Bernard Pivot

Bernard Pivot (b. 5 May 1935) is a French interviewer and host of a cultural television broadcast.

He was born in Lyon. His parents were grocers. During World War II, his father, Charles Pivot, was taken prisoner and his mother moved to the family house in the village of Quincié-en-Beaujolais; young Bernard started school in this village.

In 1945, Charles was released, and the reunited family returned to Lyon. At 10 years old, Bernard went to a Catholic boarding school and discovered a consuming passion for sport, a passion which helped teachers to overlook his general mediocrity in all traditional school topics except French language and history.