PRODUCTION / FUNDING Switzerland
Production for Swiss series Unsere kleine Botschaft under way
by Teresa Vena
- Switzerland's main broadcaster is producing the sitcom set in an embassy in South America, directed by Johannes Bachmann and Johannes Schröder
It has been 20 years since the last sitcom was produced for Swiss television, but national broadcaster SRF has now developed a new project. The shooting of Unsere kleine Botschaft (lit. “Our Small Embassy”) will take place until mid-February in Zurich. As for the setting of the show, it will unfurl in an office environment. More precisely, the script tells of the everyday life of employees in a fictional Swiss embassy somewhere in South America.
The action follows a female ambassador and her team as they face different professional and private challenges. The colleagues are close, like a family, and so they both support and fight one another, similar to the members of a real family. This is as much as is known about the plot of the series so far.
As for the cast, it will star experienced actors and comedians known to Swiss audiences, such as TV presenter Susanne Kunz and comedian Birgit Steinegger, as well as younger talents like comedian Anaïs Decasper and Jonas Gygax. One of the main characters will be played by Swiss-Colombian actress Sandra Zellweger (Tranquillo [+see also:
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The series is being directed by Johannes Bachmann (co-director of Tschugger) and Johannes Schröder. The scripts were developed in a writer’s room led by head writers Pascal Glatz (Maloney, Tschugger) and Christian Wehrlin (Tschugger), and following a concept by Marco Edmonds. Mauro Mueller will be the showrunner for the series and Björn Hering the main producer.
Unsere kleine Botschaft is a production by Fidelio Films and TV channel SRF. The airing of the series is planned for autumn 2025.
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