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Mjenjačnica
The title card for the series
Genre
Created byRobert Knjaz [hr]
Country of originCroatia
Original languageCroatian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes28 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerHrvoje Osvadić [hr]
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkRTL
Release12 January 2005 (2005-01-12) –
30 May 2006 (2006-05-30)
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Mjenjačnica ("The Exchange Office") was a Croatian documentary reality television series created and hosted by Robert Knjaz [hr]. The series documents prominent Croatian public figures as they exchange roles with the members of the working class.

Mjenjačnica debuted on RTL on 12 January 2005, and concluded with its second and final season on 30 May 2006. The series has later been re-run on RTL 2 and re-released on RTL's streaming service Voyo.[1]

Following the conclusion of Mjenjačnica, Knjaz created Koledžicom po svijetu, a similar series where celebrities were taken to exotic destinations; it premiered on RTL in 2007. In 2023, Knjaz went on to create Knjazalište, another series similar to Mjenjačnica that ran on HRT 1.[2]

Format

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The series features well-known figures from Croatian public life who, for one day, switch roles with individuals from working-class or rural backgrounds. The celebrities learn about the job and experience a different side of life, helping viewers with confronting their own prejudices about various professions.[3][4][5]

Episodes

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
11412 January 2005 (2005-01-12)13 April 2005 (2005-04-13)
21428 February 2006 (2006-02-28)30 May 2006 (2006-05-30)

Season 1 (2005)

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The series debuted on 12 January 2005 and was broadcast every Wednesday.[6]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal release date
11"Goran Ivanišević kao djelatnik čistoće"
12 January 2005 (2005-01-12)
In the first episode, the Croatian professional tennis player Goran Ivanišević took on the role of a sanitation worker, working a day as a waste collector.[7]
22"Indira kao zidar"
19 January 2005 (2005-01-19)
The singer Indira (Colonia) attempts plastering, tiling, and reinforcing under the guidance of Ivač, a skilled and experienced construction worker.[8]
33"Mamić kao baletan"
26 January 2005 (2005-01-26)
Football administrator Zdravko Mamić spends a day working as a ballet dancer.[9]
44"Severina kao majka 17-ero djece"
2 February 2005 (2005-02-02)
Pop singer Severina exchanges places with a mother of seventeen children.[10]
55"Vesna Škare-Ožbolt kao poljoprivrednik"
9 February 2005 (2005-02-09)
The episode featured politician Vesna Škare-Ožbolt working as a farmer.[11]
66"Željko Pervan kao svećenik"
16 February 2005 (2005-02-16)
77"Mirko Cro Cop kao poštar"
23 February 2005 (2005-02-23)
88"Željko Kerum kao beskućnik"
2 March 2005 (2005-03-02)
99"Hladno pivo kao specijalci"
9 March 2005 (2005-03-09)
1010"Edo Maajka kao slijepa osoba"
16 March 2005 (2005-03-16)
1111"Nina Badrić"
23 March 2005 (2005-03-23)
1212"Ćiro kao teta u vrtiću"
30 March 2005 (2005-03-30)
1313"Milan Bandić kao metalac"
6 April 2005 (2005-04-06)
Milan Bandić, the mayor of Zagreb, spent a day working as a steel mill worker.[12]
1414"Davor Gobac kao umirovljenica"
13 April 2005 (2005-04-13)

Season 2 (2006)

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The second season premiered on 28 February 2006. The season aired every Tuesday.[13]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal release date
151"Prljavo kazalište kao vatrogasci"
28 February 2006 (2006-02-28)
162"Niko Kranjčar kao veterinar"
7 March 2006 (2006-03-07)[13]
173"Zlatan Zuhrić Zuhra kao kaskader"
14 March 2006 (2006-03-14)
184"Željko Mavrović kao pjevačica"
21 March 2006 (2006-03-21)
195"Ivano Balić kao trener delfina"
28 March 2006 (2006-03-28)
206"Miroslav Škoro kao ribar"
4 April 2006 (2006-04-04)
217"Blanka Vlašić kao pastir"
11 April 2006 (2006-04-11)
228"Pisci kao GSS"
18 April 2006 (2006-04-18)
The episode featured various writers working for GSS.[14]
239"Danijela Martinović kao ovisnik"
25 April 2006 (2006-04-25)
Danijela Martinović lived as a former drug addict.[15]
2410"Krunoslav Kićo Slabinac kao dimnjačar"
2 May 2006 (2006-05-02)
2511"Anto Đapić kao organizator svatova"
9 May 2006 (2006-05-09)
2612"Ljubo Ćesić Rojs kao Neven Ciganović"
16 May 2006 (2006-05-16)
2713"Toni Cetinski kao kamenoklesar"
23 May 2006 (2006-05-23)
2814"The Best Of"
30 May 2006 (2006-05-30)

References

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  1. ^ "Mjenjačnica". voyo.rtl.hr. Voyo. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Knjazalište - nova serija Roberta Knjaza" [Knjazalište - a new series by Robert Knjaz] (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 6 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Mjenjačnica". mojtv.hr. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2025. Uz Roberta Knjaza poznate osobe iz hrvatskog javnog života na jedan dan zamjenjuju se s osobom iz redova radništva, seljaštva i poštene inteligencije... [Along with Robert Knjaz, famous figures from Croatian public life are replaced for one day with a person from the ranks of workers, peasants, and honest intelligence]
  4. ^ "Mjenjačnica - serije". tvprofil.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Mjenjačnica - duhovit sudar svjetova" [Mjenjačnica - a humorous collision of worlds] (in Croatian). Večernji list. 18 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ^ "MJENJAČNICA - PRETHODNE TEME (Season 1, Episodes 1-4)". 6 February 2005.
  7. ^ "Mjenjačnica, sezona 1, epizoda 1". tvprofil.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Mjenjačnica, sezona 1, epizoda 2". tvprofil.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ^ Kragić Mahmutović, Višnja (18 November 2018). "'Baletan' Mamić je uskočio u papučice i utegnuo se u tajice" ['Ballet dancer' Mamić jumped into his ballet shoes and tightened up in his tights] (in Croatian). 24sata. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  10. ^ Kragić Mahmutović, Višnja (10 November 2018). "Pranje umjesto pjevanja: Mlada Severina posvojila 17-ero djece" [Washing instead of singing: Young Severina adopted 17 children]. 24sata. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Mjenjačnica, epizoda 5. Srijeda, 09.02.2005". rtl.hr (in Croatian). RTL. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Mjenjačnica - Milan Bandić kao radnik u željezari - R.Knjaz". youtube.com. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ a b "MJENJAČNICA - PRETHODNE TEME (Season 2, Episodes 1-7)" (in Croatian).
  14. ^ "Epizoda: 8. Utorak, 18.04.2006". 17 April 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  15. ^ "9. epizoda - Sezona 2, Mjenjačnica". rtl.hr (in Croatian). RTL. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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