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France 3 replaces sailing documentary over legal reasons
France 3 has cancelled a documentary about sailor Marie Tabarly that was due to air on November 2.
Pen Duick VI: de père en fille follows her around the world during the 2023–24 Ocean Globe Race aboard the yacht Pen Duick VI.
France Télévisions said the film was pulled for legal reasons, but gave no further details.
The channel will show a repeat of Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice in its place at 11:10 p.m.
The replacement documentary recounts a 1986 rescue that killed five volunteer rescuers off the coast of Brittany.
It had previously aired on France 3 in October 2025.
The rest of the channel’s schedule for November 2 will remain unchanged.
France 3 has cancelled the planned broadcast of the sailing documentary Pen Duick VI: de père en fille for legal reasons.
The documentary had been scheduled for 11:10 p.m. on 2 November 2026.
France Télévisions announced the change on 23 October 2026.
France 3 will instead repeat Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice at the same time.
The rest of the channel’s schedule for 2 November will remain unchanged.
- Who
- France 3, part of France Télévisions, announced the change.
- What
- It cancelled the planned broadcast of Pen Duick VI: de père en fille and will show a repeat of Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice instead.
- When
- The change was announced on 23 October 2026. The replacement is scheduled for 2 November 2026 at 11:10 p.m.
- Where
- France 3.
- Why
- France Télévisions said the documentary was removed “for legal reasons.
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Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice was previously broadcast.
France Télévisions announced that France 3 would change its schedule for 2 November.
France 3 is due to replace Pen Duick VI: de père en fille with a repeat of Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice at 11:10 p.m.
- Cancelled documentary
- Pen Duick VI: de père en fille
- Reason given
- Legal reasons
- Scheduled broadcast
- 2 November 2026, 11:10 p.m.
- Replacement
- Sauveteurs en mer, l'appel et le sacrifice
- Earlier broadcast of replacement
- 13 October 2025
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Five volunteer rescuers (…) set out on a mission aboard their only rescue boat. Their objective is to rescue a pleasure boat, stranded near Île du Bec. The rescue operation turns into a tragedy when, at daybreak, their boat is found broken on the rocks of Kerguen, with none of the rescuers on board surviving.
for legal reasons