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Le Grand Cactus (The Big Cactus) is a comedy show on Belgian television (the French speaking part of the country) that has been braodcast on la Deux (RTBF) since 1 October 2015 and presented by Jérôme de Warzée et Adrien Devyver.

Broadcasting
The show is broadcast every other Thursday from 8:25 p.m. to 10 p.m. on La Deux and broadcast again the following Saturday at 6:20 p.m on the same channel. The recordings are normally made the day before at Média Rives studio in Liège. This program is a television extension of Jérôme de Warzée's daily radio chronicles called Un Cactus dans le Waterzooi and Le billet d'humeur that have been broadcast on VivaCité (RTBF) (a Belgian radio) since 2010.

Since its creation, the program's audience has continued to grow, reaching 18.1 % of the market share and more than 300,000 viewers in October 2016. On 28 September 2017, the audience reached almost 375,000 viewers, representing 21.4 % of the market share. On 28 December 2017, the 'Très Très Grand Cactus' (the Big Big Big Cactus) broke the show's audience record with 429,000 viewers, representing 22.5% of the market share.

Principle
This humorous shwo makes fun of the Belgian and international news through :
 * reports (fake special correspondents or dual-location show, street interviews)
 * parodying other shows of the Channel RTBF (Jardins et Loisirs, Questions à la Une (headline news becoming Jerkline news)
 * interviews on set of actors playing the role of well-known personalities or characters (Céline Dion, Mylène Farmer, Tatayet, Dirk Frimout, Pikachu...) ou imaginary characters. De Warzée often struggles to interview personalities, who are often distracted, misunderstanding questions or clumsily circumventing them.
 * sequences on set (Les (c)actus en Vrac, Cactus People, Cactus Geek)
 * cartoons and caricatures called Caricactus drawn by Mehdi
 * fake advertising, fake emails, fake tweets

Each show is made of three cactus each one dealing with a news topic and ending with a sentence pronounced by François de Brigode (a Belgian journalist) from the RTBF television news: "I remind you that drugs are dangerous for your health". The way he said this sentence is something to laugh at.

The cactus symbolizes the spiciness of humour, which can sometimes be corrosive or satirical.

The show is recorded in the middle of an audience of about a hundred people. The decoration represents several cacti, including a giant one placed horizontally and coming out of the presentation table. From season 4, a new decor is set, always on the theme of the cactus.

Presentation and journalists
The presentation is given by Adrien Devyver and Jérôme de Warzée, who is also the designer and main editor of the program's various sections.

Throughout the show they are accompanied on set by three columnists:
 * David Jeanmotte, in charge of the relooking part, la Jeanmotte Touch
 * Thierry Luthers, author of the Mister Luther's minute
 * Livia Dushkoff, presenter of the Livia# sequence (pronounced Livia hashtag)

Actors
The main actors are: Former actors :
 * Freddy Tougaux (David Greuse) : plays the role of a guest and is in charge of the street interviews (with Michel, the cameraman),
 * Kody : interviewed guest and in charge of reports,
 * Kiki (Martin Charlier) : interviewed guest and in charge of reports,
 * James Deano (Olivier Nardin) : special correspondent on the ground,
 * Sarah G (Sarah Grosjean) : in charge of the Cactus People (season 1 and 2) and plays the role of a contestant in a reality show Les Poufs (Jessica),
 * Bénédicte Philippon : plays the role of a contestant in a reality show Les Poufs (Clitorine),
 * Fabian Le Castel : interviewed guest and in charge of reports,
 * Carmela Giusto : the Cinema of Carmela (season 3),
 * Agent Verhaegen (Pablo Andres) : the Little Cactus (le Petit Cactus), then the Patrol Cactus (la Cactus Patrouille (season 4),
 * Julie Van H : in charge of the Cactus Geek (seasons 1 and 2),
 * Renaud Rutten : Mister Cleanliness sent by the Ofcom (season 3)

Seasons

 * Saison 1 : 2015-2016 : émissions 1 à 15 + 16 (best of).
 * Saison 2 : 2016-2017 : émissions 17 à 23, 24 (best of de Noël), 25 à 33, 34 (best of de la saison 2) et 35 (best of des deux saisons).
 * Saison 3 : 2017-2018 : émissions 36 à 49, 50 (best-of de Pâques), 51 à 53, 54 (best of de la saison 3).
 * Saison 4 : 2018-2019 : émissions 55 à 60, 61 (best of de Noël) - en cours