Big Difference (Russian: Большая разница, romanized: Bolshaya raznitsa) 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.
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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 on 1 January 2024.
Hosts
Nonna Grishayeva
Sergey Burunov
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
Fyodor Dobronravov
Eduard Radzyukevich
Mikhail Politseymako
Olga Medynich
Authors
Ruslan Sorokin
Maxim Tukhanin
Vitaly Kolomiets
Alexey Alexandrov
Alexey Poymanov
Headings
Little difference
"Little difference" (Russian: Malenkaya raznitsa) is heading, in which little children are performing in the parodies.
Little actors:
Ivan Chuvatkin
Yeryoma Cherevko
Pavel Artyomov
Yegor Fadeyev
Sketch with star
"Sketch with star" (Russian: Sketch so zvezdoy) is heading, in which guest stars are playing in sketches together with the actors. Currently named "World history" (Russian: Vsemirnaya istoriya), in which guest stars play different historic figures.
Guest stars:
Gosha Kutsenko (film actor)
Mikhail Yefremov (film actor)
Semyon Slepakov (TV producer)
Mikhail Trukhin (film actor)
Ksenia Sobchak (TV presenter)
Filipp Kirkorov (singer)
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Aleksandr Samoylenko (film actor)
Tatiana Orlova (film actress)
Animated painting
"Animated painting" (Russian: Ozhivshaya kartina) is heading, in which actors play characters from well-known paintings.
International editions
The Ukrainian version of Big Difference has been produced since January 1, 2010. January 1, 2011 is the expected date for the release of a Belarusian version.