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. Due to the great success, the series returned the 2010–11 season with 15 new episodes. The series stars Petros Filippidis,

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, Sakis Boulas and others. It won two

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in 2007, for the best actor (Petros Filippidis) and the best supporting actor (Pygmalion Dadakaridis). On January 13, 2010, a TV movie of the series titled The Big Feast was broadcast, which is set after the end of the second season and was also dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Mega Channel. Its great popularity led the station to release a new season of episodes in the 2010-2011 season, which was very successful. The station was also planning a fourth season, but due to the station's financial difficulties, the plan was shelved.

Plot

The series tells the story of the lives of three couples: Nikiforos and Elisavet (or Veta as Nikiforos used to call her), Mimis and Xanthippi, Pavlos and Irini. The seemingly peaceful life of the group is gradually disturbed by Pavlos' extramarital affair with the young gymnast, Maria, the relationship of Natalia (daughter of Nikiforos and Elisavet) with Achilleas, and the relationship of Kimon (son of Mimis) with the cynical Vivian, who makes him her subordinate in order to inherit her father-in-law's fortune.

Cast

Main

* Petros Filippidis as Nikiforos Zormpas *

as Dimitris "Mimis" Sarantinos * Sakis Boulas as Pavlos "Pavlitos" Strateas * Ava Galanopoulou as Elisavet "Veta" Dimaki * Vana Rambota as Irirni Karampeti * Maria Androutsou as Xanthippi Alevizou * Pigmalion Dadakaridis as Kimon Sarantinos * Nikoleta Karra as Maria Papadopopulou * Sofia Panagou as Natalia Zormpa *

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as Achilleas Linardos * Foteini Tsakiri as Vivian Sarantinou

Special guest appearances

* Alkis Panagiotidis as Alkiviadis "Adis" Mpeloutsis * Kostas Triantafyllopoulos as Ippokratis Mpeloutsis *

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as Turkish prison guard * Giannis Aivazis as Policeman Stefanos * Tasos Kostis as Thanasis Papadopoulos * Christos Mantakas as Giannis Metaxakis * Krateros Katsoulis as Asimakis Mpaltas

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0483971 Greek comedy television series Mega Channel original programming 2005 Greek television series debuts 2007 Greek television series endings 2000s Greek television series Television shows set in Athens