MORE BEAUTIFUL LIFE. The France 3 soap opera will soon no longer be broadcast, according to information from Figaro. Everything we know about the end of Plus belle la vie.
[Mis à jour le 17 février 2022 à 12h32] This is news that will cause an earthquake within the PAF. Plus belle la vie, a France 3 soap opera broadcast since 2004 on France 3, will soon end according to information from Figaro. The media explains that the deteriorating audiences prompted the cessation of the emblematic series of France Television, a pioneer in the field. France Télévision, however, refused to respond to Plurimedia’s requests to justify the end of PBLV.
Plus belle la vie has been broadcast since 2004. The broadcast of the soap opera will end on France 3 by the end of the season. No specific date has yet been announced. Generally, a season ends between August and September. For several years, the audiences of the soap opera La Trois had been deteriorating: beyond 4 million viewers for ten years (and 18% market share), it has lost many faithful since 2018. According to Médiamétrie, audiences are stagnating an average of 2.6 million viewers each evening, for an 11.4% market share.
For four seasons, the competition has been increasingly important, and Plus belle la vie is losing ground. With the launch of Tomorrow belongs to us on TF1 in July 2017, the soap opera of France 3 ceased to be the reference of the genre. The arrivals of Un si grand soleil on France 2 in 2018 and Here it all begins on France 3 in 2020 have finished burying the pioneer in the field. According to information from Figaro, Plus belle la vie was also one of the most expensive programs of the PAF, with nearly 30 million euros allocated per year.
In episode 4479 of Plus belle la vie on February 17, the Nebouts find Manon, a refugee with Raphaël, in a Benedictine convent. They teach her a lesson but Manon remains silent, despite the encouragement of a sister to tell the truth. At the police station, the police let their joy burst when they learn that the Nebout baby is fine. In the car that brings Manon back to question her, Patrick tries to get the young woman to talk. Manon has something to tell them but warns them that it would hurt them too much to know. By dint of insisting, Patrick obtains a confession: Raphaël is his son, not theirs. Babeth and her husband are flabbergasted.
At the same time, in the episode of Plus belle la vie on February 17, Rochat announces to the roommate that he is increasing the rent by an amount of 2000 euros so that his apartment is profitable. Sabrina gets angry, Mouss asks for an explanation, Barbara already announces that she intends to leave. The tenants do not intend to let it go. In high school, Nathan and Mouss try to get an explanation from the principal. They are surprised to see Malika arrive completely revamped, come to pay a naughty visit to her partner’s office. Meanwhile, Barbara is looking for accommodation: she asks Thomas if the studio above the restaurant is still available. He accepts that she settles there. In addition, she can put her luggage there without having to pay rent. At the roommate, the friends do not understand why Malika has changed so much. They intend to ask Abdel for his legal advice. They go through Barbara, who announces that she is leaving the roommate.
Elsewhere in Marseille, still in the episode of PBLV on Thursday February 17, Gabriel picks up Baptiste at his home for his daily training but he is not in uniform. The day before he saved a person but disobeying the orders of his superior, who reprimanded him, before summoning him to a disciplinary council. Gabriel encourages her to go apologize and lay low. Gabriel goes with his son to the barracks to attend his apology. Faced with the severity of the sergeant, Gabriel cannot help intervening and teaches him a lesson. The firefighter turns on his heels. At the stadium, Justine finds Gabriel who performs hundreds of abs. He tells her about his misadventures of the day before and Justine sympathizes: her instructor seems to be a “big sucker”. Baptiste receives a call from the barracks where his superior asks him to come. On site, the warrant officer asks him to check the intervention bags to see if anything is missing. Taken aback, Baptiste wants to understand. The firefighter tells him that he is continuing his training, picked up by another instructor.
PBLV – program sheet
Plus belle la vie is a French series broadcast from Monday to Friday on France 3 since 2004. Each new episode can be discovered from 8:20 p.m. This is the French soap opera with the longest life, opposite Tomorrow belongs to us, Un si grand soleil or Here everything begins. In this series, viewers follow the daily life of the inhabitants of Marseille, who find themselves in the fictional Mistral district. Personal and societal intrigues intertwine with regularly changing detective stories.
