Večernja škola () is a

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hosted by

Željko Pervan Željko Pervan (born 7 August 1962) is a Croatian comedian. He is best known as the creator and actor in the comedy show ''Evening School'' ( Croatian: '' Večernja Škola'') Life and career Pervan was born in Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capi ...

. The series stars Pervan as a teacher of a

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class that discusses and learns about various

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and social topics. The series originally aired on OTV between 1995 and 1998. After achieving considerable popularity in the region, it moved to

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as ''Večernja škola: Povratak upisanih'' from 2005 to 2006. From 2007 to 2008, Nova TV aired the spin-offs ''Večernja škola: Praksa'' and ''Večernja škola: EU''.

Premise

The show is largely

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al and spontaneous, with Pervan portraying a teacher who leads a group of students in satirical debates on various political and societal issues. The majority of comedy stems from the students' poor understanding of the topics that are discussed.

Cast

Main cast

as Professor Maksimilijan Jure Kučina (all editions) *Ahmed El Rahim as Antimon "Ante" Čulo (all editions) *Mladen Horvat as Denis Krokanić (all editions) *Đuro Utješanović as Tetak Krokanić (all editions) *Zlatan Zuhrić-Zuhra as Aljoša Kapulica (original and ''Povratak upisanih'') *Damir Folnegović as Blaženko "Blaž" Sitz (since ''Povratak upisanih'') *

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as Ferdo "Mićko" Smičiklas (since ''Povratak upisanih'') *Maja Kovač as Mojca Stojimirović (''EU'' only) *Boris Šiber as Marinko Mangacavallo (''EU'' only)

Guest cast

Notable people that starred in series as guest include Severina, Danijela Martinović and

Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. He is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the former Yugoslavia. Mon ...

References

1995 Croatian television series debuts Croatian comedy television series Croatian Radiotelevision original programming Nova TV (Croatia) original programming {{Croatia-tv-stub