Barátok közt

Barátok közt (in English: Among Friends) was a Hungarian television soap opera aired on RTL Klub. Its premiere was on 26 October 1998 and its finale was on 17 July 2021.

Barátok közt
GenreSoap opera
Created byIstván Márton
Tamás Aradi
István Labancz
Miklós Varga
StarringIzabella Varga
Edit Ábrahám
Csaba Tihanyi-Tóth
András Várkonyi
Károly Rékasi
Zoltán Szőke
Opening themeÚj élet vár
Country of originHungary
Original languageHungarian
No. of seasons23
No. of episodes10,456
Production
ProducerIlona Ondruss
Production locationsBudapest, Hungary
Running time15 minutes
Production companyGrundy Television
Release
Original networkRTL Klub
Original release26 October 1998 (1998-10-26) –
17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)

Through its entire run, it had been screened as two episodes on every weekday. Since its premiere, Barátok közt was the most watched regular programme domestically in Hungary, with around 1.2 million viewers per night.

On 30 November 2020, in the wake of declining ratings, RTL Klub announced that the winter 2021 season would be the final season, bringing to an end the soap after 23 seasons and more than 10 000 episodes. The soap ended with a grand finale which aired in prime time, instead of its usual early evening slot, and ran for 40 minutes.[1]

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 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).[2]

Most of the characters are well known in Hungary, like Zsolt Bartha (Károly Rékasi), or Magdolna Kertész (Zsóka Fodor), whose death in 2009 was among the greatest news in the country.[3]

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.

References
  1. "Megszűnik a Barátok Közt, az RTL Klub 22 éve képernyőn lévő sorozata". Media1 (in Hungarian). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. "A TV2 végre felért a csúcsra Az ének iskolájával". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. "Megszűnik a Barátok Közt, az RTL Klub 22 éve képernyőn lévő sorozata". Media1 (in Hungarian). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.


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