Sofia Residents in Excess

Sofia Residents in Excess
Столичани в повече
Created byEvtim Miloshev
Ivan Spasov
Hristina Apostolova
StarringLyubomir Neikov
Albena Pavlova
Silvia Lulcheva
Krustyo Lafazanov
Stoyanka Mutafova
Hristo Garbov
Ivan Yurukov
Nencho Ilchev
Country of originBulgaria
Original languageBulgarian
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes170
Production
ProducersDream Team Productions
bTV Media Group
Running time45 minutes (no ads)
Original release
NetworkbTV
Release23 March 2011 (2011-03-23) –
24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)

Sofia Residents in Excess (Bulgarian: Столичани в повече) is a Bulgarian TV comedy-drama series produced by BTV and Dream Team Production that premiered on BTV on 23 March 2011.

Plot

Two families from the Bulgarian capital – Chekanovi (the Chekanovs) and Lyutovi (the Lyutovs) – are in constant competition among each other. They used to live in the outmost metropolitan district of Izvor, but they have moved to central metropolitan district and are real Sofia residents now.

Cast

The Chekanov Family (Chekanovi)

  • Grandma Mariyka Chekanova (Stoyanka Mutafova) - mother of Rangel
  • Rangel Chekanov (Lyubomir Neikov) – former mayor of Izvor, former member of the parliament and former caretaker prime minister
  • Galabina Chekanova (Albena Pavlova) - wife of Rangel, housewife
  • Radko Chekanov (Vasil Draganov) – the son
  • Mariya Chekanova/Lyutova (Violeta Markovska) - the daughter, wife of Andrey Lyutov (season 1-4)

The Lyutov Family (Lyutovi)

  • Yordan Lyutov (Krustyo Lafazanov) - husband of Slaveya, former mayor of Izvor
  • Slaveya "Slavka" Lyutova (Silvia Lulcheva) - wife of Yordan, former member of the parliament
  • Spas Lyutov (Ruslan Maynov) - eldest son of Yordan and Slaveya; former doctor
  • Andrey Lyutov (Ivan Jurukov) - son of Yordan and Slaveya; photographer, TV producer
  • Yana Lyutova (Mina Markova) - daughter of Yordan and Slaveya
  • Yovka Lyutova (Eva Tepavicharova) - wife of Spas Lyutov

Other characters

  • Dominik Strosran (Ivan Radoev)
  • Pop Grigoriy - Grishata (Nencho Ilchev) - local priest
  • Zoya (Ernestina Shinova) - wife of Plamen Tsekov
  • Plamen (Patso) Tsekov (Hristo Garbov), twin brother of Konstantin Tsekov
  • Konstantin Tsekov (Hristo Garbov), twin brother of Plamen Tsekov
  • Dimo Tsekov (Ivan Panayotov) – son of Plamen Tsekov, accountant
  • Petar 'Pepi' Peychev (Petyo Petkov) - friend of Andrey, TV producer
  • Eleonora Veron (Evelin Kostova) - dating Andrey Lyutov
  • Kameliya (Daniela Stamova) - Eleonora's best friend, dating Pepi

Guest stars

  • Preslava as herself (season 1)
  • Georgi Kaloyanchev as Georgi grandma Mariyka first love (season 2)
  • Orlin Goranov as Venelin Draganov, writer (season 2)
  • Desi Slava as Vyara Toneva, pop singer (season 3)
  • Doni as Toni, pop singer (season 4)
  • Ralitsa Kovacheva-Bezhan (season 5)
  • Daniel Tsochev (season 5)
  • Atanas Mihaylov (season 5)
  • Hristo Stoichkov as God (season 5)
  • Azis as cook in jail (season 7)
  • Dimitar Kovachev - Funky as The Kraut, cellmate of Plamen Tsekov (season 7)
  • Maria Ilieva as Mariya Skala, opera singer (season 8)
  • Blagoy Georgiev - friend of grandma Mariyka (season 9)
  • Evgeni Budinov as lawyer (season 9)
  • Robert Yanakiev as prosecutor (season 9)
  • 100 Kila as Tsanko, student (season 9)
  • Hristina Apostolova as Karolina, Macedonian spy (season 9)
  • duet Riton as themselves (season 9)
  • Lyubo Ganev as Bulgarian Olympic Committee President (season 10)
  • Stefan Danailov (season 10)

Episodes

Main article: List of episodes Sofia Residents in Excess
Season Time slot TV Season Episodes Premiere Final Duration
1 Wednesday,
21:00 (UTC+02:00) 		2011
(Spring) 		10 23 March 2011 25 May 2011 45 minutes
(ads free)
2 2011
(Fall) 		13 28 September 2011 21 December 2011
3 2012
(Spring) 		14 7 March 2012 6 June 2012
4 2012
(Fall) 		19 September 2012 19 December 2012
5 2013
(Spring) 		13 March 2013 12 June 2013
6 2013
(Fall) 		18 September 2013 18 December 2013
7 Wednesday,
21:30 (UTC+02:00) 		2014
(Spring) 		13 5 March 2014 28 May 2014
8 Friday,
21:30 (UTC+02:00) 		2015
(Spring) 		6 March 2015 29 May 2015
9[1] 2015
(Fall) 		25 September 2015 December 2015
10[2] 2016
(Spring) 		11 March 2016 3 June 2016
11 Friday,
21:00 (UTC+02:00) 		2017
(Spring) 		10 March 2017 2 June 2017
12 2018
(Spring) 		2 March 2018 June 2018

References

  1. ^ "Столичани в повече 8 тръгва днес, снимат сезон 9" [Sofia Residents in Excess 8 starts today, filming season 9] (in Bulgarian). Dir. 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Започват снимките на десети сезон на "Столичани в повече"" [Began filming the tenth season of "Sofia Residents in Excess"] (in Bulgarian). bTV. 12 December 2015.

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