The presenters of "Main Road" on NTV are famous people who are very fond of the domestic audience. But those who watch the program not on the very first day of its appearance on the air hardly know that for its existence it has replaced more than one of the leading ones. We’ll talk about this and recall who stood at the origins of the popular program.
About the transfer
The first issue of the TV show "Main Road" was released in the fall of 2005. Against the background of the broadcast program on NTV with a news-criminalistic character, “Main Road” bore an informational, but also an entertaining genre. So to speak, "not serious about the serious."
Since its inception, the program has been broadcasting several headings that have remained unchanged at the present time:
- "Tested by myself." It offers actionable tips that will help in various situations on the road.
- "Driving school". In the show, the invited star, along with the presenters, tells and shows on her own example how to prevent or avoid danger on the road while riding.
- Second Test. Leading and auto-expert programs test used cars, evaluate their external and internal condition, figure out how much it will cost to repair one or another part of the car, and also evaluate the capacity of the vehicle.
- "Another car." It tells about the unique means of transportation that are collected from improvised materials by ordinary people.
- "Federal highway". Here we are talking about the roads of Russia, their features and interesting facts.
- There is another section that does not have a name. It examines a specific example of behavior on the road, accompanied by a violation of traffic rules. Together with the traffic police inspector, the presenters discuss the current situation.
Current Leading
Since 2008, the presenters of the Main Road program have been Andrei Fedortsov and Denis Yuchenkov. The humor of the first and the seriousness of the second created an excellent tandem of co-hosts, thanks to which they won popular love and popularity.
Andrei Fedortsov is a Russian actor known to the Russian audience for his roles in films and TV shows. Since 2008, "tried on" a new role - a TV presenter.
Denis Yuchenkov - actor of theater, cinema, dubbing. He has the title of "Honored Artist of Russia". Since 2008, in tandem with Fedortsov, he has been conducting a well-known program on NTV.
Who was before?
Initially, the main road leading were other personalities. So, from 2005 to 2006. the program was led by Pavel Maykov and Svetlana Berseneva.
Maykov is a Russian actor who is known for his roles in the acclaimed TV series "The Brigade" and "Poor Nastya." The filmography does not end there. In the acting "piggy bank" there are 37 roles.
Svetlana Berseneva - inspector of the Moscow traffic police. Being co-host of Maykov, she reflected an absolutely opposite point of view regarding driving a vehicle, based on the rules of the road. The host of the Main Road reasoned, as a traffic police official should, while Maykov defended the views of ordinary drivers, who sometimes would not mind breaking those very rules.
Divergence of opinions was a key feature of the program, which helps to visually convey to the viewer information about road behavior.
From 2006 to 2007 The host of the program “Main Road” was Ville Haapasalo, an actor in Finland and Russia, which was remembered by the Russian audience for the films “Features of National Hunting”, “Features of National Fishing” and “Cuckoo”.
It is interesting
In addition to changing the leading “Main Road”, several more interesting facts were recorded:
- From the first day to the present (2017), 490 issues of the program were filmed and shown.
- In the section "Driving School" a huge number of famous people were invited - 181 people.
- 480 answers were given by program lawyers to questions asked by viewers.
- For the entire duration of the broadcasts, the film crew traveled 1,524,132 km, which is comparable with 38 round-the-world travels.
- Filming of the "Main Road" took place almost throughout Russia, and also affected France, Italy, Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Norway, Finland, Mongolia and others.
Finally
Needless to say, the ratings of the program are simply huge. There are few analogs of the transmission, and those that exist do not affect such an abundance of automobile and road topics that are relevant for drivers not only in Russia, but also in many other countries. The popularity is also influenced by the composition of the leaders, which have been unchanged for 9 years.