Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Known for
Acting
Born
April 8, 1950
Birthplace
Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France
Died
March 2, 2022 (aged 71)
Biography
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 milli...
Best known work
The Magic Tuche
2018
They Love Each Other... Well, Almost!
2022
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
La Méthode Cauet
2003
In France with Madonna
2022
Grands Reportages
1998
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, la vie d'après
2021
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, une histoire de la télévision française
2020
Jean-Pierre Pernaut : 50 ans dans le coeur des Français
2020Filmography
2022
In France with Madonnaas Self (archive footage)
2022
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentas Self (archive footage)
2021
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, la vie d'aprèsas Jean-Pierre Pernaut
2020
2020
2019
Régime PrésidentielWriter
2018
2018
The Magic Tucheas Lui-même
2003
1998
1991
1981
1976