Servant of the People (TV series)

Servant of the People (Ukrainian: Слуга народу, romanized:  Sluha

narodu, Russian: Слуга народа, romanized:  Sluga naroda, sometimes Servant of the People
translated as Servant of the Nation) is a Ukrainian political satire
comedy television series created and produced by Volodymyr
Zelenskyy, who stars as Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko, a high-school
history teacher in his thirties who is unexpectedly elected President of
Ukraine after a viral video filmed by one of his students shows him
making a profane rant against government corruption in his
country.[1 ][2][3] The series ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2019,
and a film adaptation was released in 2016.[4]

The series was produced by Kvartal 95, which was founded by

Zelenskyy.[5] 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,[6] and Zelenskyy
was elected President of Ukraine on 21 April 2019, with over 70
percent of the second-round vote.[7 ]

Plot
Servant of the People poster
After being filmed by a student engaged in a profane rant about
corruption in Ukraine and the student uploading the footage to Genre Political satire
YouTube, Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko (Volodymyr Zelenskyy), an Comedy
absent-minded high-school history teacher who lives with his parents, Created by Volodymyr
turns into an Internet sensation overnight. Goloborodko's students Zelenskyy
launch a crowdfunding campaign for registering his candidacy in
Ukraine's presidential race unbeknownst to him, eventually propelling Starring Volodymyr
their flabbergasted teacher to political victory as the new President of Zelenskyy
Ukraine. While in office, Vasily is confused at his newfound Stanislav Boklan
Olena Kravets
Jury Krapov
Mykhailo Fatalov
Oleksandr
Pikalov
Eugene Koshovyi
Viktor Saraykin
Natalia Sumska
Kateryna Kisten
Theme music Dmytro Shurov
composer
Composer Andriy
Kiryuschenko

Country of origin Ukraine

responsibilities, but gradually eases into his presidential duties and Original Russian
decides to weed out corruption by the oligarchy in his languages Ukrainian
government.[8][9]
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 51
Cast and characters
Production
Executive Volodymyr
producer Zelenskyy
Producers Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
Andriy Yakovlev
Boris Schefir
Olexiy
Kiryushenko
Production Kyiv, Ukraine
locations
Running time 40—90 minutes
Production Kvartal 95
company
Distributor Kvartal 95
Netflix
(worldwide)

Release
Original network 1+1
Picture format 1080i (16:9
HDTV)
Original release 16 November
2015 –
28 March 2019

Seasons
Actor /
Role(s) Note 1 2 3
actress
(2015) (2017) (2019)

A high school history teacher in

his thirties who is unexpectedly
elected President of Ukraine,
following a rant against
government corruption in his
country secretly filmed by one of
Vasily his students.
Volodymyr Petrovych
Main
Zelenskyy Goloborodko, Zelenskyy also portrays
Grisha Grisha, a government
employee who received
plastic surgery to serve as Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the
Goloborodko's body current President of Ukraine,
double. portrayed President Vasily
Goloborodko and Grisha in the
Stanislav Yuriy A corrupt politician who serves Main series
Boklan Ivanovich as the Prime Minister of Ukraine
 Chuiko and is later exposed as an ally of the oligarchs.

Serhiy
Yevhen Koshovy Viktorovich The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former actor. Main
Mukhin

Olha Yuriyivna Vasily's ex-wife and the director of the National Bank of
Olena Kravets Main
Mishchenko Ukraine. She later becomes acting Prime Minister.

Mikhaylo
Yury Krapov The Minister of Fiscal Affairs of Ukraine. Main
Ivanovich Sanin

Mikhail
Mykhailo Fatalov Ashotovich The head of the Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) Main
Tasunyan

Oleksandr Ivan Andreyevich

The Minister of Defence of Ukraine and a former navy captain. Main
Pikalov Skorik

Petro
Viktor Saraykin Vassilyevich Vasily's father Main
Goloborodko

Svetlana Vasily's sister and briefly first deputy of the Ukrainian tax
Kateryna Kisten Main
Petrovna Sakhno service.

