''Bert'' is a Swedish television series with 12 episodes, based on the ''

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'' by

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, and originally airing over SVT each Saturday evening during the period of 1 October-17 December

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. It was directed by

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and

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. The

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was performed by

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, and called " Älskade ängel". Another song regaining revival with the TV series was Sven-Olof Sandberg's 1938 success " Är det så här när man är kär". The plot is based on the Bert Diaries, but just like in the

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, the story opens in the 6th grade, not the 5th like in the books.

Episodes

#Närkontakt i sjätte klassen #Den ohyggligt fule #Erik the Great #Det viktiga är inte att kämpa väl utan att vinna #Min älskling du är som en tulipan #Fega pojkar får ibland kyssa vackra flickor #Sjön suger #Hjärnsläpp #Fina, fina Paulina #Klimpen, min allra bästa vän #Sådan far, sådan son #Ett långt och lyckligt liv

Home video

The series was released to VHS in 1995 on six VHS tapes by Sandrew film consisting of two episodes on each tape, and by Sandrew in 1999 to DVD with three discs each one consisting of four episodes, and in 2011 the entire series was released on one single DVD disc. The home video release saw much of the music being replaced because of high costs for the rights to many of the songs.

Video releases

VHS

DVD

About the series

The square often seen in the series is in real life

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in Southern

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, while the apartment buildings were shot in

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. When the

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perform, Martin Andersson (portraying Bert) sings in-universe, while the recorded voice is from Oliver Loftéen (portraying Åke) . A minor role was played by

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. Lill-Erik was originally intended to domesticate an elk in the episode "Fina, fina Paulina" , but when domesticated elk was around, he instead domesticate an elephant on the run from a circus.

References

External links

The show at SVT's open archive
{{Tomas Alfredson 1994 Swedish television series debuts 1994 Swedish television series endings Swedish children's television series Television shows based on children's books Television shows set in Sweden 1990s Swedish television series Television series set in fictional locations Television shows filmed in Sweden Television series about teenagers