William Leymergie

William Leymergie born 4 February 1947 in Libourne is a French journalist television producer and host best known for the French breakfast television news show Télématin broadcast on public broadcaster France 2 and TV5 in Canada After completing an arts degree at University of Paris X Nanterre Leymergie began his career at the External Affairs and Cooperation department now Radio France Internationale of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française ORTF in 1970 In 1972 he joined the childrens programming department as well as the France Inter radio station In 1974 he became a journalist at the TF1 television network After a period at the National Audiovisual Institute INA Leymergie worked as a journalist in the childrens programming department of Antenne 2 from 1978 to 1984 where he produced programmes such as Disney Dimanche in 1979 and Récré A2 in 1980 Starting in 1985 he has hosted France 2s morning show Télématin which he has also produced since 1990 His only other television activity during this period was a stint cohosting the 1300 Antenne 2 news with Patricia Charnelet from 1987 to 1990 During this period the broadcast beat the 1300 TF1 news read by Yves Mourousi in the ratings which has not happened again since Leymergie sang the Frenchlanguage version of the theme song of the television series based on the PacMan arcade game and has appeared in small roles in various movies Source Article William Leymergie de Wikipédia en français soumis à la licence CCBYSA 30