Mariya
Nataliya
Stefanovna Vasily's mother Main Minor
Sumska
Goloborodko

Olha
Oksana
Zhukovtsova- Mukhin's secretary. Minor Main
Skovoroda
Kyiashko

The Chief of Security and a bodyguard who is initially part of

Heorhiy
Tolya Vasily's security detail before he is dismissed after Vasily Minor Main
Povolotskyy
regards the detail as unnecessary to his work.

Dmitry
Dmytro Prime Minister of Ukraine, former Chairman of the supervisory
Vasilyevich Minor Main
Surzhykov board of the National Bank
Surikov

Halyna Bezruk
(Season 1) The General Adviser to the President, a former specialist of
Anna
Anastasia the Development Department, and Vasily's mistress, who is
Mikhailovna
Chepelyuk exposed as an ally of the oligarchs.
(Season 2)

Anna Koshmal Natasha Sakhno The niece of Vasily Goloborodko

Valentyna
Bella Rudolfivna Secretary of Vasily Goloborodko
Ishchenko

Stepan Kazanin Speechwriter Assistant to Vasily Goloborodko

Minor roles
 Actor / actress Role Note

Oleksiy
Sergei Pavlovich Former president
Kiryushchenko

Former teacher of Goloborodko, former head of

Tetyana Pechonkina Nina Yegorivna Tretyak
the SBU

Yuriy Hrebelnyk Plato

Oleksiy Vertinsky Sergey Susseldorf Designer (Episode 5) / Louis XVI (Episode 20)

Oleh Maslennykov Oligarch Oligarch

Olena Bondareva-
Raisa Andriivna School principal
Repina

Serhiy Leonidovych
Oleksiy Smolka Leader of the faction
Karasyuk

Anastasiya Karpenko Yana Klymenko Opposition journalist

Andriy Volodymyrovych
Mykhailo August Minister of Culture
Yakovlev

Danilo Oskin Mykhailo Semenovych Oligarch

Vitaliy Ivanchenko Vitaliy Romanchenko MP from the Dobrobut faction

Rinat Khabibulin Dima Vasily's son

Oleksandr
Nikolay Pavlovich Pilipenko Chief of ZhEK
Danylchenko

Alexander Ignatusha Judge/Monk Sebastian Judge/Monk

Nazar Zadniprovskyy

Andriy Romaniy Host of political talk show

Dmytro Melenevsky Karasyuk's bodyguard

Andriy Danylko Verka Serduchka Ukrainian pop singer

Darya Pitsul Journalist

Episodes

Season 1

Original air
Episode Description
date

History teacher Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko is informed by the government that he has been elected
president of Ukraine. Flashbacks of how he came to be elected (a profane rant about politics in Ukraine
1—2 16.11.2015
filmed by a student and uploaded to YouTube, followed by a crowdfunded entry into the race) are then
interspersed with scenes from his first day in office.

Waking up as president, Goloborodko notices how all members of his family begin to serve him. But his
3 17.11.2015 sister does not know at all that her brother is the new President of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the oligarchs
are beginning to provide certificates about Vasily Goloborodko.

Vasily is preparing for the inauguration. He is assisted by a speechwriter. The ex-boyfriend of the
4 17.11.2015 President's niece comes home to the girl with his family. He wants to woo her, because now she is a
relative of the President.

The president's first working day begins with a trip to work in a minibus. The Prime Minister also goes
5 18.11.2015
with him. Vasily's father decides to make several expensive purchases.
 Relatives of the President make a chic repair for free in the apartment and dream of moving to
6 18.11.2015 Mezhyhirya. Goloborodko meets with officials and visits the Verkhovna Rada. He even imagines the
ghost of Che Guevara, who calls for radical measures.

By order of Vasily, all deputies must unload the center and move to work in buildings on the outskirts of
7 19.11.2015
the capital. Also, officials should switch from luxury business cars to bicycles.

