Niania is a Polish comedy television series directed by Jerzy Bogajewicz,[1] which aired on TVN from 10 September 2005 to 24 October 2009.
[2] Each episode featured a guest appearance by a well-known figure from the world of show business,[3][4] altogether nearly 300 celebrities.
[7][8] The series gained the recognition of Fran Drescher, as well as the main producer, Sony Columbia Pictures Television International, which evaluated the Polish adaptation as the version most similar to the original among all the licences granted.
Franciszka Maj (Agnieszka Dygant), 30, loses her job at the bridal shop run by her would-be fiancé, Daniel Jarosiński (Wojciech Medyński/Artur Dziurman).
[16] As a cosmetics saleswoman she offers the goods at the Skalski family's house, at a time when the search for a babysitter for the children of a wealthy television producer, Maksymilian (Tomasz Kot),[17] is on.
She eventually gets the job, becoming the nanny of the widower's three children: the reserved Zuzia (Emilia Stachurska), the rascally Adaś (Roger Karwiński) and the shy Małgosia (Maria Maciejowska).
The family is accompanied by a butler, Konrad (Adam Ferency),[17] who often demonstrates greater shrewdness and intelligence than his employer.
Maximilian's co-worker Karolina Łapińska (Tamara Arciuch),[17] who unsuccessfully seeks Skalski's affection, is constantly the object of the butler's malicious jokes and insults.
Franciszka Zofia Skalska (née Maj, born 23 December 1975) (Agnieszka Dygant) is a 30-year-old nasal-voiced woman, who works for Mr. Maksymilian Skalski as the nanny to his three children: Małgosia, Adaś and Zuzia.
After several years, she married Maks, to whom she gave birth to twins, Maria Magdalena and Franciszek Józef.
Maksymilian Maria Skalski (Tomasz Kot) is a 40-year-old rich TV producer who becomes a workaholic after the death of his wife Anna.
In an episode of bank robbery, Teresa talks about her hypoglycaemia, which explains why she eats a hearty meal or thinks about food in almost every scene.
Opening sequence describes (with the main characters in animated form) the story of how Frania Maj went from being fired from the bridal shop by Daniel Jarosiński to becoming the nanny of the Skalski's children.
The animated opening sequence begins with Frania Maj walking into the bridal shop, only to be kicked out by an unseen Daniel Jarosiński.
Then, she hitches a ride in a tram, crosses the bridge from Praga, Warsaw to Centrum and arrives at the Skalski's mansion.