Best Friends (School Soap)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Best friends |
 | |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Year (s) | 2010–2012 |
| Production company |
B&B Endemol Shine |
| Episodes | 150 in 3 seasons |
| genre | Soap opera |
| Theme music | Andrina and Manuel - Best Friends |
| First broadcast | August 31, 2010 on SF two |
| occupation | |
|
see actor | |
Best Friends is a television series in the form of a soap opera for children and young people , which was broadcast as part of the children's program window Zambo . It first aired when Zambo started broadcasting on August 30, 2010. Best Friends was broadcast for the first time from Monday to Friday at 6:05 p.m. and on the weekends in the mornings. One episode, with the exception of double episode 101, lasts around ten minutes.
In late November 2010 it was announced that production for a second season of the series would begin in January 2011. The new episodes first aired on April 25, 2011. Best Friends was produced by b & b endemol . With the broadcast in spring 2012, the third and final season was broadcast.
All episodes of the series can be watched online for free on the SRF Zambo website .
Idol
Best Friends is based on the Dutch series Spangas, from which most of the roles and their characters were taken. However, some role names have been adapted to the Swiss standard.
Location
The setting is the fictional Spalenbühl school in Switzerland.
The outside scenes were shot in Switzerland (mainly in the canton of Aargau). The school house scenes come from a school house near Amsterdam, which is also the location of Spangas.
actor
main actor
| actor | Role name | Started | Exit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student: | ||||
| Vanessa Comte | Jula Meier Sonderegger | episode 1 | after the 2nd season | |
| Anja Monn | Jula Meier Sonderegger | 3rd season | active | |
| Sanjiv Adhihetty | Tobias "Töbu" Vonlanthen | episode 1 | active | Brother of Flip and Lena; Son of Frank Vonlanthen (headmaster); Friend of Leyla; in reality brother of Roshan Adhihetty (Flip) |
| Valérie Schneider | Fiona Picaroon | episode 1 | active | |
| Steve Devonas | Beni (Benjamin) Keller | episode 1 | active | |
| Anja Lopes | Avalanche Da Silva | episode 1 | active | |
| Elif Gencer | Irmak Sertkaya | episode 1 | active | |
| Aaron Arens | Marko Ibraimi | episode 1 | active | |
| Roshan Adhihetty | Flip (Philip) Vonlanthen | episode 1 | active | Brother of Tobias and Lena; Son of Frank Vonlanthen (headmaster); in reality brother of Sanjiv Adhihetty (Tobias) |
| Tanja Lehmann | Lena (Magdalena) Vonlanthen | episode 1 | active | Sister of Tobias and Flip; Daughter of Frank Vonlanthen (headmaster) |
| Basil Eidenbenz | Luki (Lukas) Örtli | episode 1 | active | |
| Teacher: | ||||
| Nathanael Schaer | Jochen Dammann | episode 1 | active | Teacher for KuReX (culture, religion and society); Substitute teacher for mathematics; Friend of Silvan (gay) |
| Isabella Schmid | Rosmarie Roth | episode 1 | active | German teacher |
| Jean-Christophe Nigon | Frank Vonlanthen | episode 1 | active | Principal; Father of Tobias, Flip and Lena; Science teacher |
| Zdenko Jelcic | Antonin Petrovic | episode 1 | active | facility manager |
supporting cast
1st season
| actor | Role name | Started | Exit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melina Bleuler | Mona | episode 1 | Episode 10 | pupil |
| Cihan Inan | Mr. Sertkaya | episode 1 | active | Father of Irmak |
| Christian Samuel Weber | Ronny Keller | Episode 3 | active | Brother of Beni |
| Noriana Nobashari | Betty | Episode 5 | active | Wife of Beni's brother |
