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".

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...

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.

In 1979, Valérie Valère, a 16-year-old writer, testifies to the violence of her hospitalization for anorexia at the age of 13 described in her book "Le pavillon des enfants fous". She considers her illness to be a call to others unlike suicide.

After 'La Haine, les années Sarko", journalists from Le Monde Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme publish "Apocalypse now, les années Fillon". This survey focuses on the political-judicial scandals born of fratricidal struggles within the French right between 2014 and 2019. The authors are on set to talk about it.

The actors of Claude Zidi’s film "Asterix and Obelix", took part in a photo shoot at the 51st international film festival in CANNES. Gérard DEPARDIEU and Christian CLAVIER wearing Laetitia CASTA/ DEPARDIEU wearing CLAVIER. Claude BERRI joins them.

A Paris, le premier iPad d'Apple vient de sortir, à la grande joie des aficionados de la marque qui attendaient ce moment avec impatience. Le tout premier client est reçu en héros par les vendeurs et déclare avec humour : "Au moins une fois, j'aurai été le premier pour quelque chose..." Réaction d'un autre client qui considère néanmoins que c'est très cher, au regard de l'absence de réelle innovation technologique par rapport à un iPhone, si ce n'est la taille de l'écran...