Les Grosses Têtes

Les Grosses Têtes
GenreComedy
Running time
  • Weekdays: 15:30-18:00
Country of originFrance
Language(s)French
Home stationRTL
Hosted by
Created byJean Farran and Roger Krecher
Original releaseApril 1, 1977 (1977-04-01)
Websitewww.rtl.fr/emission/les-grosses-tetes/

Les Grosses Têtes (French pronunciation: [le ɡʁos tɛt];"The Big Heads" or "The Big Brains" in English) is a daily comedy radio programme on the French language RTL radio network. Broadcast since 1 April 1977, the current host since 2014 has been Laurent Ruquier.

Presently broadcast from 15:30 to 18:00 in France and Belgium (on Bel RTL) this show has several regular segments. The first quarter of the show is hard-hitting news and the next quarter deals with cultural issues. Then, for the next 30 minutes the host takes phone calls from listeners. Finally, guests are interviewed and joked about (these jokes are called gauloises on the show). Part of the format is when guests are asked questions sent in by the listeners, the most famous being Mme Leprieur.