''Journal de 13 heures'' or ''13 heures'' (, stylized on-screen as ''13h'') is

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's afternoon news program, seen weekdays at 1:00 pm (13:00)

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. It has been broadcast since 1981. This France 2 news program is seen opposite the similarly named news program on commercial broadcaster

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, ''TF1 13 Heures'', which has twice the viewership of France 2's program. As a result, France 2's ''13 heures'' has seen a frequent turnover of news anchors for the program—15 in the last ten years.

Élise Lucet Élise Lucet (; born 30 May 1963) is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on France Télévisions shows such as '' Pièces à Conviction'', '' Cash Investigation'' and '' Envoyé spécial'', she ha ...

host the ''13 heures'' from 2005 to 2016. More generally, many French television channels offer a newscast at or around 1:00 pm:

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, C8 and M6. In Belgium,

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broadcasts a news bulletin at 1:00 pm, as well as

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. Ivorian presenters of the series include

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, Awa Ehoura, Alberic Niango, Pascal Aka Brou, David Mobio, Lanciné Fofana, Viviane Ahimain and Amidou Doukouré. In the

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, an equivalent newscast is the ''

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'', shown at 1:00 pm

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and formerly anchored by

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. It is also shown on SBS in Australia 6am weekdays.

References

External links

Official site
* French television news shows 1981 French television series debuts France 2 France Télévisions original programming {{france-tv-prog-stub