Plus belle la vie

Plus belle la vie
Genre	Soap opera
Theme music composer	Maidi Roth
Country of origin	France
Original language(s)	French
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	3190+ 19 special (as of 13 th January 2017)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hubert Besson, Telfrance
Location(s)	Marseille, France
Running time	24 minutes
Release
Original network	France 3
Picture format	16/9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	30 August 2004 – Present

Plus belle la vie is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air since August 30, 2004, it is currently shown on France 3 on Monday to Friday evenings at 8:15pm. The show began with seventeen main actors and gained more over time.

On July 11, 2008, France 3 broadcast its one thousandth episode, a milestone in French television. The series set a second record on June 8, 2012, with its two thousandth episode. On April 22, 2016, the soap passes the bar of the three-thousandth episode.

The series follows the daily lives of the inhabitants of "Le Mistral", a fictional neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy and less than wealthy families co-exist. It focuses on their evolving love lives and friendships evolve and on the criminal intrigues in which certain residents of the neighbourhood are involved.

At first it was difficult to attract viewers. However, after striving to create more dynamic story lines, by the second season Plus belle la vie had an audience of five million. On Valentine's Day 2006, a plot involving Nicolas Barrel's death drew an audience of 6,329,600. On November 17, 2008, Plus belle la vie received its highest ever ratings, with over 6.8 million viewers and a 24.9% audience share.

The series regularly averages an audience of 5.3 million viewers with a 23.2% audience share each weekday evening.

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