Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (real name: Patrick Poivre) (born September 20, 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is familiarily nicknamed PPDA.

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September 20 - 1947 - French - TV - Journalist - Writer

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He was born in Reims, France. He is the news anchor for the 8 PM news on TF1 and as such probably the journalist whose face is the most familiar to the French.

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Reims - France - News anchor - TF1

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His alter ego, the puppet PPD, is the news anchor in the satirical show Les Guignols de l'Info.

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Alter ego - News anchor - Satirical - Les Guignols de l'Info

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In October 1997, Poivre was sentenced to 6 months in prison with reprieve and 200,000 French Francs because of a misappropriation of public funds (see Pierre Botton, Michel Noir).

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October - 1997 - Franc - Pierre Botton - Michel Noir

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