They also take on the diversion of public funds, tax evasion, lobbyist influence, conflicts of interest and information manipulation by spin doctors.

Put out by the Premières Lignes (Front Lines) production group,[1] Luc Hermann and veteran journalist Paul Moreira, the broadcast operates in the tradition of such investigation news shows as 60 Minutes, Panorama, Frontline and Enquête (Inquiry).

Prix de l'investigation DIG Awards Each episode of season 1 (in 2012) also contained, in its second half, a portrait of a whistleblower.

The report on tax evasion, broadcast in primetime following the Cahuzac scandal, was a critical and audience success.

France 2 ordered a fourth season from Premières Lignes, with the first numbers due to be broadcast in 2016.