Betoch

Betoch (Amharic: ቤቶች; [bé to chə]; English: Houses) is an Ethiopian television 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]

Betoch
GenreSitcom
Created byTilahun Gugsa
StarringTilahun Gugsa
Seble Tefera (Seasons 1-3)
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 language(s)Amharic
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes240
Production
Executive producer(s)Tilahun Gugsa
Production location(s)Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Camera setupVideotape, multi-camera
Running time25-30 minutes
Production company(s)Tilahun Gugsa Productions
Release
Original networkEBC
Picture format480i (Season 1-5) 1080i (Season 5-present)
Original releaseFebruary 2013 
present

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

Premise

Character Zeru (Tilahun Gugsa), is a patriarch who manages his whole family from financial problems and crisis, trying to make his family in appropriate situatioan that is necessary to their life. His wife Azalu (Makda Haile) have a knowledge about law, treating her children in 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

Actor Character Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tilahun Gugsa Zeru Main
Makda Haile Azalech Main
Gelila Raesom Meraf Main
Ashenafi Mehalet Yebekal Main
Fikadu Fasil Bezabe Main
Melat Tesfaye Erestae Main
Nitsu Haile Shashe Main
Nibret Gelaw Eke Main
Seble Tefera* Tirfe Main No Appearance
Assefa Tegegn Basha Recurring
Bisrat Gebretsadek Na No Appearance Main

Death of Seble Tefera

Seble Tefera
Born(1976-08-25)25 August 1976
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Died12 September 2015(2015-09-12) (aged 39)
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Cause of deathBlood loss due to single-vehicle crash
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
Notable work
Yarefede Arada
Betoch

Seble Tefera, who was known for playing the role of "Terfe" was killed by car crash while she was travelling to Bahir Dar with her husband. The two were listening radio aloud and caused distracion out of their attention. Her husband who was driving the car spontaneously crashed into a stationed truck in an area commonly known as Saris.[4] Seble was pronounced dead on arrival in local hospital as she transferred by paramedics and her cause of death is blood loss and acute head trauma induced by bluntant impact in her brain, her cremanioum took a place in Holy Trinity Cathedral, with notable people and relative presented. Betoch suspended its broadcast to a month and showed snippets of her performances in the series as the cast members mourned.

References

  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.
  3. Mulat, Addisalem (August 1, 2017). "Actress Stepping Up the Ladder of Success". All Africa.
  4. "Artist Seble Tefera Laid to Rest". www.durame.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
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