Intervilles
| Intervilles | |
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Logo for the 50th anniversary special (2013) | |
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Guy Lux Claude Savarit |
| Presented by | Various |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of series | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 344 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | RTF (1962–1963) ORTF (1964, 1970–1971, 1973) TF1 (1986–1991, 1995–1999) France 2 (2004–2005, 2013, 2025) France 3 (1985, 2006–2009) Gulli (2014–2016) |
| Release | 17 July 1962 – 26 August 2009 |
| Related | |
| Jeux sans frontières It's a Knockout | |
Intervilles [ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vil] is a French comedy game show first broadcast in 1962. The show was based on a previous Italian programme. It featured teams representing towns in France competing in a series of games, some of which involved live cows and bulls (referred to as the vachettes).
Broadcast for over fifty years despite several interruptions, it is one of the longest-running French game shows and one of the most adapted French programs for foreign audiences and is one of the flagship programs of the summer in France, along with Fort Boyard and La Carte aux trésors. Its success led to the launch of the European version, Jeux sans frontières, as well as the winter versions, Interneige and then Interglace.
The show was aired from July 17, 1962, on RTF, then on ORTF from 1964 to 1973. After 12 years of absence, it reappeared on July 10, 1985, on FR3, before moving to TF1 from July 4, 1986, to September 6, 1999, despite allegations of cheating in 1997. France Télévisions revived the show and initially aired it on France 2 from July 5, 2004, before moving it to France 3 from June 23, 2006, to August 26, 2009.
A special programme was broadcast on France 2 on June 29, 2013, to mark the show's 50th anniversary, and an international version was broadcast on Gulli from 2014 to 2016. In 2019, it was announced that the programme would be revived, albeit without including the vachettes. Nagui finally announced in October 2023 that the show was no longer a priority, given the cost of living and the financial difficulties of different cities. However, in September 2024 it was officially confirmed by France Télévisions' Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez that the show would be revived in the summer of 2025.