Big Difference

Big Difference (Russian: Большая разница, romanized: Bolshaya raznitsa) was a Russian parody TV show. Conceptually it is similar to the MADtv show or the German comedy show, Switch. Created by producers Aleksandr Tsekalo and Ruslan Sorokin in 2007. The actors within the project are performing parodies of the most popular Russian and world celebrities, TV programs, movies, etc.

Big Difference
Created byAleksandr Tsekalo
Ruslan Sorokin
Presented byIvan Urgant (until 2012)
Aleksandr Tsekalo[1]
Country of originRussia, Ukraine
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companiesKrasny Kvadrat / "TechnoStyle" (1 season)


Sreda (from season 2)
Release
Original networkChannel One Most popular episodes are repeated on the Friday!.
Original release1 January 2008 (2008-01-01) –
2014 (2014)

In 2012, the show was rebranded to Big Difference TV and one of the hosts, Ivan Urgant, was contracted by the Russian competing channel TNT to leave the show.

The show ended in 2014.

History

The first episode was broadcast on January 1, 2008 on Channel One Russia. Three more episodes were created because of the audience's approval. After hiatus TV show resumed in September 2008. On June 5, 2014, the last episode of the project was released.

Hosts

Actors

Former actors

Authors
  • Ruslan Sorokin
  • Maxim Tukhanin
  • Vitaly Kolomiets
  • Alexey Alexandrov
  • Alexey Poymanov

Headings

Little difference

"Little difference" (Russian: Malenkaya raznitsa) is heading, in which little children are performing in the parodies.

Little actors:

  • Ivan Chuvatkin
  • Yeryoma Cherevko
  • Pavel Artyomov
  • Yegor Fadeyev

Sketch with star

"Sketch with star" (Russian: Sketch so zvezdoy) is heading, in which guest stars are playing in sketches together with the actors. Currently named "World history" (Russian: Vsemirnaya istoriya), in which guest stars play different historic figures.

Guest stars:

Animated painting

"Animated painting" (Russian: Ozhivshaya kartina) is heading, in which actors play characters from well-known paintings.

International editions

The Ukrainian version of Big Difference has been produced since January 1, 2010. January 1, 2011 is the expected date for the release of a Belarusian version.

Notes
  1. Шоу «Большая разница» вернется в эфир. Комсомольская правда (in Russian).
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