Benidorm Bastards

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Benidorm Bastards
Genre Comedy
Created byTim Van Aelst
Theme music composerPascal Deweze
Tim Vanhamel
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes30+
Production
ProducerShelter
Original release
Network 2BE
Release2010 (2010) –
2011 (2011)

Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian comedy television series.

Contents

Format

Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian hidden camera comedy programme on the Flemish TV channel 2BE. All characters are amateur actors and senior citizens. The programme has a similar concept to Trigger Happy TV , a Belgian version of which was broadcast on the same channel. In October 2010, a second season started on 2BE. In the program old actors try to act as if they were young talking about things no older person would dare to talk about. They also have funny situations like out-of-control electric wheelchairs and other funny happenings which seem strange to young people.

Awards

Criticism

The mayor of the Spanish town of Benidorm does not approve of the programme's title Benidorm Bastards. He demands that "Benidorm" be removed from the title because the term "bastard" created "a negative projection" that damaged its image. [1] The name Benidorm is used because many Belgian and Dutch seniors move to Benidorm after retirement.

International broadcasts

Episodes of the original Belgian version of the show air in the Netherlands (RTL4, December 2013), in Australia on SBS2 in Dutch with English subtitles, India as Benidorm Pranksters with English dubbing [2] and on ATV Home's RTHK programming block with Cantonese dubbing. [3]

International versions

A Dutch version of the show, announced on 15 April 2010, is broadcast by RTL 4 since 21 August 2010, recast with Dutch actors. From 17 March 2018 6 episodes of Benidorm bastards & de boefjes have been broadcast. In this series not only seniors, but also children are pranking with adults.

The United States network NBC announced it would be creating an American adaptation, Betty White's Off Their Rockers , starring Betty White. [4] The show debuted on January 16, 2012, one day before White's 90th birthday.

The show has adaptions in all Scandinavian countries as well. The Danish version is Rollatorbanden, the Norwegian version is Bingobanden and the Swedish version is Pensionärsjävlar.

In the United Kingdom, ITV announced its own adaptation of the show. Following the American adaptation it was also entitled Off Their Rockers but with different characters. [5] The first episode aired April 7, 2013. [6]

The Turkish version Baston Takımı airs on Star TV. [7]

The Brazilian version Os velhinhos se divertem airs on SBT inside the oldest Brazilian show called Programa Silvio Santos.

The Spanish version, Los mayores gamberros, premiered on 13 September 2013 on Antena 3. [8]

The Canada version, Les détestables, premiered in 2011 on V. [9]

The Italian version, Vecchi Bastardi, premiered on April 7, 2014 in the afternoon on Italia 1 and ceased to be aired on 6 June 2014 (44 episodes of Italian made candid cameras mixed with international ones imported from United States, Holland, Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain). [10]

The Estonia version of the show, Eesti Ulakad Vanurid, started broadcasting on 19 May 2016 on TV3. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Benidorm Bastards', un programa que levanta ampollas" ['Benidorm Bastards', a program that raises blisters]. El Correo (in Spanish). EFE. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Benidorm Bastards". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. ↑ RTHK Page (in Chinese)
  4. ↑ "NBC Greenlights New Hidden-Camera Comedy 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers,' -Working Title- Hosted by Multiple Emmy Winner Betty White". NBC. 31 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Off Their Rockers". ITV Media. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Baston Takımı Full HD izle | Star TV". startv.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Los mayores gamberros (official site)". Antena3.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Les Détestables (Benidorm Bastards) | Productions KOTV". www.kotv.ca. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Vecchi bastardi". Mediaset Play. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Eesti ulakad vanurid S1 E3 Osa 3 | TV3 Play". play.tv3.ee. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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