Sofia Residents in Excess ( bg, Столичани в повече) is a Bulgarian TV comedy-drama series produced by
BTV and Dream Team Production that premiered on
BTV on 23 March 2011.
Plot
Two families from the Bulgarian capital – Chekanovi ''(the Chekanovs)'' and Lyutovi ''(the Lyutovs)'' – are in constant competition among each other. They used to live in the outmost metropolitan district of
Izvor, but they have moved to central metropolitan district and are real
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...
residents now.
Cast
The Chekanov Family (Chekanovi)
* Grandma Mariyka Chekanova (
Stoyanka Mutafova) - mother of Rangel
* Rangel Chekanov (
Lyubomir Neikov) – former Mayor of Izvor, former member of the parliament and former caretaker prime minister
* Galabina Chekanova (Albena Pavlova) - wife of Rangel, housewife
* Radko Chekanov (Vasil Draganov) – the son
* Mariya Chekanova/Lyutova (Violeta Markovska) - the daughter, wife of Andrey Lyutov (season 1-4)
The Lyutov Family (Lyutovi)
* Yordan Lyutov (
Krustyo Lafazanov) - husband of Slaveya, former Mayor of Izvor
* Slaveya "Slavka" Lyutova (
Silvia Lulcheva) - wife of Yordan, former member of the parliament
* Spas Lyutov (
Ruslan Maynov) - eldest son of Yordan and Slaveya; former doctor
* Andrey Lyutov (Ivan Jurukov) - son of Yordan and Slaveya; photographer, TV producer
* Yana Lyutova (Mina Markova) - daughter of Yordan and Slaveya
* Yovka Lyutova (Eva Tepavicharova) - wife of Spas Lyutov
Other characters
* Dominik Strosran (Ivan Radoev)
* Pop Grigoriy - Grishata (Nencho Ilchev) - local priest
* Zoya (Ernestina Shinova) - wife of Plamen Tsekov
* Plamen (Patso) Tsekov (
Hristo Garbov), twin brother of Konstantin Tsekov
* Konstantin Tsekov (
Hristo Garbov), twin brother of Plamen Tsekov
* Dimo Tsekov (Ivan Panayotov) – son of Plamen Tsekov, accountant
* Petar 'Pepi' Peychev (Petyo Petkov) - friend of Andrey, TV producer
* Eleonora Veron (Evelin Kostova) - dating Andrey Lyutov
* Kameliya (Daniela Stamova) - Eleonora's best friend, dating Pepi
Guest stars
*
Preslava as herself (season 1)
*
Georgi Kaloyanchev
Georgi Todorov Kaloyanchev ( bg, Георги Калоянчев; January 13, 1925 – December 18, 2012) was a Bulgarian actor. He was born in the city of Burgas. He studied in the former theatrical school in Sofia. Immediately after gradu ...
as Georgi grandma Mariyka first love (season 2)
*
Orlin Goranov as Venelin Draganov, writer (season 2)
*
Desi Slava as Vyara Toneva, pop singer (season 3)
* Doni as Toni, pop singer (season 4)
* Ralitsa Kovacheva-Bezhan (season 5)
* Daniel Tsochev (season 5)
* Atanas Mihaylov (season 5)
*
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov ( bg, Христо Стоичков Стоичков, ; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the bes ...
as God (season 5)
*
Azis as cook in jail (season 7)
* Dimitar Kovachev - Funky as The Kraut, cellmate of Plamen Tsekov (season 7)
*
Maria Ilieva as Mariya Skala, opera singer (season 8)
*
Blagoy Georgiev - friend of grandma Mariyka (season 9)
* Evgeni Budinov as lawyer (season 9)
* Robert Yanakiev as prosecutor (season 9)
*
100 Kila
Yavor Dimitrov Yanakiev ( bg, Явор Димитров Янакиев; born 16 May 1985), better known by his stage name 100 Kila ( bg, 100 Кила; also stylized as 100KILA), is a Bulgarian rapper, actor, songwriter and entrepreneur from Varna ...
as Tsanko, student (season 9)
* Hristina Apostolova as Karolina, Macedonian spy (season 9)
*
duet Riton as themselves (season 9)
*
Lyubo Ganev as Bulgarian Olympic Committee President (season 10)
*
Stefan Danailov
Stefan Lambov Danailov ( bg, Стефан Ламбов Данаилов; 9 December 1942 – 27 November 2019) was a Bulgarian actor who served as Minister of Culture of Bulgaria (August 2005 – July 2009).
The first film Danailov took p ...
(season 10)
Episodes
References
Official website
* {{IMDb title , 1871037
Official website on BTV ''(Bulgarian)''Sofia Residents in Excess on voyo.bg ''(Bulgarian)''
Bulgarian television series
2010s Bulgarian television series
2011 Bulgarian television series debuts
BTV (Bulgaria) original programming