Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre dArvor PPDA né Patrick Jean Marcel Poivre born 20 September 1947 is a French TV journalist and writer He is a household name in France and nicknamed PPDA With over 30 years and in excess of 4500 editions of television news to his credit he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008 He presented his last newscast on TF1 on 10 July 2008 Since 2021 a total of 27 women have accused Patrick Poivre dArvor of sexual assault or rape that would have allegedly happened during decades prior Seventeen women filed a formal complaint Among them eight did so for alleged rape Patrick Poivre was born in Reims France He obtained his Baccalauréat at 15 the year he became a father He then studied Oriental Languages at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales and Law Poivre claims to be descended in the male line from Jacques Poivre brother of Pierre Poivre an 18thcentury nobleman in the time of Louis XV dArvor being Jacques Poivres pseudonym Poivre his siblings and his three surviving children legally changed their surname to Poivre dArvor in 1994 Poivre started training as a journalist at the Centre de formation des journalistes CFJ at 22 He obtained his first job in 1971 on France Inter as morning newsreader In 1974 at the time of Valéry Giscard dEstaings accession to the Presidency Poivre joined Antenne 2 He made his first TV appearance there in 1975 and was presenter for news bulletins from 16 February 1976 to 28 July 1983 After a brief stint with Canal he joined TF1 in 1986 for the Sunday program A la folie pas du tout and Ex Libris from Frederic Lepage On 31 August 1987 he became presenter for the weekday news of TF1 at 8 pm from Monday to Thursday He is satirised in the French puppet show Les Guignols de linfo on Canal where his alter ego is the puppet PPD the news presenter In 2004 Poivre was cast in a minor voiceonly role as a newscaster in the French version of the Pixar animated film The Incredibles Les Indestructibles On 9 June 2008 it was announced that by Laurence Ferrari would replace Poivre dArvor as presenter of the 8 pm news He made his last broadcast on 10 July In an interview he said that there was no objective reason for his dismissal but declined to comment on rumours of political interference Since January 2009 Patrick Poivre dArvor presents La traversée du miroir on France 5 He also presented Lavis des autres on Arte In July 2009 he was approached by the ITélé channel to presentThe18h20h But he declined the invitation In June 2010 he led a team in the French TV show Fort Boyard His greatest controversy prior to his being accused of rape was the faked interview actually footage of a press conference with added questions he purported to have made with Cuban president Fidel Castro broadcast on 16 December 1991 Télérama journalist Pierre Carles exposed this fraud which Poivre blamed on his colleague and cointerviewer Régis Faucon after the latter had departed TF1 Source Article Patrick Poivre dArvor from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA