Big Difference

Big Difference (Большая разница) was a Russian parody TV show. Conceptually it is similar to the MADtv show or the German comedy show, Switch. Created by producers Aleksandr Tsekalo and Ruslan Sorokin in 2007. The actors within the project are performing parodies of the most popular Russian and world celebrities, TV programs, movies, etc.

In 2012, the show was rebranded to Big Difference TV and one of the hosts, Ivan Urgant, was contracted by the Russian competing channel TNT to leave the show.

The show ended in 2014.

History
The first episode was broadcast on January 1, 2008 on Channel One Russia. Three more episodes were created because of the audience's approval. After hiatus TV show resumed in September 2008. On June 5, 2014, the last episode of the project was released.

Hosts

 * Ivan Urgant
 * Aleksandr Tsekalo

Actors

 * Nonna Grishayeva
 * Aleksandr Oleshko
 * Sergey Burunov
 * Igor Kistol
 * Svetlana Galka
 * Vladimir Kisarov
 * Valentina Rubtsova
 * Vyacheslav Manucharov
 * Maria Zykova
 * Vladimir Zhukov
 * Aleksandr Lobanov
 * Galina Konshina
 * Viktor Andriyenko
 * Aleksey Fedotov
 * Maria Slastyonkova
 * Dmitry Malashenko
 * Inga Ilyushina
 * Igor Afanasyev
 * Andrey Barinov

Former actors

 * Fyodor Dobronravov
 * Eduard Radzyukevich
 * Mikhail Politseymako
 * Olga Medynich

Authors

 * Ruslan Sorokin
 * Maxim Tukhanin
 * Vitaly Kolomiets
 * Alexey Alexandrov
 * Alexey Poymanov

Little difference
"Little difference" (Russian: Malenkaya raznitsa) is heading, in which little children are performing in the parodies.

Little actors:
 * Ivan Chuvatkin
 * Yeryoma Cherevko
 * Pavel Artyomov
 * Yegor Fadeyev

Sketch with star
"Sketch with star" (Russian: Sketch so zvezdoy) is heading, in which guest stars are playing in sketches together with the actors. Currently named "World history" (Russian: Vsemirnaya istoriya), in which guest stars play different historic figures.

Guest stars:
 * Gosha Kutsenko (film actor)
 * Mikhail Yefremov (film actor)
 * Semyon Slepakov (TV producer)
 * Mikhail Trukhin (film actor)
 * Ksenia Sobchak (TV presenter)
 * Filipp Kirkorov (singer)
 * Aleksandr Tsekalo
 * Aleksandr Samoylenko (film actor)
 * Tatiana Orlova (film actress)

Animated painting
"Animated painting" (Russian: Ozhivshaya kartina) is heading, in which actors play characters from well-known paintings.

International editions
The Ukrainian version of Big Difference has been produced since January 1, 2010. January 1, 2011 is the expected date for the release of a Belarusian version.