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Dyo Xenoi
''Dιo Xenoi'' (English: ''Two Strangers'') is the title of a Greek romance comedy television series aired by Mega Channel in the 1997–1999 seasons. The screenplay was written by Alexandros Rigas and Dimitris Apostolou. The series presents the development and evolution of a love affair between a popular and low-educated young woman, TV presenter of light content (Evelina Papoulia), and an ancient drama teacher with intensely haughty principles and introverted personality (Nikos Sergianopoulos). It was one of the most successful series of Greek television and it won the best comedy series award in the "Prosopa" Greek Television Awards in 1998. Since then, it has been shown on repeat every year due to the huge success it experienced. The title of the series is inspired by the lyrics of the song "The Sign" written to music by Marios Tokas and performed by Konstantina and Yiannis Parios. Series overview Plot Season 1 Konstantinos Markoras is a professor of ancient Greek drama w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Sergianopoulos
Nikos Sergianopoulos (; 24 September 1952 – 4 June 2008), surname also spelled as Seryanopoulos or Seryiannopoulos, was a Greek actor. Early life and career Born in Drama, Greece, he graduated from the State Theater of Northern Greece (ΚΘΒΕ) and was a founding member of the ''Piramatiki Skini Tehnis'' artwork club in Thessaloniki. He took part in numerous theatrical and television productions and gained recognition for his role in the popular television series of Mega Channel ''Dyo Xenoi'' (1997–98). Death Sergianopoulos was found murdered in his apartment on the morning of 4 June 2008, in Pagkrati, a central district of Athens. According to police evidence he was a victim of homicide, suffering a total of twenty-one stab wounds. His apartment was found in disarray and the number of beer bottles and drinks glasses at the scene suggested Sergianopoulos had visitors the previous day. His front door was not damaged; a fact that suggests that the murderers already knew th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliki Vougiouklaki
Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη Greek pronunciation: ˈlici stamaˈtina vuʝuˈklaci 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical producer. She is one of the most popular actresses in Greece, and was often referred to as "the National Star of Greece". Theatrically, she mostly starred in renditions of widely known Broadway musicals as well as multiple Greek tragedy plays. Vougiouklaki died in 1996 at the age of 62, just three months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Aliki Vougiouklaki made her stage debut in a 1953 Athens production of Molière's ''Le Malade imaginaire''. Around the same time, she made her movie debut in ''The Little Mouse'' (1954). She then appeared in over 41 films, one of which, apart from the original Greek, also had a Turkish version but was never officially released in Turkey because of political issues between the two neighboring countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Greek Television Series Debuts
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Mega Channel Original Programming
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Greek Television Sitcoms
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Ti Psyhi Tha Paradoseis Mori?
''Ti Psuxi Tha Paradoseis Mori?'' ( ) is a Greek black comedy series created by Alexandros Rigas and Dimitris Apostolou which aired on Mega Channel in 2000 and lasted only 6 episodes. The series focuses on the lives of four women who want to take revenge from the man who sexually abused them when they were little girls. Despite the fact that ''Ti Psyhi Tha Paradoseis Mori?'' drew extremely high ratings from its beginning, the shootings were abruptly interrupted during the production of the 7th episode, which was never completed, leading to the series cancellation. Series overview The plot concentrates on four women that grew up together in an orphanage, trying to revenge a worker of the institution, who, when they were little girls, raped them regularly. These four, now in their 40s, after hearing the news of his upcoming return to Greece, who is now a renowned defendant of children's rights, regroup again, after all those years to seek revenge against him, by murdering him. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Apostolou
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Alexandros Rigas
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Dolce Vita (1995 TV Series)
''Ntoltse Vita'' (, , ) 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 still airing to this day. 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 announces at the family that she brought her new boyfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelina Papoulia
Evelina Papoulia (Greek language, Greek: Εβελίνα Παπούλια; born 25 March 1971) is a Greek actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Marina Kountouratou in the TV series ''Dyo Xenoi'' (1997). Career In 1989 she moved to New York City to study dance at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. During her time in New York City, she took part in several plays, such as ''West Side Story'' (1993), while participating in the Mega Dance Company. Originally she wanted to obtain the American citizenship, but failing to do so she returned to Athens in 1993 and continued working as an actress. Evelina first claimed stardom as the hysterical blond TV persona Marina Kountouratou, who fell in love with a man of classic education, in ''Dyo Xenoi'' in 1997. Her film debut was in the successful Greek film ''Safe Sex'' in 1999. While working on TV shows, she continued her career on stage with plays such as ''Waitin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Athens, Greece. Panathinaikos was founded in 1908 as "Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon" (''Football Club of Athens'') by Georgios Kalafatis, they play in Super League Greece, being one of the most List of football clubs in Greece by major honours won, successful clubs in Football in Greece, Greek football and one of the three clubs which have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the top division. Among their major titles are 20 Super League Greece, Greek Championships, 20 Greek Football Cup, Greek Cups, achieving eight times the Double (association football), Double and 3 Greek Super Cups. They are also one of three clubs to win a Greek championship List of unbeaten football club seasons, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Prosopa" Greek Television Awards
The "Prosopa" Greek Television Awards were annual awards about the Greek television. They were the only notable awards in the history of Greek television, since they lasted thirteen years, covering the most successful period of the Greek television. They began in 1997, organised by Tv Ethnos, a magazine issued by the Greek newspaper Ethnos. The last awards were given in 2009. The next years the awards stopped because the productions of Greek television were limited due to Greek debt crisis. The last years the awards were sponsored by telecommunications company WIND Hellas. The awards included many categories such as best production, best drama series, best comedy series, best actor, best actress, best screenplay, best director, best journalist, best news reader as well as special awards for people with important presence in Greek arts. Many important personalities from the Greek cinema and television have been honoured such as Thanasis Veggos Thanasis Veggos (alternatively spelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