Holding an open competition for ministerial positions turns out to be a big mistake. The old government
and the oligarchs decide to spend on the bread places of their people. The president finds out about it
8 19.11.2015
by accident. Therefore, he decides to offer positions to trusted people with whom he personally knows.
However, it is not known whether the deputies will support their candidacies.

The first working day of the Goloborodko team was not easy for all ministers without exception. There
9 23.11.2015 are a lot of people in the Cabinet who want to frame them. The most affected is the head of the SBU,
into whose cup of tea was poured a chemical substance.

Goloborodko is shocked by what happened to the head of the SBU. He intends to figure it all out.
10 23.11.2015 Meanwhile, his team receives eye-catching offers from the "strong people". The oligarchs are trying to
bribe the ministers, and the president doesn't know anything about it.

The ministers still decide to take a bribe. Some of them even ask for more money. At the same time,
11 24.11.2015
the Prime Minister feels great collecting profits from farmers. But the state employees get what is left.

Goloborodko introduces tax reform. It provides for an interest rate cut, as well as a simplified tax
payment scheme. In order to explain his intentions to the people, the President wants to use the
12 24.11.2015
resources of the Ministry of Culture. He asks to shoot a commercial, which will simply and easily show
all the advantages of the reform.

Goloborodko's tax reform primarily affects his family, namely his father. Meanwhile, the head of the
Fiscal Service begins to check officials. He finds out that all their income is registered to husbands,
13 25.11.2015
wives, brothers, parents, etc. When their relatives are so tying up, the deputies themselves huddle in
small apartments.

Thanks to the agreements of Anatoliy's wife, the President decides to use the services of a security
14 25.11.2015 guard. The Head of the Fiscal Service speaks with the relatives of the wealthiest officials. This leads to a
high-profile case and forces the oligarchs to move.

The President's sister is trying to get into the Cabinet and take a high position. But all the ministers
15 26.11.2015 refuse to accept her to their departments. When at least some funds appear in the budget, Goloborodko
decides to allow them to repair Kyiv roads.

All the failures of the President and his team are leaked to the media. One call can cause a storm of
16 26.11.2015
dissatisfied people. Specially trained people who do not want to lose their seats begin working on this.

Having launched several reforms, Goloborodko actually declares war on the oligarchs. The president is
17 30.11.2015 beginning to be watched. Subordinates of oligarchs are struggling to find the errors that took place in the
life of the President. But, as it turns out, it is not so easy to compromise Goloborodko.

Finding a decent person for the post of head of Ukravtodor is not so easy. For years it was occupied by
18 01.12.2015 people who plundered one of the most important structures in the apparatus of the state. That kind of
people does not suit the Goloborodko.

Goloborodko is trying in every way to eradicate corrupt power. He receives a call from Angela Merkel,
19 02.12.2015 who tells him his nation has been accepted into the European Union. She then reveals that this
message had actually been meant for the president of Montenegro.

The president suggests that the "strong ones of this world" file real tax returns with the right number of
20 03.12.2015 zeros. Goloborodko continues to press the oligarchs. Of course, this makes them go rabid. The caste of
oligarchs is trying to influence Goloborodko in every possible way. But he doesn't give up.

Goloborodko's reforms are not to the liking of not only the people, but also the "three whales" who are
21 07.12.2015 trying to gain control of power. They try to negotiate with the newly minted President, but nothing
happens.

The president needs to repay his debts to the IMF. He resorts to unpopular measures - tough reform.
22 08.12.2015
Such a policy of the head of state sows real panic among the people.

The president is on a political talk show. On the air of the program, he talks about reforming the judicial
system of Ukraine. With the submission of Goloborodko, the former head of the Sanitary and
23 09.12.2015
Epidemiological Station of Kyiv conducts an audit right at home. They show what a wonderful life the
official leads with his family.
 So came to the end of the first 100 days of the reign of Goloborodko. Finally, his actions lead to
progress. Changes in government are becoming noticeable. The President was able to find those
24 09.12.2015 buttons, by clicking on which it was easier and easier to carry out reforms. Anatoliy saves the president
from an assassination attempt. He and his family, minister friends, and lover Anna Mikhailovna have a
family dinner.

