L'Île aux enfants

In 1974, Jean-Louis Guillaud, general director of the third color channel of the ORTF, asked Christophe Izard to adapt the American educational program Sesame Street for France for the 1974 season.

Surrounded by a team of a few people, including Yves Brunier, he then created the sequence for L'ìle aux enfants with the figure of Casimir.

From 1976, L'Île aux enfants no longer contained sequences from Sesame Street, but consisted of French productions for the entire 20 minutes.

In 1992 host Jean-Luc Delarue called for the return of the gentle monster to French screens during an episode of la Grande Famille on Canal+, dedicated to the childhood memories of young adults and featuring Casimir (Yves Brunier).

The call was heard the following year and the best episodes were rebroadcast every evening at 6 p.m. on Canal J from September 6, 1993 to June 1998, followed by a short live sequence hosted by Casimir and Léonard le Renard.