Sofia Residents in Excess explained
| Native Name: | Столичани в повече |
| Creator: | Evtim Miloshev
Ivan Spasov
Hristina Apostolova |
| Starring: | Lyubomir Neikov
Albena Pavlova
Silvia Lulcheva
Krustyo Lafazanov
Stoyanka Mutafova
Hristo Garbov
Ivan Yurukov
Nencho Ilchev |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
| Num Seasons: | 13 |
| Num Episodes: | 170 |
| Producer: | Dream Team Productions
bTV Media Group |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes (no ads) |
| Network: | bTV |
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
See main article: article and 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 | |
Official website
Notes and References
- Web site: Столичани в повече 8 тръгва днес, снимат сезон 9. 6 March 2015. Sofia Residents in Excess 8 starts today, filming season 9. Bulgarian. Dir.
- Web site: Започват снимките на десети сезон на "Столичани в повече". 12 December 2015. bTV. Bulgarian. Began filming the tenth season of "Sofia Residents in Excess".
