This Saturday, March 11, 2023, the newspaper The Parisian announces that the two former mainstays of the popular show Numbers and letters, Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard, who were held by a departure “forced and compelled” to leave the program last August, brought the case before the Paris industrial tribunal. They are claiming the sum of 530,000 euros each from France Television, in view of their 36 and 47 years of respective activity on France 2 first then France 3. Today, only Laurent Romejko has managed to stay in office. Failed to broadcast on weekends only, the presenter is facing a severe drop in audiences. Mainly because of serious competition.
FLASH – Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard, ousted from the show “Des figures et des lettres” after 36 and 47 years of collaboration, seized the industrial tribunal. They denounce a “forced and forced” departure. (The Parisian) #France3pic.twitter.com/VQZx7wC2VM
– Mediavenir (@Mediavenir) March 11, 2023
A fixed remuneration of “240 euros per issue”!
In August 2022, at the time of their eviction, the two friends had already confided in the Parisiandenouncing this arbitrary decision and above all wishing to respond to the “angelic statements” from a leader of France Télévisions: “We did not agree and we regret it”, The director of the group’s games, variety and entertainment unit, Alexandra Redde-Amiel, had indeed explained on a daily basis. And the hosts of the oldest game of French television (half a century on the clock) did not stop there! They had created controversy by highlighting the precariousness reigning in the audiovisual sector: France Télévisions “demanded a drop in our salary of around 60% and refused to grant us the CDI that we had the audacity to claim”, the two referees were indignant in a press release. “You read correctly, we have been on fixed-term contracts for 36 years for Arielle, and 47 years for Bertrand… ” indicated the duo, evoking a regularization “flatly refused”. What had literally indignant the commentators on the social networks! Represented by lawyer Juliette Mascart, the latter had even revealed that they each earned a fixed remuneration of “240 euros per issue”. For them, what is certain is that “the account is not good”! See you on May 4 for the hearing.
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See also: Arielle Boulin-Pratt and Bertrand Renard: exit “Numbers and letters”, they join TF1 and Jean-Luc Reichmann!