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Stéphane Bern has had an extremely rich career related to cultural heritage, at times working as a journalist, an author, TV presenter, radio host, producer and actor. However, it is mainly through his immensely popular television shows that Stéphane Bern is best known to the general public for his illuminating insight on cultural heritage. Since 2007, Stéphane Bern has presented “Secrets d’Histoire” (The Secrets of History) on France 2. Over the years, it has become an unmissable prime time broadcast with an average of 3.5 to 4 million viewers every month. In the past he also presented several programmes related to heritage which encouraged viewers to take part in valorising their own heritage, for example “La maison préférée des Français” (France’s Favourite House), “Le village préféré des Français” (France’s Favourite Village) and “Le monument préféré des Français” (France’s Favourite Historic Monument). A further two programmes related to heritage, “Laissez-vous guider” (Let Us Guide You) and “La Fabuleuse Histoire du Restaurant” (The Wonderful History of Restaurants), have also enjoyed great success. For the daily television programme “Visites Privées” (Private Visits), based in the collections of furniture and textiles at the Mobilier National in Paris, Mr. Bern unveiled the “behind the scenes” activities of heritage institutions and communicated about their many treasures. Viewers were invited to rediscover the hidden history of illustrious figures and France’s monuments and to learn about how the country’s most prestigious institutions function.