Jean-Pierre Pernaut

Jean-Pierre Pernaut

Born: April 8, 1950
Died: March 2, 2022
in Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France
Jean-Pierre Pernaut (8 April 1950 – 2 March 2022) was a French news reader and broadcaster. Born Jean-Pierre Alfred Xavier Pernaut, he was widely known simply by his initials, JPP.

The regular presenter of station TF1's lunchtime news bulletin, the 13 Heures (1pm) between 1988 and 2020, Pernaut's combination of avuncular personality and authoritative delivery made him one of France's most popular news readers.

Also editor-in-chief of the bulletin, Pernaut long promoted a deliberate policy of trivial content in each edition, usually running items about local culture and traditional crafts towards the end of the broadcast.

The approach won a regular audience of between seven and eight million for the 13 Heures, a considerable figure for a lunchtime news programme.

From 1991 to 2010 he was also the longtime presenter of Combien ça coûte ? (How much does that cost?), a monthly consumer programme, again on TF1. Furthermore, from 1988 until his death Pernaut served on the board of directors of TF1 Group as a representative of the firm's employees.

Pernaut, partner of former Miss France winner Nathalie Marquay, published his best-selling memoirs in 2005. Shortly before that, he published two volumes of Les magnifiques métiers de l'artisanat (Splendid trades of the craft industry), which were glossy, but informative, tomes devoted to the subjects which have made his news bulletins so distinctive.

Pernaut died from lung cancer in Paris on 2 March 2022, at the age of 71.

Movies for Jean-Pierre Pernaut...

In France with Madonna
Title: In France with Madonna
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 17, 2022
Type: Movie
France is at the heart of Madonna's life. She is inspired by French culture and its values and has surrounded herself with French artists for many years. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Queen of Pop's career, this film revisits the close and unique bond between Madonna and France and features testimonials from close collaborators and French friends who have helped create her unique artistic universe: Maripol, Jean Paul Gaultier, Julien d'Ys, Nicolas Huchard, and Marion Motin. Today's artists such as Florence Foresti, Leïla Slimani, Victor Weinsanto and HollySiz talk about the influence of this emancipating figure, which extends far beyond music.
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They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Title: They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
Character: Gérard
Released: March 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Follows the intertwined stories of five couples and their entourage, living in the same opulent Parisian building, over the four seasons of the year.
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Title: La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
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Jean-Pierre Pernaut, la vie d'après
Title: Jean-Pierre Pernaut, la vie d'après
Character: Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Released: November 27, 2021
Type: Movie
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Flee
Title: Flee
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
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Jean-Pierre Pernaut : 50 ans dans le coeur des Français
Title: Jean-Pierre Pernaut : 50 ans dans le coeur des Français
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
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JPP, une histoire de la télévision... française
Title: JPP, une histoire de la télévision... française
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
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Jean-Pierre Pernaut, une histoire de la télévision française
Title: Jean-Pierre Pernaut, une histoire de la télévision française
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
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Les Tuche 3
Title: Les Tuche 3
Character: Lui-même
Released: January 31, 2018
Type: Movie
After a groundbreaking presidential election, Jeff Tuche becomes the new President of France and moves in the Elysee with his family to govern the country.
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Title: Our dear neighbors
Character: Jeannot
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: TV
Large family or recomposed, teenagers tortured by their hormones, mothers overwhelmed family, students and party rascals, pretty sexy neighbor, retired always on the lookout for a gossip ... Life and relations - sometimes friendly, sometimes tense , but always funny of a band of neighbors who cross every day, like millions of French ... In front of the landing, in the elevator, while leaving the garbage cans or leaving to work ...
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Title: Grands Reportages
Character: Self
Released: July 6, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Released: August 4, 1976
Type: TV
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.