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Betoch

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Betoch
GenreSitcom
Created byTilahun Gugsa
Starring
  • Tilahun Gugsa
  • Gelila Raesom
  • Nitsu Haile
  • Maekda Haile
  • Fikadu Fasil
  • Ashenafi Mehalet
  • Melat Tesfaye
  • Nibret Gelaw
Theme music composerTilahun Gugsa Productions
Opening theme"Betoch" voiced by Tilahun Gugsa
Country of originEthiopia
Original languageAmharic
No. of episodes409
Production
Executive producerTilahun Gugsa
Production locationsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Camera setup
Running time20–30 minutes
Production companyTilahun Gugsa Productions
Original release
NetworkEBC
Release12 January 2013 (2013-01-12) –
present

Betoch ([bé to chə]; Amharic: ቤቶች, lit.'Houses') is an Ethiopian family sitcom starring Tilahun Gugsa airs on EBC (formerly ETV) since 2013. The series airs every Saturday and focuses on a middle class family living in Addis Ababa.[1]

It gained wide popularity among the broader Ethiopian public as it was the first sitcom ever aired in the country.[2]

Premise

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Character Zeru (Tilahun Gugsa), is a patriarch who manages his whole family from financial problems and crisis, trying to make his family in the appropriate situation that is necessary to their life. His wife Azalu (Makda Haile) have knowledge about law, treating her children in a fair way. They live with their four children Meraf (Gelila Raesom), Bezabe (Fikadu Fasil), Erestae (Melat Tesfaye), and Yebekal (Ashenafi Mehalet). Although the series contains comedic in nature, it does touch on serious subjects from time to time, such as corruption.[3]

Casts and characters

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Actor Character Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tilahun Gugsa Zeru (ዘሩ) Main
Makda Haile Azalech (አዛለች) Main
Gelila Raesom Marfee (ማፊ) Main
Ashenafi Mehalet Yebekal (ይበቃል) Main
Fikadu Fasil Bezabeh (በዛብህ) Main
Melat Tesfaye Erestae (እርስቴ) Main
Nitsu Haile Shashe (ሻሼ) Main
Nibret Gelaw Eke (እከ) Main
Seble Tefera* Tirfe (ትርፌ)* Deceased Main No Appearance
Assefa Tegegn Basha (ባሻ) Recurring
Bisrat Gebretsadek Na (ና) No Appearance Main

Death of Seble Tefera

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Seble Tefera, who was known for playing the role of "Terfe", and was killed in a car crash while she was travelling to Bahir Dar with her husband in the Ethiopian New Year. According to her husband, the car accident was caused by his distraction from increasing radio volume while driving and collapsed into stationed truck in area commonly called Saris.[4] Seble was dead on arrival at a hospital hours later, and her burial took place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral with notable people and her relatives presented. Betoch suspended its broadcasting for months, the cast expressed its condolences, and commemorated her by rewinding previous episodes.

References

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  1. ^ Kassa, Lucy (Sep 21, 2015). "The Highest Price of Life on the Road". Addis Fortune.
  2. ^ Mulat, Addisalem (6 March 2016). "Ethiopia: 'The Ethiopian Film Industry Is Still Crawling,' Artist Tilahun Gugsa". All Africa. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Mulat, Addisalem (August 1, 2017). "Actress Stepping Up the Ladder of Success". All Africa. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "Artist Seble Tefera Laid to Rest". www.durame.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.