Season 2: From Love to Impeachment

Original
Episode Description
air date

Goloborodko wakes up in a cold sweat after dreaming, in which he was betrayed by best friends. After
recovering a little, he quickly calms down, as it is just a dream, but in reality the president has a birthday
1—2 23.10.2017
today. But after watching the news, Goloborodko suddenly realizes that there will be no holiday, because
there was a coup d'état in the country. This turns out to be a prank by his friends.

After the unforgettable birthday of the President, all his friends gather for an important meeting in his
office. On the agenda: the lack of evidence against Yurii Ivanovich, as banks in all countries in which he
3 24.10.2017
withdrew money refuse to cooperate with the investigation. Suddenly, the meeting is interrupted by the
visit of Yurii Ivanovich himself, who was brought to Goloborodko's office for an investigative experiment.

Finally, the day comes when Ukraine received a visa-free regime. The president is most pleased with this
news, of course. Leaving home in the morning, Vasily Goloborodko does not meet anyone and soon
4 24.10.2017
realizes that all Ukrainians have left their homeland in search of a better fate, and only he remained a
true patriot of his country (then it turns out to be a dream).

After the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the President realizes that the time has come for change,
and goes to the Department of Development, which has long had a plan "to realize the dream of a
5 25.10.2017
successful and self-sufficient Ukraine." At the same time, the trial of Yurii Ivanovich continues, and today
an incorruptible judge will announce his verdict.

Today is an important historic day for the whole country, and parliament must vote for a new prime
minister. The situation is such that the oligarchs cannot decide on a single candidate for the post and
6 25.10.2017
are launching a series of compromising stories about the president and his entourage on TV so that he
does not get ahead of his candidate.

The global crisis has even affected the IMF, so only one country in Eastern Europe will receive a loan:
Ukraine or Greece, but to do so, countries must show their tough stance on corruption. The Greeks
7 26.10.2017
decide to imprison their oligarchs. Ukraine needs a bigger figure, so the local oligarchs decide to arrest
the main corrupt official, who turned out to be the former president.

In order to receive a loan from the IMF, Ukraine must fulfill the mandatory conditions and adopt a whole
8 26.10.2017 package of anti-corruption laws, for which Verkhovna Rada deputies stubbornly refuse to vote. The
president has only 2 days to persuade deputies to vote for the necessary laws for the country.

After the president's visit to Yurii Ivanovich in "places not so far away", Vasily Goloborodko makes a
9 30.10.2017
proposal that the former prime minister cannot refuse and agrees to testify against the oligarchs in court.

A delegation from the IMF arrives in Lviv to sign a final loan agreement. It would seem that no difficulties
10 30.10.2017 should have arisen, as the Rada voted for the necessary laws for the country, and all that is needed is
the personal presence of the president, who at such a crucial moment decides not to go to Lviv.

To quarrel with the oligarchs and get the coveted loan, Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko goes to Kharkiv to
meet with the governor for the sole purpose of persuading him to change Roizman's bank to Mamatov's
11 31.10.2017
bank. The meeting does not yield the desired result, and the president again goes to Yurii Ivanovich, who
has a contingency plan.

Instead of the promised visit to Sumy, the president goes to Zaporizhzhia and reveals a number of
corruption schemes to the press, after which he thanked journalist Serhiy Biryukov, who works for
12 31.10.2017
Roizman, for this information in front of many cameras. The oligarchs understand that all these events
are not accidental, and promise to arrange a "warm welcome" to Vasily Petrovich in Zaporizhzhia.

Goloborodko continues to reveal the schemes of the oligarchs, creating new problems for them. They
"bite" each other, revoking the license of one of the TV channels and causing the failure of privatized
mobile operators and banking systems. Ukraine is falling into a global crisis, but then it turns out to be
13 01.11.2017
only a dream of Goloborodko. Titushky incited by Mamatov chase the president and Chuiko all over
Zaporizhzhia. During the chase Goloborodko and Chuiko change into the costumes of Verka Serduchka
and his group and Goloborodko throws cakes at the pursuers.
 Yurii Ivanovich finds his long-awaited freedom by fulfilling his obligations to the president. Goloborodko
14 01.11.2017 meets with the IMF delegation in Lviv to accept its demands, but when he hears that the commission is
demanding from Ukraine, the latter is told to "go to hell", causing international controversy.

