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Dolce Vita (1995 TV Series)
''Ntoltse Vita'' ( el, Ντόλτσε Βίτα, it, Dolce Vita, en, Sweet Life) is a Greek comedy directed by Alexandros Rigas and co-written with Lefteris Papapetrou, which aired on Mega Channel from 1995-97. The series focused on the affair between Christina Markatou and her daughter's Boyfriend. The entire structure of the show was based on the way the relationship would remain secret from the family members, the working and social entourage through hilarious situations. ''Ntoltse Vita'' drew high ratings and is one of the most successful series in Greek television history. Reruns of the show are airing until today. Seasons Season 1 ''Season 1'' begins with Christina visiting her daughter, Dorita, in Italy where she studies. On the way home, the bus she is traveling on, stops in a motel near Perugia due to a blizzard. There, Christina meets a young Greek man and they spend the night together without introducing themselves to each other. When Dorita returns to Greece, she an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Programs Broadcast By Mega Channel
This article lists programs broadcast by Mega Channel and on Mega Cosmos for international viewers from Greece: Current programming ''Note'': Titles are listed according to their year of debut on the network in parentheses. Dramas *''I Gi tis Elias'' (2021) Docuseries *''Mega Stories with Dora Anagnostopoulou'' (2020) Reality/non-scripted *'' Fos Sto Tounel with Aggeliki Nikolouli'' (1995) *''Fishy with Giannis Tsimitselis'' (2021) Game shows *''Celebrity Game Night'' (2014) *''The Chase with Maria Bekatorou'' (2021) Talk shows *'' Eleni with Eleni Menegaki'' (2011) *''Everything about our life with Michalis Kefalogiannis'' (2021) *''Pame Danai with Danai Barka'' (2020) Late night shows *''Mega View with Niki Lyberaki'' (2021) Specials *''Spiti me to Mega'' (2020) News and information *''MEGA Central News'' (1989) *''MEGA Afternoon News'' (1989) *''MEGA Weekend'' (2005) *''Koinonia Ora MEGA'' (2006) *''Live News with Nikos Evagelatos'' (2020) *''Mega Good Morning with Eleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Greek Television Series Endings
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfinder re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Greek Television Series Debuts
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek-language Television Shows
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Comedy Television Series
Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek. **Mycenaean Greek, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC). **Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC. **Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity. **Medieval Greek or Byzantine Language, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. **Modern Greek, varieties spoken in the modern era (from 1453 AD). *Greek alphabet, script used to write the Greek language. *Greek Orthodox Church, several Churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church. *Ancient Greece, the ancient civilization before the end of Antiquity. *Old Greek, the language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around 1500 AD. Other uses *Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Channel Original Programming
Mega or MEGA may refer to: Science * mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106 * Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation * "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy * Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Earth gravity assist'' and ''Mars-Earth gravity assist'' Business * Aixam-Mega, a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie * Megaupload, a file sharing site seized by the FBI * Mega (service), a cloud storage and file hosting service * Mega Aircompany, a charter airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan * Mega Enterprise, a South Korean company that specialises in developing games * MEGA International Srl., a French software company * Mega Maldives, a Maldivian airline Music * ''Mega'' (Yacht album), 2005 * ''Mega'' (Blank Banshee album), 2016 * Mega Records, a US record label * Mega Records, former name of Danish record company Edel-Mega Records Radio * MEGA (radio station), a Belarusian Internet radio station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safe Sex (film)
