''Kukačky'' (; lit. "

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s") is a Czech family comedy-drama series developed and produced by Dramedy Productions for Czech Television. The plot centres on Jakub and Tomáš, two children who were swapped in hospital. The first series began broadcasting on 8 January 2021 on

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, and two seasons have been aired.

Cast

Kadlec and Býček family

* Viktor Sekanina as Jakub Kadlec * Marek Adamczyk as Martin Kadlec, Jakub's father * Marta Dancingerová as Tereza Kadlecová (née Býčková), Jakub's mother * Jiří Štrébl as Libor Kadlec, Martin's father *

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as Klára Kadlecová, Martin's mother * Luboš Veselý as Rudolf Býček, Tereza's father *

Petr Kostka Petr Kostka (born 11 June 1938) is a Czech actor. Kostka was born in Říčany near Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 2003, he received Thalia Award for performing Herman in ''Smíšené pocity'' ''Mixed Emotions''. Selected filmography * ''Fetters' ...

as Vladimír Býček, Rudolf's father, Tereza's grandafther Terezy * Libuše Švormová as Jindřiška Býčková, Rudolf's father mother, Tereza's grandmother

Holec family

* Theo Schaefer as Tomáš Holec * David Novotný as Karel Holec, Tomáš' father * Sabina Remundová as Olga Holcová, Tomáš' mother *

Darija Pavlovičová Darija Pavlovičová (born 19 November 2001) is a Czech people, Czech actress & model. She starred in 2021 Czech television series ''Kukačky'' and ''Zločiny Velké Prahy''. She was born in Prague to parents of Belarusian, Russian and Lithuani ...

as Bára Holcová, Karel and Olga's daughter *

Denisa Barešová Denisa is a feminine given name, equivalent to English '' Denise'', used in various European languages, particularly in Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian. Notable people with the name include: *Denisa Chládková (born 1979) ...

as Marcela Holcová, Karel and Olga's daughter *

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as David Holec, Karel's brother

Others

* Klára Cibulková as MUDr. Kateřina Firstová * Jan Dolanský as MUDr. Pavel Tesař * Jitka Čvančarová / Eva Hacurová as Kamila Tesařová *

Štěpán Benoni Štěpán () is both a masculine Czech given name, equivalent of the English Stephen, and a Czech surname. Notable people with the name include: Given names * Štěpán Hřebejk (b. 1982), Czech ice hockey player * Štěpán Janáček (b. 1977), ...

as Hynek * Adam Ernest as Luboš Richtrmoc * Filip Čapka as Josef Máca * Helena Dvořáková as Květa Richtrmocová *

Petr Štěpán Petr is a Czech form of the masculine given name Peter and a surname. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name). Given name * Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and politician * Petr Čech (born 1982 ...

as Dušan Richtrmoc * Adéla Petřeková as Jana * Vilém Udatný as Libor Nerad * Ondřej Kraus as Ondřej Fuchs * Anette Nesvadbová as Petra Fuchsová * David Máj as kpt. Zdeněk Remeš * Natálie Řehořová as Mgr. Lenka Malá * Andrea Daňková as Veronika * Lucie Žáčková as Veronika * Antonio Šoposki as Marek Richter * Zdeněk Julina as MUDr. Jan Vostrčil * Daniel Svoboda as Josef Pádivý

Synopsis

The plot focuses on Jakub and Tomáš, children who got swapped in hospital.

Episodes

Release

''The Swap'' was aired on on

from 8 January 2021. In March 2021, ČT program director Milan Fridrich confirmed the planned preparations for the continuation of the series; in early July 2022, at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, ČT announced that filming of the second season was already underway (again under the direction of Biser A. Arichtev) and revealed that by new characters will be added to the plot while Holec and Kadlec families will live opposite each other. The second series of Cuckoos with thirteen parts, presented on 11 January 2023 in the

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, was broadcast by Czech Television on 20 January of the same year.

Reception

The last episode of the first season premiered on 2 April 2021. Season 1 was very successful, with an average rating 1.7 million viewers over the age of 15, a share of 36.50%.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kukačky 2020s Czech television series Czech comedy television series Czech drama television series 2021 Czech television series debuts Czech Television original programming 2023 Czech television series endings