Andra Avenyn
| Andra Avenyn | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by |
Peter Emanuel Falck Christian Wikander |
| Starring |
Hans Mosesson Gunilla Johansson Alicia Vikander Mohammed El-Assir Fortesa Hoti Lena B. Nilsson Bill Hugg Göran Parkrud Maya Rung Filip Benko Christian Wennberg |
| Opening theme | Friday I'm in Love by The Cure. |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language(s) | Swedish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 185 (season 3) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min (ep. 1-139), 45 min (ep. 140-184) 50 min (ep. 185) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sveriges Television |
| Original release | 23 September 2007 – 5 May 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Andra Avenyn (in English Second Avenue) was a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT (Swedish Television) and broadcast from 2007 to 2010. Three series were produced. The show was created by Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander, who also created the Swedish soap operas Varuhuset, Rederiet and Tre kronor. For the title music, they used the song "Friday I'm in Love" by the British rock band The Cure.
The series was shot in Gothenburg for SVT. Interior scenes were recorded in a recording studio, Santos House, on Lindholmen while outdoor scenes were recorded mainly in Kvillestaden/Brämaregården on Hisingen in Gothenburg. Andra Avenyn was nominated for the Kristallen TV Prize in 2008, in the category of "The best Swedish TV series", but did not win. Two of the series actors, Fortesa Hoti and Jonas Bane, were nominated for the Aftonbladet TV Prize 2008, but neither won.
SVT decided to cancel Andra Avenyn after the final episode, which was broadcast on SVT1 on 5 May 2010.
In June 2006 Swedish Television announced that it was moving money from news and community programs to a stronger focus on drama, which also covered the series that would become Andra Avenyn. The series was described by SVT as the 'company's largest investment ever'.
During Spring 2007 they built the studios in Gothenburg, where the series was recorded. Filming began in July 2007 and the series was first broadcast on television on 23 September 2007, with three episodes every week. Eight of the leading roles in the initial series were filled by young people. Four of these were filled by a casting process which took place during spring 2007. This casting process was in the form of a reality show that was shown in six parts from 9 September, with the title Andra Avenyn: Castingen (Andra Avenyn: The Casting). Originally, only two finalists were to get lead roles, but the jury decided that in fact four would get lead roles. The winners of the casting show were Fortesa Hoti (playing the character Roxanna), Jonas Bane (playing the character Kim), Maya Rung (playing the character Liv) and Anders Nordahl (playing the character David).
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