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France 3
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9 million viewers for a documentary
Tuesday 7 January 2003, the
documentary L'Odyssée de l'espèce
("Man's Odyssey") pulled in 8,745,000 viewers (16.5 audience
points) and more than one-third of viewers (35.2% of audience
share), placing France 3 well ahead of all other channels. Not only was it a record for a documentary
on France 3 but it also had the highest audience rating for early
evening viewing since the 1998 World Cup. L'Odyssée de
l'espèce had the highest audience share across all
age groups: children (33.3% for the 4–10-year-olds), youth (27.5%
for the 15–34-year-olds), adults (34.3% for the 35–59-year-olds)
and 39.5% of audience for the over 30s.  | |
France 3 congratulates itself on its record-breaking achievement
for a documentary that explores our origins going back 8 million
years. This is the first major international coproduction that has
been undertaken by France 3 in collaboration with Transparences
Productions, 17 Juin Production, Mac Guff Ligne, Pixcom, and with
SRC, Discovery Channel Canada, Channel 4, RAI, ZDF, TSR, Planète,
France 5. The documentary is based on an original idea of Hervé
Dresen and has been produced by Jacques Malaterre with the support
of a science consultant Yves Coppens.
© EBU 2005
Latest update 08.11.2005
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