indeed pretty novel in the 80s. And they also brought up real R&D topics and scientific research, I remember one episode of Temps X when they talk about Dennis Meadows' limits to growth.
I was too young but I'm still not convinced their TV show didn't raise a few eyebrows back then too, since they didn't hesitate to invite crackpots and talk about stuff like telekinesis.
Whatever tortuous road Grishka and Igor took in the past 40 years, they didn't leave people indifferent.
I for one want to thank them for their 80s TV show 'Temps X'. That programme, with a mix of science and science-fiction had the exact ingredients to captivate young kids and teens. I wouldn't miss any of the weekly episodes.
It was exciting and thought provoking. Science, technology, imagination. A powerful cocktail that certainly hooked me, and countless others, and probably helped inspire a generation of engineers and scientists.
They were controversial, flawed and quirky -excentric at least- but if you were a nerdy kid in the late seventies and eighties, Igor and Grishka were an inspiration.