Thomas Isle will host the Culture médias program on Europe 1 from August 28, the station announced (Lagardère News), Wednesday June 7. He will replace Philippe Vandel, of whom he was the joker and who presented this daily, on the air from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., since its launch in 2019.
With the arrival of Thomas Isle, “the station also intends to continue interactivity with listeners during the show. Constance Benqué and the station's teams thank Philippe Vandel for the work done on the Europe 1 antenna over the past six years and wish him every success in his future projects, " said the station's press release, which did not clarified the reasons for his departure.
"It's not conflicting with Europe 1", assured AFP Philippe Vandel, whose departure from Media Culture is explained by the evolution of its concept. "I am not the right person for interactivity “, he explained.
Thomas Isle made his television debut in 2010 as a columnist for the program Médias, le magazine, on France 5. He was a producer of N'oubliez pas les paroles, on France 2, from 2011 to 2013. In 2013, he co-hosted Le Grand Direct des media on Europe 1 with Thomas Joubert and, at the same time, co-presented the program La Quotidienne on France 5 with Maya Lauqué. In 2021, he presented the Club de l'été and the Club de l'hiver on Europe 1. Since September 2021, he has hosted a weekly program on France 5 entitled Samedi à tout prix. Last May, he presented the annual edition of Tous prêts pour la dictée! on France 3.