Time Travel — Season 1

201814 episodes

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Passionate about history and heritage, Stéphane Bern and Lorànt Deutsch propose a historical and touristic journey.

Episodes (14)

1. Paris and Marsilia

Aired 27 March 2018 • 120 min

The two guides have chosen two different cities to showcase buildings that have disappeared. Stéphane Bern leads Lorànt Deutsch to discover the origins of Marseille, between sea and land. Lorànt has chosen to guide Stéphane along the Seine in the Paris of the Universal Exhibitions.

2. French Revolution

Aired 2 May 2019 • 120 min

From the Place de la Bastille to the Place de la Concorde, where the King of France was executed, Stéphane Bern and Lorànt Deutsch tell us about the daily life and the major events of the French Revolution. They describe all the buildings- event those that have disappeared- which played a fundamental role in this historical period.

3. Paris by Haussmann

Aired 30 April 2020 • 120 min

With Stéphane and Lorant, a guided tour of Haussmann's Paris is announced. During their journey, the two companions are explaining the revolutionary principles elaborated between 1853 and 1870 by the architects of Napoleon III and implemented by the teams of the prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann.

4. Paris in the Middle Ages

Aired 28 December 2020 • 120 min

A stroll in the heart of one of the most fascinating periods of the history of Paris: the Middle Ages. Stéphane Bern and Lorant Deutsch describe the life of the population, the organization of the city, transportation and the trades that were practiced. An indolent visit of the buildings dating from this period and of those which disappeared, by relating the events which took place there.

5. In the footsteps of Napoleon

Aired 13 April 2021 • 120 min

Stéphane and Lorànt retrace the life of one of the greatest personalities in French history: Napoleon Bonaparte. A controversial character, both despot and visionary, whose legend still stirs up passions, two hundred years after his death. The two guides bring to life the places that have disappeared but were crucial to Napoleon's life.

6. Roman Gaul France

Aired 28 December 2021 • 132 min

Stéphane and Lorànt take you on the tracks of Julius Caesar, Vercingetorix or Augustus, and then head for the south of Gaul, from Nîmes to Lugdunum (Lyon), the capital of Gaul, via Arles and the impressive Pont du Gard.

7. Paris Belle Epoque

Aired 3 January 2023 • 117 min

The period between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, marked by significant political, social, economic and technological progress, is known as the "Belle Epoque".

8. French Renaissance

Aired 7 March 2023 • 120 min

Passionate about history and heritage, Stéphane Bern and Lorànt Deutsch propose a historical and touristic journey around the artistic and cultural explosion that France experienced in the 16th century, taking them from Paris to the Loire Valley, where sumptuous châteaux were being built.