Theirs is the country most Britons who have been abroad have at least passed through: theirs is the foreign language we most frequently try to learn. How much do we know about our nearest neighbours?
Put your questions on matters Gallic to Marie-Francoise Golinsky, London Correspondent of Ouest France; and to John Ardagh, writer and broadcaster on France. Sue MacGregor is in the Chair.
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