NileCity 105,6

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NileCity 105,6 was a Swedish 6-part television show broadcast by SVT in 1995. It was the first major success of Swedish comedy group Killinggänget.

Set in Stockholm, The show revolves around the low-budget radio station NileCity 105,6 and its staff as well as a number of related characters. It is owned and run by Percy Nilegård who rents a few rooms in a firestation (Exterior shots featured the old 1900th-century Katarina firestation). The station is not very popular and in the first episode it is actually said to be broadcasted on AM radio instead of FM.

Primary characters include

• Glenn Killing (Henrik Schyffert) - The main host of NileCity. He mainly plays the straight man to his outlandish guests (played by Robert Gustafsson)

• Percy Nilegård - The greedy owner who tries to turn a profit in spite of the stations very low ratings. To this end he runs a number of dubious schemes such as airing advertisements for companies and asking them for payments afterwards, a concept which he calls "marketing by not asking any questions first".

• Weiron (Robert Gustafsson) - A stereotype of a socialist blue collar worker from Gothenburg. He hosts his own show where he pesters people trying to sleep. His show airs at 3:30 AM and he arrives at the studio during the night in a forklift. This is the first show of the day but in the context of the series it caps off each episode, with Weiron's monologue blending into the credits.

• Farbror Barbro (Johan Rheborg) - A guidance councilor (presumably male, despite having a female name) who tends to ignore actual problems in favor of marketing hi-fi equipment.

• Greger (Robert Gustafsson) - An obviously homosexual fire-chief dressed in a plaid kilt. He has a secret crush on Percy.

• The firemen - A number of barechested hunks who are quite philosophical about their masculinity. Each episode begins with an introduction to one of them.

[edit] Trivia

• The home-video release of the show omitted a piece of music by The Prodigy as the group refused to give them permission to include it. It was replaced by a short commentary featuring Schyffert and Gustafsson who explain the situation to the viewers. They also quote parts of what they claim is a letter from the Prodigy, saying "we refuse to have our music on your shit programme". Schyffert then jokes that they probably ment to say "hit programme".

• Every episode was entitled "Vuxna män gör saker tillsammans" meaning "grown-up men do things togheter".

• In 2005 Greger was voted Sweden's funniest TV-character in SVT's Folktoppen while Weiron landed at number 4.[1]. In Folktoppens second season Nilecity was voted the second funniest Swedish comedy show[2]