“Le Grand Échiquier” celebrates Serge Gainsbourg this Tuesday at 9:10 p.m. on France 2. Recorded in September, scheduled for the 35th anniversary of his death on March 2, canceled because of the war in Iran, this new program is broadcast a few days after the 98th anniversary of his birth.
Claire Chazal and André Manoukian receive in the royal setting of the Versailles opera, with his orchestra, Benjamin Biolay, Barbara Pravi, Salvatore Adamo, Arielle Dombasle, Abd Al Malik, Mosimann, Aurélie Saada, the violinist Esther Abrami… and then Lulu Gainsbourg. An event. The son of Serge and Bambou, also a singer and musician, is rare on television and in interviews.