By akademiotoelektronik, 24/03/2023

VIDEO Death of the Bogdanoff brothers: an excerpt from the new version of Time X unveiled in TPMP

With the support of Cyril Hanouna, Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff had planned to revive a new version of their cult show: Time X. To carry out their project, the twins had shot three pilots of the program. A version unveiled in TPMP on January 3, 2022.

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Known for hosting the magazine Temps X on TF1 from 1979 to 1987, Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were about to return to television with a new version of their show. Reduced to a duration of five minutes, according to information from the Parisian, the program aimed to evoke the "major dates of scientific discovery". And if the name of the project had not yet been determined, the media specifies that it was the one "who was closest to their hearts". "The decor was reminiscent of their debut," said their agent Damien Nougarede. Supported by their friend CyrilHanouna, the two brothers had already produced three pilots shot in September 2021 in the Bry-sur-Marne studios. Monday January 3, 2022, following the death of Igor Bogdanoff, the host of TPMP therefore unveiled an unpublished extract from this unpublished version of Time X.

"It's an exclusive that might be on the air soon"

Igor Bogdanoff only survived six days after his brother's death. On January 3, 2022, the other half of the iconic television duo "left for the light", wrote his family in a press release relayed by AFP. The icons of science popularization were doctors in theoretical physics for Igor, and in mathematics for Grichka. And it was in April 1979 that they launched the program Temps X, a precursor program filled with special effects which offered a reflection around the major themes of science fiction. In the setting of a spaceship, the two men had quickly become stars. Recently, the twins therefore wanted to resurrect the show that had made them famous. "Time X, we have images of a pilot that we shot. It's an exclusive that was perhaps due to arrive on the air. It is with sadness that we say that it will not happen to the antenna since Grichka and Igor left us”, thus explained Cyril Hanouna in TPMP Monday January 3, 2021. And the host to unveil live, not without emotion, an extract from the pilot. The opportunity for viewers to see Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff one last time in a cosmonaut suit.

VIDEO Death of the Bogdanoff brothers: an excerpt of the new version of Time X unveiled in TPMP

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