Claude Sérillon

Claude Sérillon
Claude Sérillon in 2010.
Born	20 October 1950 (1950-10-20) (age 66) Nantes, Loire-Atlantique
Nationality	France
Occupation	Journalist, television presenter, writer
Years active	1970 -2014
Known for	(France 2 then TF1) ,

Claude Sérillon, born 20 October 1950 at Nantes, is a French journalist and TV presenter.

Claude Sérillon was a student at the school of Breil-Malville and then at  ; he did his graduate studies in letters at the University of Nantes, obtaining a Bachelor's degree. While still a student, he started working in journalism in 1970 as a freelancer for the newspaper . His work for this newspaper started on the occasion of a trip to Norway where he proposed a story about the football club Strømsgodset IF, champions of Norway in 1970, that the FCN (FC Nantes) was scheduled to meet later in the European Cup. Later, in the afternoon of 28 January 1972, during his journalism work, he found himself at the when a fire started in the Nantes Cathedral; he was the first journalist at the scene, following the fire-fighters right to the fire in the attic of the building, and his report was an essential part of the paper the next day, the first page only contained a picture of the fire and the words "16 hours 19 ".

In 1973 he joined the ORTF Ile-de-France. He started work at TV station Antenne 2 in 1975 and took control of the news show at 18:45 the following year, from 1976 up to 1979.

In 1979 he was in charge of the press review at and is commended for reporting of the diamond affair of Jean-Bédel Bokassa, involving Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

He started editing again in July 1981, as editor of the society department, and he also started presenting in summer 1982.

In February 1984 he left Antenne 2 for TF1 where he presented their . His work there then stalled against the tandem of rival TV presenter team Christine Ockrent / Bernard Rapp.

Uncomfortable with the editing of TF1 and opposed to the style of the news show they put on the air in January 1985, which was dramatized and sensationalized, he remained nostalgic for channel A2 and eventually returned to his earlier employ in January 1986 to present the 20 hours alternating with Bernard Rapp