The Autocrats

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The Autocrats
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The initial screen of The Autocrats for the 4th and 5th seasons. Top row from left to right: Ben Zyskowicz, Päivi Räsänen, Mauri Pekkarinen, Tarja Halonen, Seppo Kääriäinen, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Pentti Arajärvi. Bottom row from left to right: Ville Itälä, Sauli Niinistö, Paavo Lipponen, Erkki Tuomioja, Suvi-Anne Siimes.
Also known asThe Autocrats
Itse valtiaat
Genre Political satire
Animation
Created byOlli Haikka
Riina Hyytiä
Voices ofMika Ala-Panula
Heikki Hilander
Erja Manto
Jukka Puotila
Paul Westlake
Mari Perankoski
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes233
Production
Running time11–15 min.
Original release
Network YLE TV1
ReleaseApril 14, 2001 (2001-04-14) 
January 5, 2008 (2008-01-05)
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The Autocrats (Finnish : Itse valtiaat) was a Finnish political satire TV series, which took the viewer behind the scenes of the politics of Finland. [1] The series was produced by Filmiteollisuus and was made using 3D computer animation. The original idea for the series came from producer Olli Haikka. 233 episodes comprising approximately 30 hours of footage were aired.

Contents

Politicians who appeared in the series

Episodes 2001–2008

(Original airdate)

The Autocrats pilot

Spring 2001 (1st season)

Fall 2001 (2nd season)

Spring 2002 (3rd season)

Fall 2002 (4th season)

Spring 2003 (5th season)

Fall 2003 (6th season)

Spring 2004 (7th season)

Fall 2004 (8th season)

Spring 2005 (9th season)

Fall 2005 (10th season)

Spring 2006 (11th season)

Fall 2006 (12th season)

Spring 2007 (13th season)

Fall 2007 (14th season)

Extra episode

Other The Autocrats publications

In addition to the TV series, The Autocrats series also includes:

Movie

TV-movies

Documentary

Pilot episode

Extra episode

CD-albums

CD-singles

DVD

Comic books

Other

See also

References

  1. Matilainen, Ville (1 February 2021). "Itse valtiaat nauroi 2000-luvun poliitikoille – nämä hahmot olivat Suomen huipputehtävissä 20 vuotta sitten". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 February 2024.