Branislav "Branko" Milićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав "Бранко" Милићевић), also known by his stage name Branko Kockica (Branko the Little Cube), is a Serbo-Croatian (Yugoslavian) actor known for his roles in children's TV shows.[1][2]
Early life
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Born in Ljig, at the time in Yugoslavia, he became a singer in his childhood. He later became famous for his work on a television series for children entitled Kocka, kocka, kockica (Cube, Cube, Cubelet) which was on the air for several decades on TV Belgrade.
Cube, Cube, Cubelet
editIn 1974, on Belgrade TV (Channel 1), Branko started the children's TV series Kocka, kocka, kockica (Cube, Cube, Cubelet).[3] Over the next twenty years, 250 episodes were shown, terminating in 1994.[4] In 2003, several new episodes were released in order to try to revive the show, but it never reached the popularity of the original series.[citation needed]
In 1979, the series won a reward on the 12th International Educational Program in Japan for its episode "Run, Run, Little Drops".[5] The episode first aired on April 26, 1978, and was co-written by Ibrahim Hadžić, Branko Miličević and Biserka Pejović.[6]
"The Snail" theatre
edit"The Snail" theatre was established in 1977 by Milićević and his wife Slobodanka (Caca) Aleksić.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Kako je Branko Kockica od najvećeg heroja postao veliki negativac". noizz.rs. 28 November 2017.
- ^ ""SAVIJU SE NOVINE, PA PO TURU..." Branko Kockica ispričao kako treba vaspitavati decu, a o njegovom stavu će se lomiti mišljenja". blic.rs. 27 January 2021.
- ^ "45 GODINA OD PRVE EPIZODE KULTNE JUGOSLAVENSKE DJEČJE EMISIJE Kockica: 'Ovi što su je kao mali gledali sada su veliki, a među njima ima mnogo smeća'". Jutarnji list. 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Prije 45 godina emitovana prva epizoda emisije "Kocka, kocka, kockica"". portalanalitika.me. espreso.rs. 27 November 2019.
- ^ THE REPORT OF THE 12TH JAPAN PRIZE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM CONTEST (PDF) (Report). NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 26 October – 6 November 1979. p. 5.
- ^ "Teku, teku kapi tecne". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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