Servant of the People


Servant of the People is a Ukrainian political satire comedy television series that premiered on 16 October 2015. It tells the story of Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko, a high-school history teacher in his thirties who unexpectedly wins election to the presidency of Ukraine, after a viral video filmed by one of his students shows him ranting in X-rated language against government corruption in Ukraine.
The series is produced by Kvartal 95, which was founded by Volodymyr Zelensky, the male lead. It would become much more involved in Ukraine's actual politics; on 31 March 2018, a political party named after the television series was registered with the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, Zelensky, who played the protagonist of the series as the President of Ukraine, was actually elected President of Ukraine on 21 April 2019.

Cast and characters

Servant of the People aired on the 1+1 channel in Ukraine. The studio also posted all episodes for free on YouTube. The show is available for streaming and download on Netflix in some countries.
Belarusian TV channel Belarus-1 started broadcasting the show in evening prime time on 11 November 2019.
The Russian channel TNT aired only the pilot episode of the show's first series on 11 December 2019, claiming it did so as "a marketing move to raise awareness of the platform". TNT cut a scene from the episode in which president-elect Holoborodko asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin wore a Hublot, a joke referring to a well-known, anti-Putin chant in Ukraine.

Sequels

A feature film titled was released in 2016. The second season used footage from the film to expand on its plot, and was released in 2017. The third season was released in 2019, and a fourth is currently in production.