Recipe For Life

*Recipe For Life*
Recipe For Life
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Agnieszka Pilaszewska
Written by	Agnieszka Pilaszewska
Directed by	Michał Rogalski
Starring	Magdalena Kumorek ; Piotr Adamczyk ; Borys Szyc ; Edyta Olszówka ; Maja Ostaszewska ; Aleksandra Radwańska ; Dorota Kolak
Opening theme	Oceana - "As Sweet As You"
Composer	Krzesimir Dębski
Country of origin	Poland
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Dariusz Gąsiorowski
Producers	Marta Grela-Gorostiza ; Katarzyna Dobrzyńska ; Michał Kwiecieński ; Magdalena Badura
Cinematography	Paweł Flis
Running time	60 minutes (with adverts), 42-45 minutes (without adverts)
Production company	Akson Studio
Original release
Network	TVN
Release	6 March 2011 –; 24 November 2013

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

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

Magdalena Kumorek as Anka Zawadzka
Aleksandra Radwańska as Mania Zawadzka
Dorota Kolak as Irena
Piotr Adamczyk as Andrzej Zawadzki
Edyta Olszówka as Pola
Maja Ostaszewska as Beata Darmieta
Dominika Gwit as Gruba
Paweł Marczuk as Grochol
Borys Szyc as Jerzy Knape
Lesław Żurek as Maciek
Jakub Mazurek as Leszek
Iwona Bielska as Wanda
Wojciech Duryasz as Karol
Sławomir Orzechowski as Stefan
Jerzy Fedorowicz as General, Beata's father

List of episodes

Ratings

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	Tuesday 9:30 p.m.	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	Sunday 9 p.m.	1 September 2013	24 November 2013	Autumn 2013	2.27	19.3%

International broadcast

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

Lithuanian version

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

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

External links

Official site
Przepis na życie on Facebook
Przepis na życie at Distribution.tvn.pl (English)

[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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