''Tis Ellados ta Paidia'' ( el, Της Ελλάδος τα παιδιά) is a Greek comedy television series that was aired for two seasons (1993–1994 and 1994–1995) by ANT1 TV. The series was created by Dimitris Venizelos and it stars

Giannis Bezos Ioannis "Giannis" Bezos ( el, Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Μπέζος; born in Athens, 10 September 1956) is a Greek actor and director, widely considered one of the best Greek comedic actors of all time, performing on TV and in the theatre. ...

, Chrysoula Diavati,

Nikos Alexiou Nikos Alexiou ( el, Νίκος Αλεξίου; 1960–2011) was a Greek artist who specialized in visual art, contemporary art, installation art and set design for theatre and dance. He exhibited his work at personal exhibitions and group events ...

, Kostas Evripiotis, Yannis Savvidakis, Dimitris Fragioglou, Yannis Kapetanios and others. The series became great success and it is often selected by the audience as one of the best Greek TV-series of all times. It is maybe the first Greek surrealist comedy. The series included nice dialogues with clever cues.

Plot

Three aircraftmen have their military service in an aviation office camp, commanded by

Group Captain Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, where it originated, as well as the air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank i ...

Epaminondas Kakalos. Kakalos is a strict commander, but he is also ambitious, flirtatious and sometimes blunderer. Other basic members of the cast are Hlapatsas, a nark aircraftman, Karavaneas, a naive

sergeant Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other uni ...

and Boubou, the commander's secretary. The series is based on the funny situations between the staff of this aviation camp.

Cast

as Group Captain Epaminondas Kakalos *

as Aircraftman Dimosthenis Plapoutas * Kostas Evripiotis as Aircraftman Georgios Vlachos * Yannis Savvidakis as Aircraftman Giovanni Dallas * Chrysoula Diavati as Boubou * Dimitris Fragioglou as Aircraftman Trifon Spiouneas aka Hlapatsas * Yannis Kapetanios as Sergeant Charalampos Karavaneas

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*{{IMDb title, 0257326 ANT1 original programming Greek comedy television series 1993 Greek television series debuts 1995 Greek television series endings 1990s Greek television series