Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
So who remembers Quinze Minutes Plus? It was an educational programme from 1997 that followed in the footsteps of the Quinze Minutes series from eight years earlier in teaching us KS3-level French, only this time painfully trying to be cool with music and (almost-)dancing and being out late at night with friends and computer animation and everything at the same time.
Anyway, this specific episode is apparently the second in the series (I'm afraid I don't have the first, and I've no idea why there's a big 16 in the top corner), and it's called En Ville - so we're shown around town in both Dijon and Guadeloupe while our young guides eagerly point out the local sights. We also do a bit on directions, and ultimately end up in an arcade playing... Actually, what game is that racing one? I thought it was Virtua Racing to begin with, but there are Namco logos on it. Ace Driver, perhaps? I don't think I ever played that.
Many thanks to Ben for providing this recording.
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So who remembers Quinze Minutes Plus? It was an educational programme from 1997 that followed in the footsteps of the Quinze Minutes series from eight years earlier in teaching us KS3-level French, only this time painfully trying to be cool with music and (almost-)dancing and being out late at night with friends and computer animation and everything at the same time.
Anyway, this specific episode is apparently the second in the series (I'm afraid I don't have the first, and I've no idea why there's a big 16 in the top corner), and it's called En Ville - so we're shown around town in both Dijon and Guadeloupe while our young guides eagerly point out the local sights. We also do a bit on directions, and ultimately end up in an arcade playing... Actually, what game is that racing one? I thought it was Virtua Racing to begin with, but there are Namco logos on it. Ace Driver, perhaps? I don't think I ever played that.
Many thanks to Ben for providing this recording.
(If you're a copyright holder and have any objections, please feel free to contact me. Alternatively, I haven't monetised the video, so you're welcome to do so, and that way everybody wins.)
