Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
| Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
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| Written by | Marco Rossi |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Maurizio D'Aniello |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language(s) | Italian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24min |
| Production company(s) | Rainbow S.r.l. |
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| Original network |
Rai Gulp Netflix (worldwide)[1] |
| Original release | August 29, 2016 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends is an Italian live-action sitcom which premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The series was created by Iginio Straffi and stars Emanuela Rei and Giorgia Boni.[2]
Plot
Maggie is an eccentric American girl from Portland who wins a scholarship to the Fashion Academy of Milan, a prestigious fashion school, on her sixteenth birthday. Bianca is the stylish and chic daughter of a powerful Italian fashion mogul. The two girls meet and are thrown together as roommates at the Fashion Academy, but get off to a rocky start as they have very different personalities and conflicting points of view. However, as they clash over time, they come to understand one another. Together with three of their classmates, they form a band called the MoodBoards in order to pursue their musical dreams, while simultaneously continuing their study of fashion at the Academy. At the end of the first season Maggie and Bianca discover that they are half-sisters, with same father but different mothers.[3][4] In the second season, Maggie's mother, who is a songwriter, comes to the Academy to teach, while members of the MoodBoards' rival band, CoolGhost, attend the Academy as new students.
Cast
- Emanuela Rei as Maggie
- Giorgia Boni as Bianca
- Sergio Ruggeri as Jacques
- Luca Murphy as Quinn
- Federica Corti as Nausica
- Federico Pedroni as Leonardo (season 1)
- Tiffany Zhou as Yuki (seasons 1–2)
- Sergio Melone as Eduard
- Simone Lijoi as Professor Ferrari (season 1)
- Elia Nichols as Professor Tucker
- Alvaro Gradella as Headmaster Maffei
- Walter Leonardi as Uncle Max
- Clelia Piscitello as Dolores (seasons 1–2)
- Jody Cecchetto as Andrew (recurring, season 1; main, season 2)
- Paolo Fantoni as Felipe (recurring, season 1; main, seasons 2–3)
- Simona Di Bella as Susan (recurring, season 1; main, season 2)
- Giovanni Bussi as Professor Falques (seasons 2–3)
- Paolo Romano as Alberto (recurring, season 1; main, seasons 2–3)
- Greta Bellusci as Rachel (guest, season 1; main, seasons 2–3)
- Maria Luisa De Crescenzo as Eloise (season 3)
Episodes
Season 1 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "A Dream Come True" | August 29, 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | "Places to Call My Own" | August 30, 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Start to Classes" | August 31, 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | "Fashion Photography" | September 1, 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Most Beautiful Day" | September 2, 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | "Keep Your Lucky Charm" | September 3, 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | "Model for a Day" | September 4, 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | "No Escape from Love" | September 5, 2016 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Mile in Her Shoes" | September 6, 2016 |
| 10 | 10 | "Shock! Extortion!" | September 7, 2016 |
| 11 | 11 | "Raiders of the Lost Exam" | September 8, 2016 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Phantom of the Academy" | September 9, 2016 |
| 13 | 13 | "A Perfect Concert" | September 10, 2016 |
| 14 | 14 | "History Repeats Itself" | September 22, 2016 |
| 15 | 15 | "Miss Venice" | September 23, 2016 |
| 16 | 16 | "Our School Anniversary" | September 23, 2016 |
| 17 | 17 | "A Matter of Style" | September 24, 2016 |
| 18 | 18 | "Election Trouble" | September 24, 2016 |
| 19 | 19 | "The One I Trust" | September 25, 2016 |
| 20 | 20 | "No Mask, No Party" | September 25, 2016 |
| 21 | 21 | "Never Mention "CoolGhost"" | September 26, 2016 |
| 22 | 22 | "Our First Challenge" | September 26, 2016 |
| 23 | 23 | "Facing Semifinals" | September 27, 2016 |
| 24 | 24 | "Do the Right Thing" | September 27, 2016 |