The president sending the IMF to hell causes the country to not receive the credit of 15 billion dollars and
15 02.11.2017 risks its reputation on the international level. To overcome the crisis, the President proposes his man for
the post of prime minister, while slightly blackmailing the main figures of the Verkhovna Rada.

The oligarchs want to get rid of the unwanted president as soon as possible and with the least losses for
themselves, so at the general council they decide to arrange an impeachment for Goloborodko. To do
16 02.11.2017
this, they throw all their strength into the search for Yurii Ivanovich, who knows a lot of things. At the
same time, the president strikes back and the special services arrest Roizman.

The president announces that he is resigning, and Dmytro Surikov in the meantime becomes prime
minister. The Chairman of the SBU and the Minister of Foreign Affairs also want to resign from office.
17 06.11.2017
Goloborodko's family is trying to get him out of depression. The pre-election struggle for the chair of the
head of the country begins, even a man dressed up as a bee goes to the presidency.

The struggle for the presidency is in full swing, and the deputies are shooting election campaign videos.
18 07.11.2017 Some of them do not even know Ukrainian. Goloborodko also decides to go to the polls. But there is no
money for the campaign, and no bank will give a loan of 2 million hryvnias.

The new election race has just begun, and the situation for Goloborodko is already quite difficult,
because he does not have popular support, as before, and according to the results of the polls, his
19 08.11.2017 candidacy takes the last place. Vasily Petrovich understands that he cannot do well without the help of a
good political strategist, for whose work it is necessary to allocate at least one million dollars. But where
can he get them?

Nestor Dyachenko is a candidate who believes only in God, and the oligarchs cannot understand who
sponsors him. The struggle amongst the candidates also began at a religious level. Meanwhile,
20 09.11.2017
Goloborodko shoots another commercial and prepares for the debate. But the money for the campaign
suddenly disappears somewhere.

Goloborodko has invested the money from the election campaign into an innovation – a pedestrian
crossing with illumination. It turns out that this act raised him to the first place. Nazar Dobryivecher plans
21 13.11.2017
to arrange a fight with Goloborodko, but Vasily does not appear at the debate, and the latter clings to
Khodobyak, resulting in a fight. Goloborodko's act only goes to benefit.

Surikov has found compromising material on the presidential candidates and wants to cooperate with
Goloborodko. At the debate, Vasily exposes those who financed the campaigns of Karasyuk,
Khudobyak, Dobryivecher and Borisenko. The oligarchs are looking for new ways to lower Goloborodko's
22 14.11.2017
ratings. They nominate a new person for the job - a "common man from the people" - Dr. Tyshchenko to
go against Goloborodko. Vasily is even accused of being Nemchuk's project (with the help of a plot
involving his double Grisha).

The oligarchs' scam has been uncovered. Mamatov was arrested on charges of plotting the murder of
Goloborodko. Borisenko withdraws from the election in favor of Karasyuk. Surikov presents Nemchuk
23 15.11.2017 with compromise on the latter, and as a result, Karasyuk also withdraws from the election, casting his
votes in favor of Surikov. Surikov resumes negotiations with the IMF on a loan and succeeds, which wins
the support of voters.

Olya tries to find evidence on Surikov, but fails. Suddenly, Nemchuk comes to the rescue in this matter,
throwing on the air compromising information about the terms of the deal with the IMF. Two days before
the elections, a debate between Goloborodko and Surikov is planned to be held on the TV show
"Dialoga". The latter is not at the debate, but his representative comes out - Yurii Ivanovich, who tells the
24 16.11.2017 truth about his salvation, thereby exposing Goloborodko as a criminal in the eyes of the public. A little
later, he admits that the former president was sympathetic to him, and explains to the audience the truth
about what prompted Goloborodko to commit an official crime. According to the results of the elections,
Surikov is leading with a result almost twice as high as the result of Goloborodko. But the people do not
believe the results of the elections...

