The Great Rallye (Cape of Good Hope / Tierra del Fuego) is a television game show produced by the Community of French televisions and aired in 1984 on Antenne 2 (France), RTBF1 (Belgium), TSR (Switzerland), CBC Television (Canada), RTL Télévision (Luxembourg) and TMC (Monaco).
This program was carried out following the success of (The Race around the world).
Principle of the issue Five two-men teams (one per channel), drove Citroen Visa cars for an extraordinary adventure, traveling around the world from the Cape of Good Hope to Tierra del Fuego, producing short TV documentary films that were noted by a professional jury based in Paris.
Jury The members of the standing jury representing television channels were:
Sophie Hecquet (RTL Television) Bruno Albin (Antenna 2) Jean-Louis Boudou (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) José Sacré (TMC) Vincent Philippe (TSR)
Winners 1at – The RTL team (Belgium): 3,818 points Participants: Thierry Devillet, Serge Goriely and Philippe Raymakers 2nd – The CBC team (Canada): 3,785 points Participants: Robert Bourgoing and Francis Lévesque 3rd – The TMC team (Monte Carlo): 3,751 points Participants: Christine Demond and Guilène Merland 4th – The SSR team (French Switzerland): 3,682 points Participants: Alexandre Bochatay and Alain Margot 5th – The Antenne 2 team (France): 3,658 points Participants: Laurent Chomel, Roland Théron and Georges Siciliano
See also La Course destination monde Race Around the World
References Didier Regnier, L'Aventure du Grand Raid Ed Robert Laffont Pierre Kohler, Grand Raid, Le Cap-Terre De Feu, Ed Hachette Télé-Union Gauthier Fleuri, Les Maillantes, ou 242 jours autour de la planète Terre, Ed. Pierre Theubet
External links
The website of the Grand Raid (created by former Canadian competitor Robert Bourgoing) The Great Raid photos on Flickr