| 25 | 25 | "The Great Lockart" | September 28, 2016 |
| 26 | 26 | "Year-end Fashion Show" | September 28, 2016 |
Season 2 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "A Nightmarish Start" | January 11, 2017 |
| 28 | 2 | "Fashion Bloggers Community" | January 11, 2017 |
| 29 | 3 | "Polar Opposites" | January 12, 2017 |
| 30 | 4 | "Something Go.Zy." | January 12, 2017 |
| 31 | 5 | "Hidden Talent" | January 13, 2017 |
| 32 | 6 | "At Loggerheads!" | January 13, 2017 |
| 33 | 7 | "Each One Has His Story" | January 14, 2017 |
| 34 | 8 | "Knights and Princesses" | January 14, 2017 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Back of the Book" | January 15, 2017 |
| 36 | 10 | "Superpowers" | January 15, 2017 |
| 37 | 11 | "Friendship Mission" | January 16, 2017 |
| 38 | 12 | "A Matter of Details" | January 16, 2017 |
| 39 | 13 | "Grand Gala" | January 17, 2017 |
| 40 | 14 | "Leave Your Troubles" | February 12, 2017 |
| 41 | 15 | "Where Is Bianca?" | February 13, 2017 |
| 42 | 16 | "Reality" | February 13, 2017 |
| 43 | 17 | "Strangers at School" | February 14, 2017 |
| 44 | 18 | "About the Future" | February 14, 2017 |
| 45 | 19 | "#staypositive" | February 15, 2017 |
| 46 | 20 | "Mom's Coming!" | February 15, 2017 |
| 47 | 21 | "Creative Chaos" | February 16, 2017 |
| 48 | 22 | "No Trick, No Illusion" | February 16, 2017 |
| 49 | 23 | "The Worst Is the New Best" | February 17, 2017 |
| 50 | 24 | "Try Again, Maggie!" | February 17, 2017 |
| 51 | 25 | "A Weird Family" | February 18, 2017 |
| 52 | 26 | "The Musical" | February 18, 2017 |
Season 3 (2017)
A third season aired in Italy between September 18 and December 2, 2017, and consisted of 26 episodes. The third season has not yet been released internationally on Netflix.
Production
Filming on a third season of the series took place during summer 2017,[5] and premiered in mid-September on Rai Gulp in Italy.[6][7]
Broadcast
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends was originally televised on Rai Gulp in Italy, where the first season aired from August 29 to September 28, 2016. The second season aired in Italy between January 11 and February 18, 2017, with the third season following between September 18 and December 2, 2017.
It also aired on Gulli in France; Disney Channel in Germany; Nickelodeon in Greece, Poland, Netherlands and Benelux; Sitel TV in Macedonia; Vizion Plus and Tip TV in Albania; TV Cultura in Brazil; Megamax in Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic; Карусель in Russia[8] and Biggs in Portugal.[9]
The series is also available on Netflix worldwide,[1] including in the countries listed above, as well as in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The first season was released on Netflix on March 31, 2017, with the second season released on April 30, 2018.
References
- 1 2 Jeremy Dickson (13 October 2016). "Netflix snaps up Rainbow's Maggie & Bianca". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ↑ Elizabeth Foster (22 August 2016). "Rainbow sets launch, toy plans for Maggie & Bianca". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ Sara Alessi (23 August 2016). "Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends Series Set for Global Debut". TVKIDS.WS. WSN Inc. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends | Trailer. Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends English. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Irene Rosignoli (7 August 2017). "Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends, i trailer dei due episodi speciali della serie" [Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends, the trailer for two special episodes of the series]. Movie for Kids (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ↑ Carlotta De Leo (17 August 2017). "Il sogno internazionale di Maggie e Bianca fra musica, tv (e moda)" [Maggie's and Bianca's International Dream of music, TV (and fashion)]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ↑ Ilaria Bellantoni (28 August 2017). "Maggie & Bianca in crociera nei luoghi del Trono di Spade" [Maggie & Bianca Cruising in Game of Thrones locations]. Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ↑ Alexandra Whyte (8 August 2017). "Rainbow sends more series to Nickelodeon Greece". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ↑ "MAGGIE & BIANCA FASHION FRIENDS - BIGGS". BIGGS (in Portuguese). 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-27.