During the 1980s, Pierre Capretz, a Yale professor, developed French in Action, a French immersion program that featured textbooks, workbooks, and a 52-episode television series. Aired on PBS, the television series gained a devoted following and, years later, a 25th anniversary celebration at Yale asked the question: Is it fair to say that French in Action now has a cult following?
You can watch French in Action for free online at the Annenberg Learner website. (Scroll down the page to find the videos.) The program follows the adventures of Robert Taylor, an American student, and Mireille Belleau, a young French woman. And each 30 minute episode provides a context for learning new words and expressions. (A couple of episodes generated a little controversy, we should note.) The show is conducted entirely in French.
French in Action appears in our collection of Free Language Lessons, which now offers primers in over 40 languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, Italian and beyond.
The free videos are only watchable if you are in United States or Canada :(
Loved these videos. I still have my textbook that went along with the series. It was so scandalous to my high school self that Mireille would go braless!
@Ruben I believe that they are also available via youtube. Maybe you can try seeing them there.
Only available in US and Canada? So what the hell are you doing on the WORLD WIDE web?