Season 3: Choice

Original
Episode Description
air date

1 27.03.2019 The season begins 30 years in the future in a history lesson, where a young teacher tells his students
how Goloborodko saved Ukraine from oligarchs and led it to prosperity.
 Vasyl Goloborodko is in prison, at the same time Dmytro Surikov is in power. The new
president is organizing a grandiose scam to buy coal from South Africa and flies to the
Maldives. People, having learned about this, go to protests, but they are dispersed.
Surikov's colleagues betray him. The "Milk Revolution" begins. Meanwhile,
Goloborodko's friends and previous ministers are appealing to the EU to free
Goloborodko.

After the "Milk Revolution", a woman Zhanna Borysenko becomes president of Ukraine, but her
promises to both oligarchs and ordinary Ukrainians turn out to be false. This leads to a total of six
2 27.03.2019 "Maidans", the authorities eventually move to the "Military-Nationalist State" headed by Boryslav
Kostyuk, but this also ends in failure. Each region of Ukraine becomes a separate quasi -states( more
like country).

Vasyl Goloborodko remains the only person who has proved the possibility of positive changes. He is
elected president again and must meet the expectations of the people. Goloborodko finds himself on the
imaginary "court" of the former rulers of Ukraine, where he understands what he should do. But to do
this, he would have to talk to the rulers of all 28 Ukrainian quasi-states.

3 28.03.2019 Ukraine eventually becomes a utopia: oligarchs are curbed by the sale of criminal
cases against them at auctions; the language issue is resolved by simultaneous
interpreters; regions are connected with "eternal" concrete roads. All Ukrainians share
savings, making a huge pile of gold on Independence Square, which goes to realize the
dream of Ukraine, which will never again be a third-world country.

Development

Production
Concept: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andriy Yakovlev, Oleksiy Kiryushchenko, Serhiy Shefir, Borys Shefir
Scriptwriters: Andriy Yakovlev, Oleksiy Kiryushchenko, Yuriy Kostyuk, Yuriy Mykulenko, Dmytro Hryhorenko,
Mykhailo Savin, Dmytro Kozlov, Oleksandr Bragin
Directed by: Oleksiy Kiryushchenko
Cinematographer: Serhiy Koshel
Production designer: Vadim Shinkaryov
Composer: Andriy Kiryushchenko
Soundtrack: Dmitry Shurov, Potap and Nastya
Make-up artist: Nina Kremeshna-Lavrinenko
Costume designer: Veronika Yatsenko
Executive producer: Victor Yarish
Creative producer: Yuri Kostyuk
Producers: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Borys Shefir, Serhiy Shefir, Andriy Yakovlev, Oleksiy Kiryushchenko

Release
Servant of the People aired on the 1+1 channel in Ukraine.[1 ] The studio also posted all episodes for free on
YouTube.[2] The first season of the show was added to Netflix in select countries in 2017.[2] Sometime in 2021
Netflix lost licensing rights. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Netflix re-licensed
the first season, and in May 2022 added the second and third seasons for 33+ countries.[1 0][1 1 ] The Netflix
release combines the first two episodes into one in both season one and two, resulting in 23 episodes instead of
24 for both seasons.[1 2]
Belarusian TV channel Belarus-1 started broadcasting the show in evening prime time on 11 November
2019.[1 3]

The Russian channel TNT aired 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".[1 3] TNT cut a scene from the episode in
which president-elect Goloborodko asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin wore a Hublot watch, a joke
referring to a well-known anti-Putin chant in Ukraine.[1 4]

In the United States, HITN presents the series in a Spanish language version.[1 5] Jewish Life Television
carries the series in its original Russian and Ukrainian languages, with English subtitles.[1 6]

Sequels

A film adaptation of the series, Servant of the People 2, was released in 2016. The second season used footage
from the film to expand on its plot and was released in 2017, bringing the film into the series' main
continuity.[1 7 ] The third season was released in 2019.

