Claude Darget

Claude Darget, was a journalist and presenter of French television.


Claude Darget was born Christian Savarit on January 26, 1910 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
His parents were journalist Celestin-Maurice Savarit and France Darget, creator of the theater company Le Coryphée, both poets, whose works were crowned by the French Academy.

Claude Darget started before the war at the Paris Post. When the Germans asked him to resume his post during the war, he refused, being in the Resistance. He providef comments on film news, for example on May 22, 1942 2 and in 1943 short film for Mother's Day Maternity Secretariat to the family with Gilberte Genia.

He was known for his personal, smiling or acidic comments according to the television news that he presented from 1954 to 1968. Philippe Bouvard describes him as "a consumer advocate for information."

The role of Claude Darget as well as the other presenters of the news program faded when Alain Peyrefitte was appointed Minister of Information in 1962, declaring to Leon Zitrone that henceforth, "the journalist should fade before the information." Darget was then confined to two programs: one of philately, which he was a connoisseur, the other he animated from 1952 to 1968 with Frederic Rossif named La Vie des animaux whose comments were just as sharp, but also very poetic.

In May 1968, ORTF journalists went on strike, protesting against state pressure on their freedom of expression. President Charles de Gaulle considered the act as a betrayal at a time when the country was going through a serious crisis and they were all dismissed on July 31, 1968. Claude Darget had never been compensated for this dismissal both abusive and political. He then deals only with his philatelic activities including Figaro.

Philippe Bouvard later found Claude Darget to interview him on television. When he asked: "What did you do when you left the television? Darget answered him, philosophically and with his customary impertinence which is close to that of Bouvard: "My faith, I did what you would do if tomorrow you were thrown out of doors." Bouvard obviously appreciated this trait of spirit worthy of the greatest years of his friend.

Claude Darget also participated in the animation of the mid-day show on Europe 1 "32 million for an answer more" in the 1970s, before being replaced by Pierre Bellemarre.

Claude Darget died on March 26 , 1992.