Phare Ouest Productions

Phare Ouest Productions is a French television production company whose catalogue centres on factual entertainment and documentary programming, with a pronounced focus on history, genealogy and personal heritage. Its programmes are made for French broadcasters and are presented by well-known French television figures. The company's best-documented output includes 'On a tous une histoire', a factual entertainment format presented by Julia Vignali in which a viewer's family history is investigated on set with the help of genealogist Pierre-Valéry Archassal and a panel of experts, using French and foreign archives and filmed reports. Another flagship title is 'Le visiteur de l'histoire', a 4 x 52' factual entertainment series for France 5 presented by Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor, in which the presenter immerses himself for three days in a fully reconstructed historical environment, living alongside experienced historical re-enactors. Phare Ouest also produces documentary collections such as 'Ces discours qui ont changé l'histoire', which revisits landmark 20th-century political speeches — from Martin Luther King to Charles de Gaulle, Che Guevara and Nelson Mandela — combining archive footage, fictional scenes, testimony and analysis. Its documentary slate extends to subjects outside history, for example 'Cymbeline – une histoire à six petites mains', a 52-minute film directed by Yann Guérin about the Cymbeline bridal-wear house in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, run for four decades by three sisters. Taken together, the catalogue positions Phare Ouest as a specialist in accessible, human-scale history and heritage storytelling for French television, blending archive research, reconstruction and intimate personal narrative. The company operates from France and distributes information about its programmes through its official website, phare-ouest.tv.

Phare Ouest Productions is a French television production company active in the factual entertainment and documentary sector. Publicly available information about the company is concentrated in the programme pages of its official website, phare-ouest.tv, which present its catalogue of productions for French broadcasters. Its factual entertainment slate includes 'On a tous une histoire', presented by Julia Vignali. The format investigates a viewer's family history on set, with revelations delivered through filmed reports drawing on French and foreign archives and through exchanges with a panel of three experts led by genealogist Pierre-Valéry Archassal. The programme places the family stories it tells within the wider context of 20th-century history. A second flagship title is 'Le visiteur de l'histoire', a 4 x 52' factual entertainment series for France 5 presented by Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor. In each episode the presenter spends three days immersed in a fully reconstructed historical environment, abandoning modern attributes to adopt the dress and daily customs of another era alongside experienced historical re-enactors, encountering the 'inhabitants' of periods ranging from 15th-century serfs to pirates, Napoleonic soldiers and Gauls. The company also produces documentary collections. 'Ces discours qui ont changé l'histoire' revisits major 20th-century political speeches that changed the course of history — from Martin Luther King to Charles de Gaulle, from Che Guevara to Nelson Mandela — decoding each emblematic speech and recounting its behind-the-scenes story using cinematic codes that mix archive images, fictional scenes, testimony and analysis. Beyond history, Phare Ouest's documentary output includes 'Cymbeline – une histoire à six petites mains', a 52-minute film directed by Yann Guérin and broadcast on Stylia and NRJ Paris. It tells the story of the Cymbeline bridal-wear company in Nemours, in the heart of Seine-et-Marne, run for 40 years by Evelyne Delaroche and sisters Chantal and Monique Joubert, three women from three generations of seamstresses. Across these titles, the company's identity is that of a French producer specialising in history, heritage and personal narrative for television, working with established presenters and broadcasters and combining archive research, historical reconstruction and intimate human stories.

Specialist French producer of history, heritage and genealogy factual entertainment and documentaries for mainstream television.

• On a tous une histoire

  Factual entertainment format presented by Julia Vignali in which a viewer's family history is investigated on set with experts led by genealogist Pierre-Valéry Archassal, using French and foreign archives.

• Le visiteur de l'histoire

  4 x 52' factual entertainment series for France 5 presented by Arnaud Poivre d'Arvor, who immerses himself for three days in a fully reconstructed historical environment alongside experienced re-enactors.

• Ces discours qui ont changé l'histoire

  Documentary collection revisiting major 20th-century political speeches from Martin Luther King to Charles de Gaulle, Che Guevara and Nelson Mandela, mixing archive images, fictional scenes, testimony and analysis.

• Cymbeline – une histoire à six petites mains

  52-minute documentary directed by Yann Guérin for Stylia and NRJ Paris about the Cymbeline bridal-wear company in Nemours, run for 40 years by three sisters.

1. 1On a tous une histoire – Phare Ouestphare-ouest.tv
2. 2Le visiteur de l’histoire – Phare Ouestphare-ouest.tv
3. 3Ces discours qui ont changé l’histoire – Phare Ouestphare-ouest.tv
4. 4Cymbeline – une histoire à six petites mains – Phare Ouestphare-ouest.tv
5. 5Wikidata Q134969681wikidata.org