Barátok közt

Barátok közt (in English: Among Friends) is a Hungarian television soap opera. It premiered on RTL Klub on 26 October 1998.

Barátok közt
GenreSoap opera
Created byTamás Aradi
István Márton
István Labancz
Tamás Kalamár
Miklós Varga
József Molnár
StarringZoltán Szőke
Ágnes Csomor
Opening themeÚj élet vár
Country of originHungary
Original languageHungarian
No. of seasons22
No. of episodes10,111
Production
ProducersAdam Rozgonyi
Jan-Pelgrom de Haas

Wolf Bauer

Michael Murphy
Production locationsBudapest, Hungary
Running time9–16 minutes
Production companyGrundy Television
Release
Original networkRTL Klub
Picture formatPAL (1998–2010)
576i (16:9)
(2010–2013)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
(2013-present)
Audio formatStereo
Original release26 October 1998 (1998-10-26) 
present
External links
Website

Through its entire run, it has been screened as two ten-minute episodes each week night. It is currently broadcast each weeknight at 9:30 pm CET on RTL Klub with reruns on RTL2. Since its premiere, Barátok közt is the most watched regular programme domestically in Hungary, with around 1.2 million viewers per night. As of October 2017 it has 8,600 episodes.

Synopsis

The series takes place on the fictional Mátyás király tér (King Matthias Square) in Budapest. Barátok közt is about the life of the people living here, about the Berényi and Kertész family and their family business. In the first episode the oldest one of the Berényi brothers, Zoltán Berényi dies and leaves his company to his wife, Claudia Berényi (Edit Ábrahám), his two brothers, Miklós (Zoltán Szőke) and András Berényi (died in 2013, portrayed by Péter R Kárpáti), Miklós' wife, Nóra Balogh (divorced in 2005, portrayed by Izabella Varga), and his friend, László Novák (Csaba Tihanyi-Tóth).

Most of the characters are well known in Hungary, like Zsolt Barta (Károly Rékasi), the owner of the local café, antagonist Nikol Oravecz (Ágnes Csomor), the boss of a drug cartel, or Magdolna Kertész (Zsóka Fodor), whose death in 2009 was among the greatest news in the country.

International versions

The license of the series was sold in several countries in Europe. In Poland its local version, Na Wspólnej, premiered in January 2003 on TVN. The Slovakian version was canceled because of financial reasons. The Romanian version was also canceled due to low ratings.

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