Decoding the world view of George Orwell in his novel "1984": a totalitarian society under the supervision of Big Brother. Interview: Bernard Crick (biographer of G. Orwell) // Jean-Daniel Jurgensen (writer) // Eric Hobsbawm (historian)

Bernard Crick (Orwell biographer) analyses "1984" as a satire of contemporary society by George Orwell and not as a prophecy. He compares it to Jonathan Swift ("Gulliver’s Travels"): "The author does not make predictions. As in "Gulliver’s Travels", he describes a cartoon of our society".

Christiane Sand, wife of the great-grandson of the writer George Sand, is invited to the program "Apostrophes" for her book "A la table de George Sand". She composed it from recipes found in her family and evokes the daily and domestic life of the writer, in her family home in Nohant.

In the Grand Soir 3, Francis Letellier receives Fabrice Lhomme, great reporter at Le Monde, to talk about this book which he is the author with Gérard Davet, "Un président ne devrait pas dire ça, les secrets d'un quinquennat". The result of long hours of interviews with President François Hollande, it’s more than a book of confessions: it’s a true counter-investigation into François Hollande’s five-year term.

Filming of Jacques Demy’s film "A room in the city". Images of her exchanges with Danielle Darrieux, his director of actors and technicians on the set.

Are you committing an offence? You will not escape a fine! Humorous report devoted to the rate of fines administered by agents...

In the midst of the war of chains, Christophe Dechavanne managed to convince, with the support of Pierre Berger and Line Renaud, the major chain owners to all broadcast live the first edition of Sidaction, this great television event broadcast on six radio channels at the same time and for more than six hours. He recalls that he is at the origin of this historic television event, organized to respond to this terrible epidemic and to the inaction of public authorities.

In Toulouse, at the Garonne theater, writer Laurent Mauvignier attends rehearsals of his first play "All my love" written in collaboration with the actors of the collective "les Possédés" in a staging by Rodolphe Dana. Images of rehearsals, the arrival of the audience for the Première de la scène alternating with interviews with Rodolphe Dana and the writer Laurent Mauvignier.

Unpacking the children’s gaze on nudity: this is the idea of the authors of the book "Tous à poil". But the president of the UMP, Jean-François COPE, does not listen to it, and has launched a controversy. The Minister of National Education, Vincent PEILLON, defends this work: "It is a work that is done on the body, on identity, on the fact of not being afraid of his body and saying simple things".

A man explains in voice of how fights in balls or dancing begin and take place. "It always starts with two three slaps... They attack the material. They need a lot of noise. There must be broken glasses". Scenes of fights between young men, filmed at night, illustrate his point.

Jacques Martin is at the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris, where he will perform "Une case de vide", the "one man show", which he wrote and directed. He summarizes the plot and explains the choice of decor: indeed, the latter represents the interior of his head.