Fort Boyard: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fort Boyard is a French game show created by Jacques Antoine that was first broadcast on 7 July 1990 (as Les Clés de Fort Boyard, shortened to Fort Boyard from the second series in 1991) and is popular to this day. It has been re-made around the world, successfully in many countries over a 25-year period.

Series details

• Title: Fort Boyard
• Format: Game Show
• Language: French
• Premiere date: 1990-07-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: France 2
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 112 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4806

Cast and credited roles

• Olivier Minne — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-07-07; final listed air date 1990-10-13.
• Season 2: premiered 1991-06-28; final listed air date 1991-11-15.
• Season 3: premiered 1992-07-10; final listed air date 1992-10-26.
• Season 4: premiered 1993-06-30; final listed air date 1993-09-01.
• Season 5: premiered 1994-07-02; final listed air date 1994-09-03.
• Season 6: premiered 1995-07-08; final listed air date 1995-09-09.
• Season 7: premiered 1996-06-22; final listed air date 1996-10-19.
• Season 8: premiered 1997-06-28; final listed air date 1998-02-23.
• Season 9: premiered 1998-07-04; final listed air date 1998-09-05.
• Season 10: premiered 1999-06-26; final listed air date 1999-08-28.
• Season 11: premiered 2000-06-24; final listed air date 2000-09-02.
• Season 12: premiered 2001-06-23; final listed air date 2001-08-25.
• Season 13: premiered 2002-06-29; final listed air date 2002-08-31.
• Season 14: premiered 2003-06-28; final listed air date 2003-08-30.
• Season 15: premiered 2004-06-19; final listed air date 2004-08-21.
• Season 16: premiered 2005-06-25; final listed air date 2005-08-27.
• Season 17: premiered 2006-06-24; final listed air date 2006-08-26.
• Season 18: premiered 2007-06-23; final listed air date 2007-09-01.
• Season 19: premiered 2008-07-05; final listed air date 2008-09-06.
• Season 20: premiered 2009-06-27; final listed air date 2009-08-29.
• Season 21: premiered 2010-07-10; final listed air date 2010-08-21.
• Season 22: premiered 2011-07-02; final listed air date 2011-08-20.
• Season 23: premiered 2012-07-07; final listed air date 2012-12-29.
• Season 24: premiered 2013-07-06; final listed air date 2013-08-31.
• Season 25: premiered 2014-06-28; final listed air date 2014-08-30.
• Season 26: premiered 2015-06-27; final listed air date 2015-08-29.
• Season 27: premiered 2016-07-02; final listed air date 2016-09-03.
• Season 28: premiered 2017-06-24; final listed air date 2017-09-09.
• Season 29: premiered 2018-06-23; final listed air date 2018-09-08.
• Season 30: premiered 2019-06-22; final listed air date 2019-09-07.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fort Boyard on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.