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At the beginning, the series was a gameshow, which was filmed in studio and broadcast live. Two selected viewers took part and had to guess who was guilty when inspector
Bourrel said the famous line: "Good God! But it’s… Of course!". Each of the two contestants had the opportunity to repeat two parts
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was the first long-running series about police inquiries on French television. Each episode is based on an investigation where the viewer, accompanied by
Commissioner Inspector Antoine Bourrel and his assistant Deputy Dupuy, must find clues which will help find the culprit. The programme often takes
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Besides Claude
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of the show, which would also be seen by the audience at home. This famously happened during the pilot episode when glasses of
Champagne were given out. In some of the original episodes, there was also participation from the viewers at home, but this was abandoned during the first series.
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This programme was extremely successful until the main actor
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