Impact

2019
Zelenskyy would later mirror his character's rise to political power in being elected President of Ukraine in
2019. After his victory was announced, Zelenskyy walked onto the stage at his campaign headquarters with
the show's theme playing.[1 8]

2022

In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Zelenskyy's wartime leadership, the show's
popularity received a notable boost. Broadcasting rights have been requested by various foreign
companies.[1 9] On March 16, Netflix announced that season 1 of the series would be available to US streamers
again due to popular demand.[20][21 ][22] On May 16, Netflix added seasons 2 and 3.[1 0]

Broadcasting rights
During 2022, Zelenskyy won widespread admiration as a resistance figure against Russia and Putin, leading to
the series becoming more popular in turn. Foreign broadcasting companies have sought to air Servant of the
People on their own channels.

 Albania: Tring TV (14 March 2022 -), TV Klan (19 April 2022 – )
 Australia: Special Broadcasting Service (28 February 2022 - 28 February 2023)
 Belarus: Belarus-1 (11 November 2019 – )
 Brazil: HBO Max[23]
 Bulgaria: NOVA (18 April 2022 – )[24]
 Canada: Vision TV (5 April 2022 - )[25]
 Estonia: TV3 (5 April 2022 - ),[26] TV3+ (1 April 2022 – )[27]
 Finland: Yle[28]
 France: ARTE[29] (November 2021 on ARTE.tv, 8 April 2022 on ARTE), 6play from M6 (March 2022)
 Georgia: Not announced yet[30]
  Germany: ARTE[31]
 Greece: ANT1 (7 March 2022 – 12 April 2022) (Cancelled after Season 1 due to low ratings; low ratings
existed since premiere) [30][32][33]
 Hungary: RTL (20 March 2022 – 19 November 2022)[34]
 Italy: La7 (4 April 2022 - )[35]
 Kosovo: Kohavision (31 March 2022 – )
Latin America: Netflix and HBO Max[36]
 Latvia: TV3 (28 March 2022 – 6 May 2022)[37]
 Lithuania: TV3 (21 March 2022 – ), TV6 (April 2022 – )
Middle East: MBC[30]
 Moldova: Jurnal TV[30]
 North Macedonia: Kanal 5
 Portugal: Netflix[38]
 Romania: Pro TV[30]
 Russia: TNT (only the pilot episode)
 Serbia: Nova S (21 September 2019 – )
 Slovakia: Markíza (28 March 2022), Dajto (2 April 2022 – )[39]
 Slovenia: Voyo (17 April 2022 – )[40]
 Spain: Telecinco (14 April 2022 – )[41]
 Sweden: SVT[42]
 Tunisia: Hannibal TV[43]
 Turkey: Not announced yet
 Ukraine: 1+1
 United Kingdom: Channel 4 (6 March 2022 – )[44][45]
 United States: HITN - Spanish-language (April 2022), JLTV (19 September 2022 – )
In some countries: Netflix

Remakes
An American remake was ordered by Hulu, with British writer Simon Farnaby involved in its development,
though the show was scrapped when Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States.[46]

A Polish remake is currently being produced by Polsat with Marcin Hycnar playing Zelenskyy's character
counterpart. A release date is yet to be announced.[47 ]

See also
Man of the Year (2006), American film with a similar concept, starring Robin Williams as a talk show host
who is elected president following an offhanded remark.
Welcome Mr. President (2013), Italian film with similar concept, starring Claudio Bisio as a librarian who is
elected president due to a joke vote.
Nayak: The Real Hero - 2001 Indian Hindi-language political action film in which a TV journalist is challenged
to take over the Chief Minister's job for a day.

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External links
Servant of the People (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6235122/) at IMDb
Слуга народа's channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ) on YouTube
Servant of the People (https://www.netflix.com/title/80119382) on Netflix (location restricted) (subscription
required)
Servidor del Pueblo (https://www.hitn.tv/servidor-del-pueblo) on HITN (US only)

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