Plus belle la vie fans often want to know what happens at the end of each episode. It’s hard not to succumb to the temptation to find out more. Fortunately, it is possible to see the episodes in advance, ie before they are broadcast on France 3, and therefore to find spoilers. Several options are available to you: first, go to France TV website, which broadcasts each morning the episode broadcast the same evening on France 3. The Salto streaming platform then offers the evening episode but also that of the next day in advance, for a subscription of at least €6.99/month. Finally, the MyCanal site offers to rent the episodes for €0.99, or to buy them for €1.49.
The producers of Plus belle la vie regularly publish “indiscretions”, ie short spoiler videos of the next episodes. An effective way to make France 3 viewers want to discover the rest of their favorite soap opera a few days in advance and to tease the developments in the current plot. These videos are uploaded daily to the official page of Plus belle la vie, indiscretion section, on france.tv. What feed the theories of viewers.
To follow the broadcast of Plus belle la vie live, it’s very simple: just go from Monday to Friday at 8:20 p.m. on France 3 at 8:20 p.m. Note also that the france.tv site offers to watch the series live on a smartphone, tablet or computer at the same time. If you missed an episode of Plus belle la vie, it is possible to find it in replay and streaming. Just log on to the official site of Plus belle la vie or that of France Television. Note however that the episodes are available for 6 days on the site after their broadcast. Finally, the streaming platform somersault also offers to find the episodes of the series in its subscription.
Since 2004, the list of actors and actresses in the cast of Plus belle la vie has changed a lot. Some continue to travel the Mistral, when new ones have appeared. Below, we offer you a non-exhaustive list of the main actors and actresses still on screen in Plus belle la vie:
- David Ban: Valentin Carrier
- Kjel Bennett as Bilal
- Marwan Berreni: Abdel Fedala
- Jerome BertinPatrick Nebout
- Theo Bertrand: Kevin Belesta
- Laurie Bordesoules as Emilie
- Caroline Bourg as Elsa
- Pauline Bression as Emma Rimez
- Jean-Charles Chagachbanian: Franck Ruiz
- Sam Chemoul as Tom Belesta
- Elisabeth Commelin: Yolande
- Michel Cordes: Roland Marci
- Marine Danaux: Sophie Corcel
- Anne Decis: Luna Torres
- Serge DupireVincent Chaumette
- Simon Ehrlacher: Romain Vidal
- Alexandre Fabre as Charles Fremont
- Sylvie FleppMirta Torres
- Lea Francois: Barbara Evenot
- Emanuele Giorgi as Francesco Ibaldi
- Annie Gregorio as Claire
- Rachid Hafassa as Karim Fedala
- Rebecca Hampton as Celine Fremont
- Marie Hennerez as Lea Nebout
- Stephane Henon: Jean-Paul Boher
- Cecilia Hornus as Blanche Marci
- Boubacar Kabo: Mouss Bonghor
- Laurent Kerusoré as Thomas Marci
- Léa Kerel: Therese Marci
- Joakim LatskoGabriel Riva
- Prudence Leroy: Fanny
- Florian Lesieur as Noé Ruiz
- Marie Mallia as Lola Corcel
- Avy Marciano: Sacha Malkavian
- Lola Marois: Ariane Hersant
- Pierre Martot: Leo Castelli
- Regis MaynardEric Norman
- Lara Menini: Eugenie Grange
- Stephanie Pareja: Jeanne Carmine
- Flavie Péan: Victory Lissajoux
- Ella Philippe as Nisma
- Gregory Questel: Xavier Revel
- Thierry Ragueneau: Francois Marci
- Marie Reache as Babeth Nebout
- Tim RousseauKylian Corcel
- Caroline Riou: Laetitia Belesta
- Eleonora Sarrazin as Sabrina
- Charles Schneider: Claude Rochat
- Bryan Tresor: Baptiste Marci
- Thibaud VaneckNathan Leserman
- Elodie Varlet as Estelle Cantorel
The plot of Plus belle la vie is difficult to summarize, as the series has changed since its creation in 2004. Every evening, it is possible to follow the daily life of the inhabitants of a fictional district of Marseille, the Mistral. Several intrigues are intertwined: a policewoman, who can stage different investigations, such as the hunt for a serial killer, assaults, the fight against the mafia or terrorism, more personal intrigues (romantic, family… ) and societal. Plus belle la vie has the particularity of being completely rooted in current events and does not fail to refer to real events, such as the death of a personality, attacks or elections.