Tamam (TV series) explained

Native Name:Ταμάμ
Genre:Comedy
Creator:Vasilis Risvas
Dimitra Sakali
Director:Pierros Andrakakos
Starring:Manolis Mavromatakis
Myrto Alikaki (season 3)
Maria Lekaki (season 1 & 2)
Lila Baklesi
Giannis Chatzigeorgiou
Tzortzina Liosi
Tasos Bokos
Nikos Magdalinos
Country:Greece
Language:Greek
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:66
Producer:ANTS Hub
Runtime:45 minutes/episode
Network:ANT1

Ταμάμ ("Okay") is a Greek television comedy-drama series. It premiered in October 2014 on ANT1. The series is based on the German TV series Türkisch für Anfänger.

The show focuses on the Greek-Turkish family Christidou-Öztürk, their everyday lives, and particularly on the eldest daughter Elli, who narrates the show. Show topics included typical problems of teenagers and cross-cultural experiences among the Greek and Turkish people. Viewers watch Cem and Elli's rocky relationship turning into a love story. Tamam was said to be the most popular TV series of ANT1 when its third season aired in October 2016.[1]

Series οverview

SeasonEpisodesTimeslot (EET)Year Air datesPremiere ratings
Season premiereSeason finaleRating share
(adults 15–44)
Rating share
(household)
Viewers
(in millions)
123Monday 22:15 (episodes 1–9)
Friday 22:15
2014-201513 October 201429 May 201522%22, 3%1.048
223Tuesday 22:15 (episodes 1–8)
(episodes 9–23)
2015-201622, 8%20,4%0.95
320Friday 23:002016-201725 November 201612 May 201719, 3%15%0.54

Plot

Season 1

The new "family" has to get used to each other: Elli and Dilek have to share a room, complicating their sisterhood, as does the fact that Elli is an atheist and Dilek a pious Muslim girl wearing a hijab. Myrto, who is very free-spirited, has to get used to her new role as a mother of four instead of two. Her stepchildren include stepson Cem, a bit of "macho", and her stepdaughter, who is critical of her rudimentary kitchen skills. Meanwhile, Elli and Niko have to try to fit in at their new school, which is different from their old school. In the meantime, their relationship with their stepbrothers gets worse and worse. Elli and Cem won't stop fighting and both Dilek and Elli don't like each other. Elli's best friend Katerina is away at Dubai and Elli communicates with her via videos. Strangely enough, Dilek and Niko develop a good and loving relationship, which is unlike what is happening between Elli and Cem. Things get even worse when Alexis meets Elli at school, becoming friends with her, and Cem has to deal with the fact that he is jealous of their relationship. Later, Alexis and Elli fall in love, and Cem tries to find effective ways to take Elli away from him. Myrto and Metin both face problems but get over them quickly because of their love for each other. At the end of the season, Elli falls in love with Cem and the family is ready to go under challenges and strange situations.

Season 2

Cast

Main cast

Actor/ActressRole
Manolis MavromatakisMetin Ozturk
Maria Lekaki (season 1 & 2), Myrto Alikaki (season 3)Myrto Christidou
Lila BaklesiEllie Christidou
Giannis ChatzigeorgiouTzem Ozturk
Tzortzina LiosiDilek Ozturk
Alexandros CaradimasNikos Christidis
Nikos MagdalinosAli

Guest stars

Season 1

Actor/ActressRoleInformation for the roleEpisodes
Paris SkartsoliasTeo TheodorouCem's best friend17 episodes
Denis MakrisAlexisEllie's boyfriend and classmate15 episodes
Lilian ArchontiBahar SismanogluAli's girlfriend10 episodes
Maria DiakopanagiotouDina TourkochoritiMyrto's sister10 episodes
Babis GiotopoulosErmis Tourkochoritis Myrto's father9 episodes
Giolanta KalogeropoulouDaphnieCem's girlfriend and classmate7 episodes
Giovanna MakkaSunaDilek's best friend5 episodes
Thodoris FrantzeskosMiltosEllie's, Cem's, and Teo's classmate1 episode

Season 2

ΗθοποιοςΡολοςΠληροφοριες για τον ρολο
Kostas SpyropoulosMarkos ChristidisEllie's and Niko's father
Paris SkartsoliasTeo TheodorouCem's best friend
Maria DiakopanagiotouDina TourkochoritiMyrto's sister
Babis GiotopoulosErmis TourkochoritisMyrto's father
Nefeli KouriOlgaEllie's friend
Lilian ArchontiBahar SismanogluAli's wife
Aliki AlxandrakiYildiz OzturkMetin's Mother
Natassa ExindaveloniKaterinaEllie's best friend
Kalliopi ChaskaMaria h KalogriaEllie's friend

Production

Initially, the show was partially filmed at a neoclassical apartment in Kypseli, Athens.[2]

International broadcasts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Νέο Πρόγραμμα ΑΝΤ1:ΤΑΜΑΜ Ελληνικές σειρές ANT1 . www.antenna.gr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141014070101/http://www.antenna.gr/minisites/tamam . 2014-10-14.
  2. Web site: Τι γίνεται με τη...μετακόμιση του ΤΑΜΑΜ; Πώς θα αναδιαμορφωθεί το σενάριο;. What's happening with the... moving of TAMAM? How will the script be altered?. Greek. 25 November 2015. 2 June 2019. Tvnea.com. Tsichlakis. Manolis.