Television programmes during the aforementioned era acted as an alternative Entertainment platform to the barrage of foreign movies that were eagerly watched by Nigerians. Indian films, Chinese (parading the star, Bruce lee), British (James Bond) thrived and were viewed courtesy of the VHS formatted copies played on VCRs. TV productions ranging from soap operas, drama, to comedy, crime, unapologetically rocked out screens. However, some stood out above other productions and the under listed programmes are bound to invoke a nostalgic feeling of the good old days (if you grew up during the aforesaid epoch) :
1. Cock crow at dawn
2. Mirror in the Sun
3. Ripples
4. Behind the Cloud
5. The New Masquerade
6. Village Head master
7. Adio Family
8. Basi & Company
9. Second Chance
10. Hotel de Jordan
11. Samanja
12. Sura the tailor
13. Koko close
14. Third Eye
15. Mind Bending
16. Supple Blues
17. Tales by Moon light
18. Pot of life
19. Magana Jarice
20. Things Fall Apart(series)
21. Checkmate
22. Fortunes
The list is not exhaustive, so here’s the opportunity to make your comments on the aforementioned programmes and include other popular ones i might have missed out on the list.
Also check out the list of great “foreign” TV programmes that made waves during the same era by clicking on the topic in the relevant section.
Friday, September 4, 2009
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