''Safe Sex'' is a 1999 Greek comedy film written and directed by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou. When the film was released in Greece, it was considered a blockbuster. Plot The film features an ensemble cast of Greek actors portraying various characters, each living his own story in modern Greece. Almost everyone of the protagonists is interrelated to each other, and all live their own parallel stories which often converge at several points. Several professional actors appear briefly or in non-speaking cameo roles. As a result, there is no central plot or prominent protagonist who may be singled out. The major theme of the movie is sex and each character's approach to it, portrayed in a comedic way. Cast *Anna Panayiotopoulou as Rena Drouga * Mina Adamaki as Chloe * Alexandros Antonopoulos as Apostolos Drougas * Vaso Goulielmaki as Vivy * Haris Grigoropoulos as Anestis * Renia Louizidou as Anna * Spiros Papadopoulos as Fedon * Evelina Papoulia as Mary * Tasos Halkia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oi Treis Harites
''Oi Treis Harites'' ( el, Οι Τρεις Χάριτες, ''The Three Harites'') is a Greek comedy series created by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou which aired on Mega Channel from February 8, 1990 to April 20, 1992. The name "Harites" was taken partly from ancient Greek mythology ( The Three Graces) and partly from their surname, which was "Haritou". The series describes the daily life of three single sisters in their middle forties who live in the same house. ''Oi Treis Harites'' received positive reviews, becoming one of the most popular and successful programs ever shown on Greek television, achieving high ratings throughout its run. During the season 1989-1990 and 1991-1992 ''Oi Treis Harites'' was the most popular series in Greek television, making history reaching 65% according to AGB Nielsen Media Research on February 3, 1992. According to Mega Channel, the initial title of the series was "Anna and her Sisters". The series was released in DVD from the mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelios Mainas
Stelios Mainas ( el, Στέλιος Μάινας; born 1 October 1957 in Ermoupoli, Syros) is a Greek actor. He graduated Veakis Drama School in 1982 and has been working as a stage, cinema and television actor ever since. His first film role was in the 1984 movie ''Loafing and Camouflage''. He became widely known in Greece from the comedy series Oi Men Kai Oi Den and the 1998 road movie Valkanisateur. He has also appeared in movies like Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002) and A Touch of Spice (2003). He is married to actress Katia Sperelaki.They have one son. Stelios Mainas has won the Best Actor Award in Hellenic Film Academy Awards for his role in film Tetarti 4:45. Filmography *''Loafing and Camouflage'' (1984) *'' Vios Kai Politeia'' (1987) *'' Lipotaktis'' (1988) *'' Pano Kato kai Plagios'' (1992) *'' Valkanisateur'' (1997) *'' Brazileiro'' (2001) *'' Hard Goodbyes: My Father'' (2002) *'' A Touch of Spice'' (2003) *'' Guiness (2009) *'' Ap' Ta Kokkala Vgalmena (2011) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Panayiotopoulou
Anna Panayiotopoulou ( el, Άννα Παναγιωτοπούλου; born 30 July 1947) is a famous Greek actress that has starred in many series, films and theatrical plays. She became famous after starring in the Greek series ''Madam Sousou'' in 1986. A major hit of her career was starring as one of the three Haritou sisters, Olga, in the Greek hit series ''Oi Treis Harites'' during 1990-92. In 1993 she wrote and starred in the series ''Rosalia'' (with Eleni Gerasimidou). The series lasted only 1 season due to low ratings. In 1995, she starred in another successful series '' Ntoltse Vita'' as Christina Markatou. The series draw high ratings and lasted 2 seasons. Panayiotopoulou also enjoyed a successful film career, having appeared in several commercially and critically successful films such as ''Safe Sex Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoforos Papakaliatis
Christoforos Papakaliatis, (born 23 December 1975) is a Greek actor, director and screenwriter. Early life Christoforos Papakaliatis was born in Heraklion on 23 December 1975, the son of Villy Malamis and Emmanuel Papakaliatis. His mother is South African and his father is Greek. Career Television Papakaliatis began his career at the age of 16, playing numerous roles on successful TV shows broadcast on Mega, Greece's largest TV network at that time. At the age of 23, he began writing his own TV scripts. His first script ''Our Life Is a Path'' (Greek: Η ζωή μας μια βόλτα) aired on Mega and was well-received by critics and the public. The following year, he wrote and starred in the TV series ''Take Care of Me'' (Greek: Να με προσεχείς) and then wrote and starred in the TV movie ''Three Wishes''. Papakaliatis' TV drama ' () was one of the highest rated TV series in Greece. He wrote and starred in the series, and also directed most of the second and thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
