Télé-Québec’s new programming will be great this year with its 28 new original productions, not to mention the unique documentaries and major events scheduled.
The public broadcaster on Thursday unveiled the new features that will be unveiled during the 2023-2024 season, in the fall and winter, at the launch of its programming.
New magazines and consumer offers
Télé-Québec will offer around fifteen new titles to the general public this season and will also welcome 30 new personalities.
Rose-Aimée Autumn T. Morin and Jonathan Roberge host Beyond Sex magazine, which explores sexuality from all angles and without taboos. “We talk about sexuality with very generous guests. It also surprised me a lot to see how well-known people were willing to give up on themselves. […] I have the impression that people understand that it is important to talk about their experiences, to feed the reflections, so that we can ask questions together,” explained the moderator.
For their part, Martin Carli and Pascale Lévesque will direct Beau dans ma tête. “It’s a magazine that takes a scientific look at the entire wellness industry, the well-being of our mental health but also our physical well-being,” said Pascale Lévesque, underlining the contribution of the staff. House. “Most of all, it’s an opportunity to meet the best scientists studying neuroscience in Quebec,” she added.
Rosalie Bonenfant MARIO BEAUREGARD/QMI AGENCY
Rosalie Bonenfant, who will return to her position at Deux hommes en or et Rosalie, will moderate the new magazine Tout le monde s’habille, which will illustrate the impact of social movements through clothing. She will be surrounded by sociologist Jean-Philippe Warren and columnist Lolitta Dandoy.
Big meetings
Pierre-Yves Lord, who produces the new youth magazine “Luka et Léo”, is also entitled to his appointments with Télé-Québec, including with “From Memory to the Heart” (provisional title), which is dedicated to small and large stories interested in Quebec told in dance, music and circus. The host will also be on the Plaza Plaisir decks where the music will be celebrated in a big party with friends.
Normand Brathwaite will be back at the helm of Belle et bum for season 21. He will be joined this season for animation by Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie-Josée Gauvin and Lunou Zucchini. He will also play captain Goulache in the new Drazilion youth team. “My character keeps coming and going, much like my radio career,” he joked.
Normand Brathwaite MARIO BEAUREGARD / QMI AGENCY
Thanks to government support, Télé-Québec will also improve its youth content. “The $101 million pledged to us over five years allows us to achieve an exceptional 62% increase in original content for young people,” said Télé-Québec Vice President of Content, Nadine Dufour.
The new Télé-Québec program begins September 4, but several new features can now be discovered in the Télé-Québec app.
Upcoming documentary from Quebec
Télé-Québec offers a variety of new documentaries and poignant documentary series this season.
Marie-Louise Arsenault will continue the discussion with a panel following the broadcast of five of them, including Fabrice Vil’s Teens and Armed and Adieu Daech?, the final volume of the T’esoù, Youssef? started trilogy. and The Dust of Daesh.
Produced by Louis Morissette’s company KOTV, Being a Teenager is the result of a sociological experiment conducted over five years with young people, from the time they entered high school until they graduated.
“We filmed teenagers for five years. […] We see them evolving through high school, their sexual identities changing, what they want to do in life, and on top of that, there’s been a pandemic through it all,” Louis Morissette explained.