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Recipe For Life

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Recipe For Life
GenreComedy drama
Created byAgnieszka Pilaszewska
Written byAgnieszka Pilaszewska
Directed byMichał Rogalski
StarringMagdalena Kumorek
Piotr Adamczyk
Borys Szyc
Edyta Olszówka
Maja Ostaszewska
Aleksandra Radwańska
Dorota Kolak
Opening themeOceana - "As Sweet As You"
ComposerKrzesimir Dębski
Country of originPoland
No. of series5
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDariusz Gąsiorowski
ProducersMarta Grela-Gorostiza
Katarzyna Dobrzyńska
Michał Kwiecieński
Magdalena Badura
CinematographyPaweł Flis
Running time60 minutes (with adverts), 42-45 minutes (without adverts)
Production companyAkson Studio
Original release
NetworkTVN
Release6 March 2011 (2011-03-06) –
24 November 2013 (2013-11-24)

Przepis na życie (English Recipe For Life) is a Polish comedy-drama television series produced by Akson Studio for the TVN network. The series was created and written by Polish actress Agnieszka Pilaszewska.

Premise

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The main character is a middle-aged woman whose life changes when her husband leaves her and she loses her job. The only activity that can make her feel better is cooking. This is her passion. The storyline follows her fate, as well as her daughter's and ex-husband's who is now with another woman.

Cast

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List of episodes

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Ratings

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List of ratings by series[1]
Series Episodes Timeslot Series premiere Series finale TV season Viewers
(in millions)
Average share
(16-49)
1 13 Sunday 9:25 p.m. 6 March 2011 29 May 2011 Spring 2011 3.17 25.8%
2 13 Tuesday 9:30 p.m. 6 September 2011 29 November 2011 Autumn 2011 2.84 25.6%
3 13 6 March 2012 29 May 2012 Spring 2012 2.70 24.4%
4 13 Sunday 9 p.m. 24 February 2013 19 May 2013 Spring 2013 2.40 19.4%
5 13 1 September 2013 24 November 2013 Autumn 2013 2.27 19.3%

International broadcast

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Following the success in Poland, broadcast rights have been sold abroad. The series currently airs in China, Hungary, Slovakia and the countries of Middle East.[2]

Country Local title TV network Series premiere
China China TBA CCTV TBA
Hungary Hungary Az élet sava-borsa M1 18 November 2013
Middle East Wasfat alsa'ada Fox Spring 2014
Slovakia Slovakia Recept na život Jednotka 25 August 2014[3]
Lithuania Lithuania Gyvenimo receptai LNK 10 September 2014

Lithuanian version

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The Lithuanian version of the series titled Gyvenimo receptai, featuring Donata Rinkevičienė, Inga Norkutė, Kristina Kazlauskaitė, Giedrius Arbačiauskas, Ridas Žirgulis, Lina Rastokaitė, Paulius Ignatavičius and Eglė Špokaitė as the main cast, will premiere on 10 September 2014 on LNK.[4]

References

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  1. ^ ""Przepis na życie" stracił widzów, ale jesienią będzie czwarta seria". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Recept na život polskiego serialu". Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ "RTVS staví v prime-time na seriálový hit z Poľska". medialne.etrend.sk. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Gyvenimo receptai". LNK. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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