Polònia
Polònia (meaning "Poland" in Catalan language) is a comedy TV show broadcast in Catalonia, Spain, by the regional public broadcasting TV3.
It has more than a million spectators and is one of the most watched TV shows in Catalonia [1]. It is conducted by Toni Soler who conducted other successful Catalan shows like Malalts de tele or Set de nit. It won the 2007 Ondas award.
The name of the program comes after the common derogatory slur[2] in Spanish language polaco (literally "Pole" or "Polish") referring to Catalan people or to Catalan language.
[edit] Content
Most of the program consists in sketches with impersonation of celebrities, and they often interact with Toni Soler after recording those gags. Mainly it makes humor and satire from Spanish and especially Catalan politics. However, a few other famous people that are not related with politics also appear. Singers like Lluís Llach, chefs like Ferran Adrià, Joan Laporta president of FC Barcelona (though these were removed a while ago for the new show "Crackòvia"), the former dictator Francisco Franco and even the pope Benedict XVI are regularly shown. It also makes fun of many other TV3 journalists like Josep Cuní, Pilar Rahola, Ramon Pellicer and the TV3 director Mònica Terribas.
[edit] Some impersonated characters
- Ángel Acebes
- Ferran Adrià
- Magdalena Álvarez
- José María Aznar
- Esperanza Aguirre
- Rita Barberà
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Albert Boadella
- José Bono Martínez
- Josep Lluís Carod-Rovira
- Miquel Calçada i Olivella
- Francisco Camps
- Antoni Castells
- Lluís Companys
- Celestino Corbacho
- Carme Chacón
- Joan Clos
- Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
- María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
- Francisco Franco
- God himself, impersonated with Argentinian accent
- Baltasar Garzón
- Marina Geli i Fàbrega
- Pere Gimferrer
- Jordi Hereu
- Joan Herrera
- Juan José Ibarretxe
- Joan Laporta
- Lluís Llach
- Federico Jiménez Losantos
- Pasqual Maragall
- Fèlix Millet
- Ferran Monegal
- Artur Mas i Gavarró
- Imma Mayol i Beltran
- Francesc Macià
- Angela Merkel
- Tomàs Molina i Bosch
- José Montilla
- Quim Monzó
- Joaquim Nadal i Farreras
- Barack Obama
- Michelle Obama
- Arnaldo Otegi
- Josep Piqué i Camps
- Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa
- Oriol Pujol i Ferrussola
- Jordi Pujol i Soley
- Mariano Rajoy
- Pedro J. Ramírez
- Albert Rivera
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
- Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
- Xavier Sala-i-Martin
- Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
- Joan Saura i Laporta
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
- Elena Salgado
- Nicholas Sarkozy
- Daniel Sirera
- Pedro Solbes
- Joan Tardà
- Mònica Terribas
- Xavier Trias
- Eduardo Zaplana
- King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- Queen Sofía of Spain
- Prince Felipe of Spain
- Princess Letizia of Spain
