Xerxes (Swedish TV show)

[Marine Boy]

Does anyone remember this comedy drama from 1988?

Three friends who have just left school, hang around town, buying clothes, drinking coffee and pursuing pretty girls.

I know that all sounds rather dire when written down but I think the show had a quirky charm.

I can't recall if the English version was subtitled or dubbed. The original Swedish version is on YT.

YouTube - Xerxes Del 1 (Part 1)

[Marine Boy]

Oh. I'd hoped I wasn't the only one who'd watched it

[rossobantam]

looks that way MB!


Dave

[The Lurker In The Shadows]

Was this the one where the lads made a bet over something like who could seduce the most girls, and they had to bring back the label from each conquest's knickers to prove their success? It was on Channel 4, I think, at quite an early hour, and some tabloids got their own knickers in a twist about this "sexy" foreign import being shown to impressionable kids, if i recall.

[Marine Boy]

Was this the one where the lads made a bet over something like who could seduce the most girls, and they had to bring back the label from each conquest's knickers to prove their success? It was on Channel 4, I think, at quite an early hour, and some tabloids got their own knickers in a twist about this "sexy" foreign import being shown to impressionable kids, if i recall.

I'm working my way through eps on YT and I don't recall seeing that yet, but the elements you describe do sound familiar. I will have to watch a bit more, though listening to it in Swedish is quite difficult.

[Kiop]

For the record, I speak Swedish so I might check it out on Youtube.

Never heard of it before though!