| Benidorm Bastards | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Tim Van Aelst |
| Theme music composer | Pascal Deweze Tim Vanhamel |
| Country of origin | Belgium |
| Original language | Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30+ |
| Production | |
| Producer | Shelter |
| Original release | |
| Network | 2BE |
| Release | 2010 (2010) – 2011 (2011) |
Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian comedy television series.
Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian hidden camera comedy programme on theFlemish TV channel2BE. All characters are amateur actors andsenior citizens. The programme has a similar concept toTrigger Happy TV, a Belgian version of which was broadcast on the same channel. In October 2010, a second season started on2BE. 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.
The mayor of the Spanish town ofBenidorm does not approve of the programme's titleBenidorm 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.
Episodes of the original Belgian version of the show air in the Netherlands (RTL4, December 2013), inAustralia onSBS2 in Dutch with Englishsubtitles,India asBenidorm Pranksters with English dubbing[2] and onATV Home'sRTHK programming block with Cantonese dubbing.[3]
ADutch version of the show, announced on 15 April 2010, is broadcast byRTL 4 since 21 August 2010, recast with Dutch actors. From 17 March 2018 6 episodes ofBenidorm bastards & de boefjes have been broadcast. In this series not only seniors, but also children are pranking with adults.
TheUnited States networkNBC announced it would be creating an American adaptation,Betty White's Off Their Rockers, starringBetty White.[4] The show debuted on January 16, 2012, one day before White's 90th birthday.
The show has adaptions in allScandinavian countries as well. TheDanish version isRollatorbanden, theNorwegian version isBingobanden and theSwedish version isPensionärsjävlar.
In theUnited Kingdom,ITV announced its own adaptation of the show. Following the American adaptation it was also entitledOff Their Rockers but with different characters.[5] The first episode aired April 7, 2013.[6]
TheTurkish versionBaston Takımı airs onStar TV.[7]
TheBrazilian versionOs velhinhos se divertem airs onSBT inside the oldest Brazilian show calledPrograma Silvio Santos.
TheSpanish version,Los mayores gamberros, premiered on 13 September 2013 onAntena 3.[8]
TheCanada version,Les détestables, premiered in 2011 onV.[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]
TheEstonia version of the show,Eesti Ulakad Vanurid, started broadcasting on 19 May 2016 on TV3.[11]
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