| Joshua Schifferle | Flo (Florian) | Episode 6 | Episode 27 | student |
| Miriam Japp | Mrs. Flückiger | Episode 6 | Episode 28 | English teacher |
| Bahar Sarah Sarak | Mrs. Sertkaya | Episode 6 | Episode 11 | Mother of Irmak |
| Baydar Oezcan | Mr. Kana | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | Customer of the Sertkaya family shop |
| Sara Eberhart | Katja | Episode 11 | Episode 17 | pupil |
| Walter Küng | Mr. Wild | Episode 11 | Episode 20 | School Care President |
| Arlette elections | Mrs. Vonlanthen | Episode 16 | active | Wife of Frank Vonlanthen; Mother of Flip and Tobias |
| Oliver Gerster | Jim | Episode 16 | Episode 16 | Riding instructor |
| Nina Halpern | Anna | Episode 21 | Episode 29 | Friends of Beni |
| Max Sartore | Caesar | Episode 21 | Episode 28 | Clothes dealer |
| Nils Habermacher | Nick | Episode 27 | Episode 28 | Caesar's helpers |
| Mischa Rugolo | Goran | Episode 27 | Episode 28 | Caesar's helpers |
| Joël von Mutzenbecher | Steve | Episode 21 | Episode 50 | student |
| Ramona Fattini | Carolin | Episode 26 | Episode 36 | pupil |
| Claudia Lenzi | Mrs. Huber | Episode 31 | Episode 38 | Math teacher; temporarily leaves Spahlenbühl to teach at a partner school in Nicaragua |
| Omar Brem | Alexander | Episode 31 | Episode 40 | former football goalkeeper for the Swiss U-17 national team; now paraplegic |
| Marcel Schälchli | Silvan | Episode 44 | Episode 50 | Friend of Jochen Dammann (gay) |
2nd season
| actor | Role name | Started | Exit | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthias Schoch | Kevin | Episode 51 | Episode 59 | student |
| Janine Wille | Aurelia Vanini | Episode 51 | Episode 60 | Vicar |
| Kenneth Huber | Ed Berger | Episode 51 | Episode 60 | Newspaper editor |
| Maria Thorgevsky | Adelina Ibrahimi | Episode 51 | Episode 60 | Mother of Marko |
| Clara Seebach | Chiara | Episode 53 | Episode 60 | imaginary sister of Fiona |
| Wanda Wylowa | Mrs. Picaroon | Episode 53 | Episode 72 | Mother of Fiona |
| Daniel Frei | Mr. Picaroon | Episode 53 | Episode 72 | Father of Fiona |
| Jessy Oswald | Leyla | Episode 61 | active | Pupil; Ex-girlfriend of Tobias |
| Luzian Hirzel | Jonathan | Episode 69 | Episode 70 | student |
| Lisa Maria Bärenbold | Annabelle | Episode 71 | Episode 80 | pupil |
| Andrina Rohrbach | Andrina | Episode 71 | Episode 79 | Pupil; plays itself |
| Christian Liniger | Jean-Pierre | Episode 75 | Episode 80 | Geocacher |
| Sascha Pederiva | Pedagogues | Episode 76 | active | Friend of Beni |
| David Imhoof | Mr. Meier-Sonderegger | Episode 76 | active | Father of Jula |
| Robin Nidecker | Paul | Episode 81 | active | student |
| Diana Gatani | Angela Balšić | Episode 81 | active | pupil |
| Norbert Gubser | Mr. Zimmermann | Episode 81 | active | Retirement home residents; Husband of wife carpenter |
| Vreni Brun | Mrs. Zimmermann | Episode 81 | active | Retirement home resident; Mrs. of Mr. Zimmermann |
| Yannick Bachmann | Elias | Episode 84 | active | student |
| Fadil Hoxha | Mr. Balšić | Episode 88 | active | Father of Angela |
| Fatime Hoxha | Mrs. Balšić | Episode 88 | active | Mother of Angela |
Awards
- Nomination for the Swiss Television Prize 2011 in the Innovation category
Web links
- All episodes on PLAY SRF
- Best Friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- gosub from Berlin develops the new media brand Zambo for Swiss children . About Zambo Best Friends on Zambo
Individual evidence
- ^ SRF Zambo: Best Friends. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
- ↑ New soap "Best Friends", based on Spangas
- ↑ Profiles of the stars
- ↑ Swiss TV Prize: These are the winners