Big Difference
Big Difference was a Russian parody TV show. Conceptually it is similar to the MADtv show or the German comedy show, Switch. Created by producers Aleksandr Tsekalo and Ruslan Sorokin in 2007. The actors within the project are performing parodies of the most popular Russian and world celebrities, TV programs, movies, etc.
In 2012, the show was rebranded to Big Difference TV and one of the hosts, Ivan Urgant, was contracted by the Russian competing channel TNT to leave the show.
History
The first episode was broadcast on January 1, 2008 on Channel One Russia. Three more episodes were created because of the audience's approval. After hiatus TV show resumed in September 2008. On June 5, 2014, the last episode of the project was released. After 10 years hiatus TV show resumed in 1 January 2024.Hosts
Actors
- Nonna Grishayeva
- Aleksandr Oleshko
- Sergey Burunov
- Igor Kistol
- Svetlana Galka
- Vladimir Kisarov
- Valentina Rubtsova
- Vyacheslav Manucharov
- Maria Zykova
- Vladimir Zhukov
- Aleksandr Lobanov
- Galina Konshina
- Viktor Andriyenko
- Aleksey Fedotov
- Maria Slastyonkova
- Dmitry Malashenko
- Inga Ilyushina
- Igor Afanasyev
- Andrey Barinov
Former actors
Authors
- Ruslan Sorokin
- Maxim Tukhanin
- Vitaly Kolomiets
- Alexey Alexandrov
- Alexey Poymanov
Headings
Little difference
"Little difference" is heading, in which little children are performing in the parodies.Little actors:
Sketch with star
"Sketch with star" is heading, in which guest stars are playing in sketches together with the actors. Currently named "World history", in which guest stars play different historic figures.Guest stars:
- Gosha Kutsenko
- Mikhail Yefremov
- Semyon Slepakov
- Mikhail Trukhin
- Ksenia Sobchak
- Filipp Kirkorov
- Aleksandr Tsekalo
- Aleksandr Samoylenko
- Tatiana Orlova