During confinement, the set shows that used to receive from the public had to operate behind closed doors. Will it be the same back to school? As measures to fight the coronavirus epidemic harden, some programs have already announced that they will go without public for their return at the end of August. This is for example the case of Daily, back on the screen on August 31 as written the Parisian in its Sunday 23 August edition. On the other hand, Don’t Touch My Extension has chosen to welcome only 50% of the possible public, so as to be able to respect barrier gestures and social distancing.
Beyond the presence of the public or not, another question is currently central in the fight against the coronavirus on the sets of programs: will the facilitators have to wear masks on stage? For now, they can take it off just as it’s filmed. But from September 1, masks become mandatory in the workplace. And television shoots should therefore be no exception. “TV and radio channels fall within the scope of these new rules“, confirms this Sunday 23 August the Ministry of Labor at Parisian.
Ongoing discussions around the obligation to wear a television mask
Will we see masks on television? The question is causing a lot of reaction while China, the country from which the epidemic started and which has implemented drastic measures, has not imposed the wearing of masks on the small screen. In France, discussions are underway between the chains and the government. The main channels are calling for an exception to be made for them, citing in particular the impossibility for the deaf and hard of hearing to read lips. As revealed the Parisian, a joint letter was written to this effect by the main groups and sent to the government. (…)
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