- Title: Paris
- Date: 18th November 1994
- Summary: L'Insanite - Degout is mistakenly committed to a mental institution by Minotti. He manages to extricate himself by persuading the psychiatrist Dr Flue (John BIrd) that he is ane. When he returns to Paris he discovers that his reputation as a madman means that his work selling like hot cakes. He therefore decides to re-commit himself so as to make even more money. Things go well, money coming in. Rochet acts as Degout's agent and takes a healthy cut which enables him to buy a chateau and large yacht. But when Degout's ties to leave the asylum, he finds that he simple tests espoused by Dr Flue have been superseded by the new technique of ice cool blonde American psychiatrist (Lorelei King) who is running the show. The series end with Degout stuck in the asylum, Rochet a millionaire and Madam Ovary and Minotti unhappily married.
- Description:Degout,played by Alexei Sayle,is an impassioned but unsuccessful artist in Paris of the 1920s. His quest for fame leads him into a variety of extradorinary situations.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:TALKBACK PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 6
- Transmission Date:18/11/1994
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s