Early Swallows(TV show/series, 2019-2020)

Name: Early Swallows
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Rating: 4

Original title: "Перші ластівки" (Ukrainian/UK)

40min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 16 episodes

Rating: 4.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Early Swallows (Ukrainian: Перші ластівки, Pershi lastivky) is a Ukrainian teen drama television series. The series' storylines involve bullying, online harassment, sexual identity and suicide. The first episode aired in November 2019. Broadcast by Novyi Kanal, the televised episodes attract a viewership of six million viewers on live-to-air television and millions more viewers online. The teen drama was responsible for a 600% increase in calls to a mental health helpline. Because of its rare and graphic content compared to other Ukrainian television series, the series has been described by BBC News as "a local surprise hit". It has also been praised for making issues that are rarely dealt with in public in Ukraine debatable. According to BBC News the series was "pretty much the first time that adolescent LGBT identity had been portrayed on Ukrainian TV". The second season of the show was filmed from late May until August 2020 and was broadcast in December 2020. ()

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About Early Swallows

The series revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television-alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show's main plot lines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

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Trailer for Early Swallows + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Перші ластівки (2019) | Офіційний трейлер(Trailer, 2:16)

Early Swallows Seasons and Episodes

12/14/2020Season 2 - 8 episodes

#1 | 12/14/2020Episode 1

#2 | 12/14/2020Episode 2

#3 | 12/15/2020Episode 3

#4 | 12/15/2020Episode 4

#5 | 12/16/2020Episode 5

#6 | 12/16/2020Episode 6

#7 | 12/17/2020Episode 7

#8 | 12/17/2020Episode 8

11/19/2019Season 1 - 8 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:

novy.tv

Production country: Ukraine

Original language: Ukrainian (UK)

Spoken languages: Ukrainian (UK)

Translated into 6 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), English (EN), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 11/19/2019

Last episode released on: 12/17/2020

Cast: Darya Trehubova, Olesia Zhurakivska, Polina Nosykhina, Maksym Samchyk, Oleksandr Rudynskyi, Taisiia-Oksana Shchuruk, Anna Ostapenko

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Pershi lastivky"

"First Swallows"

Keywords: high school, teen suicide, coming of age, teenage life, deadly game, drug addiction, ukraine

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