HIT TV PROGRMMES OF THE 80?S IN NIGERIA : AWAKENING THE NOSTALGIC FEELING
Nigeria offers Investors in the Entertainment arena the opportunity of reaping bountifully and smiling to the banks. The reason is not far fetched. “Nigerians love entertainment” whether via the TV screen (movies, soap operas, musical programmes, sitcom, reality shows) or off screen (promenade shows, concerts , stand up comedy / dance shows) and other entertaining events. Despite the fun galore, the rapid moral degeneration projected through the various entertainment programmes has given room for children, teens and young people to pick up bad habits in the absence of working parents who ought to supervise what they watch.
A nostalgic feeling is created when one goes down memory lane, especially into the 80’s era, where sex, crime, lust for power and money, indecent dressing, low moral standards and values where infinitesimal, unlike what obtains presently. The under listed provides the local and International programmes that kept Nigerians glued to their TV sets:
LIST OF FOREIGN PROGRAMMES :
“The Jeffersons”, “Good Times”, “Mind your language”, “Sanford and Son”, “Mixed Blessings”, “Rising Dam”, “Different Strokes”, “Doctor in the House”, “Some Mothers do have them”, “Allo Allo”, “Rent A Ghost”, “Seseme Street”, “The Muppet show”, “Foot Steps”, “The Flaxtons”, “Fantasy Island”, “Mr Moon’s magic circus”, “Circus center ring”, “The Bionic woman”, “Sandoka”, “Charlie’s Angels”, “CI5 (The professionals)”, “Chips”, “Hammer House of Horror”, “Return of the Saint (Simon Templer)”, “The Osborne show”, “Faulty Towers”, “The Persuaders”, “Starscy and Hotch”, “The Famous Five”, “Huckuberryfin”, “Jemiamah shore investigates”, “The A- Team”, “The Invisible Man”, “Incredible Hulk”, “Another Life”, “Woman of Substance”, “Demsey and Makepeace”, “Alice in wonderland”, “Jake and the Fat man”, “Generations”, “Pop in Germany”, “Soul Train”, “Tele Match”, “Doctor Who”, “Tom and Jerry”, “Atom Ant”, “Godzilla”, “Globe Trotters”, “Spiderman”, “Super man”, “Scuby doo”, “Roger Ramjet”, “Danger Mouse”, “Captain cave man”, “Mystery Island”, “Thundersub”, “Voltron”, “Robin Hood”, “The Prince and the Pauper”, “Jane Eyre”, “Little Women”, “Dombey and Sons”, “The Rich also cry”, “Secrets of the sand”.
LIST OF LOCAL PROGAMMES:
“Cock crow at dawn”, “Mirror in the sun”, “Ripples”, “Behind the cloud”, “The New Masquerade”, “Village Head master”, “Adio Family”, “Basi & Company”, “Second Chance”, “Hotel de Jordan”, “Samanja”, “Sura the tailor”, “Koko close, “Third Eye”, “Mind Bending”, “Tales by Moon light”, “Pot of life”, “Magana Jarice”, “Things Fall Apart” (series)
Those were the good old days, and I’m happy that I grew up during that era.
So long… auggiepo@yahoo.com
Augusta Okon is a lawyer, novelist and runs ‘wise Insight’, an information hunting/writing services outfit in Lagos, Nigeria.Wise Insight helps Nigerians and foreigners to have access to credible, authentic information in topics,issues,areas, where they have little or no knowledge about within the Nigerian jurisdiction.
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