Téléchat

Téléchat is a Franco-Belgian French-language children's television series created by Roland Topor and Henri Xhonneux. The series aired on France 2 as a segment of Récré A2,^[1] and ran for 234 episodes between 1983 and 1986. A satire of news broadcasting, the series centers around a TV news program presented by two anthropomorphic puppets—Groucha, a cat, and Lola, an ostrich. Many objects in their studio are also anthropomorphic and have the ability to talk.^[2][3][4] The series was later rebroadcast on France 5 in the 1990s, and on Arte in the 2010s.^[3] In Belgium, the series premiered first on RTBF1's Lollipop strand, on 19 September 1983.^[5] It also received an English dub under the name of Telecat which aired on TCC in the United Kingdom. Téléchat has received many awards.^[6]

Téléchat
Created by	Roland Topor Henri Xhonneux
Country of origin	France Belgium
Original language	French
No. of episodes	234
Production
Producer	Éric Van Beuren
Running time	5 minutes
Original release
Network	RTBF1 Antenne 2
Release	1983 (1983) – 1986 (1986)

Téléchat puppets on display at Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)