Today is the “International Day of Radio and Television for Children”. The opportunity to open another page in the history of Lorraine. There are indeed several of them, today TV and radio stars, originating from Lorraine, who have shaped or fueled this magical universe of children’s programs dedicated to young people. We think of Nancy’s Jérôme Antony, who started his career at the age of only 14, he animated Bleu citron on Rockin’ Chair in Nancy. Karine Le Marchand, who we know for Love is in the meadow, also went through junior TV, for Disney Junior where she offered her voice to the show Le temps d’un poem. He is best known today for his cooking shows. He achieves audience ratings on TF1 with Small dishes in balance, but the Vosgien Laurent Mariotte started on youth programs. In the early 90s, he hosted Youpi, l’école est finis, on La Cinq. Then he became the first host of Cajou on the brand new Canal J channel. Impossible to skip this pillar of television, Bonne nuit les petits, a children’s program broadcast on the RTF and the ORTF from 1962 to 1973, with the famous Nicholas and Burnet. Nicolas’ voice was that of a woman, a Lorraine who could not deny her native town… her name was Monique Messine. She was also an actress. We find her in particular, in 1963, the year she started in Bonne nuit les petits, in Roger Vadim’s film, Le vice et la vertu, taken from the works of the Marquis de Sade…
