"Spung" (2002) TV series 2002-2003

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Directors:

Klas Karterud
Måns Mårlind

Writers:

Erik Ahrnbom (writer) (episodes)
Josefine Broman (writer) (episodes)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

21 March 2002 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Drug Testing | Old Friend | Party | Rock Music

Cast

Daniel Larsson	...	Kim Bruback (12 episodes, 2002)
Sandra Medina	...	Ana-Maria Perez (12 episodes, 2002)
Karl Norrhäll	...	Per-Olov Persson (12 episodes, 2002)
Saga Gärde	...	Petra Stenberg (12 episodes, 2002)
Victor Ström	...	Melas Demir (12 episodes, 2002)

Runtime:

30 min (18 episodes) | 45 min (12 episodes)

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Sveriges Television (SVT)

Dude, does this suck

Swedish "public service"-TV keeps feeding us with mostly, pure junk, of which this series is another fine example. People that probably were teenagers a long time ago try to make their impression of what is like to be one today, and miss the mark completely. The show feels unrealistic, as a youngster I do not recognize myself at all here. To add to the strived after-realism, it is filmed in very grainy digital video and the lightning is virtually non-existant. Which I find only irritating, when its probably intended to be "cool".

This show got very bad ratings and missed its intended audience completely. In fact, a majority of the people who actually watched it were senior citizens. But since public service is financed by license money that you have to pay if you own a TV, and not what sells, someone came up with the brilliant idea to make a follow-up to the series: Spung 2.0. Wonderful. Stay away from this one. 1/10.