Des racines et des ailes (meaning "roots and wings") is a French-language television documentary series, created by Patrick de Carolis and Patrick Charles in France in 1997. Des racines et des ailes is broadcast two Wednesdays per month on the France 3 television network and is rebroadcast on TV5. De Carolis hosted the series until he was appointed president of French public service broadcaster France Télévisions in July 2005. Since September 2014, the programme has been hosted by Carole Gaessler. ()