Latest update December 4th, 2024 2:40 AM
COVID-19 themed ‘DAYS LIKE DESE’ to air nationwide
Producer, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento
Sonia Yarde
‘DAYS LIKE DESE , now a 15-minutes sitcom with its main theme on COVID-19, will begin airing from today on all local TV stations throughout Guyana.
A release from GEMS Theatre Productions (GTP), the production company producing the Season 3 sitcom, said it has found it necessary to develop these scripts with a COVI-19 message in order to help persons deal with the pandemic that is spreading rapidly in Guyana.
It was pointed out that many are ignoring the COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines.
Simone Persaud
So “GTP felt with adding some humour to the scripts and making it entertaining will send home the message to our viewership…”
A new episode will be aired each week on the same channels at the same time, starting on Friday at 8:15am on NCN 11 and carried on all its channels countrywide – Berbice and Linden; and 5:30pm on CNS Channel 6; Saturday at 5:30p.m on LRTV10 (Berbice); 7:00pm on Safe TV 2; Sunday at 2:00pm on WRHM TV6; at 5:45pm on DaAVE’S TV 7 in Berbice; 7:30p.m on ENETWORKS 1 and 7:45p.m on CHANNEL 19 Upper Corentyne; Monday at 11:30am on MTV 65; 2:45pm on TVG28; 5:15p.m on NTN 69 and 5:30pm on CHANNEL 26 in Berbice; on Wednesday at 4:45p.m on TTS Channel 5 in Bartica and the last airing of Episode 1 will be on Thursday at 7:15p.m on HBTV9.DAYS LIKE DESE is supported in this first episode by Toolsie Persaud Ltd, Chungs Global Inc., Church’s Chicken, Infinity Gas Station, Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd, NAGICO and NALICO Insurance Co. Ltd. and Guyana Power and Light.
Season One and Two were aired in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The episodes can be viewed on Youtube.
According to GTP, each episode will feature two or three actors and filming them apart in respect to physical distancing. Filming would also be done mostly in open spaces.
Producer, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento will be teaming up with Sean Thompson in scripting the episodes. Thompson will also film and edit the series.
Episode 1 will feature two of Guyana’s most popular actors, Sonia Yarde and Simone Persaud.
The original ‘DAYS LIKE DESE’ was set in the living room of a mixed Guyanese middle-income family of good standing and moral ethics. There were children, friends, grandparents, uncles, neighbours and cousins of various income levels and living standards.
Social cohesion was reflected deeply in the component of the extended family. Issues affecting our everyday life, for example, domestic abuse, climate change, recycling, trafficking in persons, conservation of basic every day utilities all played a major role in the series. Education through comedy was its main focus.
Actors were Mark Kazim, Nathaya Whaul, Simone Dowding, Ron Robinson, Lavonne George, Mark Luke-Edwards, Rajan Tiwari, Simone Persaud, Kirk Jardine, Michael Ignatius, Joel Gansham, Makayah Smith, Safira Abrahim-Williams, Paul Budnah, Olivia Rodrigues and Kaylee Liverpool.
Season 3 will feature most of the above actors plus others.
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