Betoch

Betoch (Amharic: ቤቶች; [bé to chə]; English: 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]

Betoch
GenreSitcom
Created byTilahun Gugsa
Starring
  • Tilahun Gugsa
  • Seble Tefera
  • 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 seasons8
No. of episodes240
Production
Executive producerTilahun Gugsa
Production locationsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Camera setup
Running time25–30 minutes
Production companyTilahun Gugsa Productions
Release
Original networkEBC
Picture format
  • 480i (season 1–5)
  • 1080i (season 5–present)
Original releaseFebruary 2013 (2013-02) 
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 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

Actor Character Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tilahun Gugsa Zeru (ዘሩ) Main
Makda Haile Azalech (አዛለች) Main
Gelila Raesom Marfee (ማርፊ) Main
Ashenafi Mehalet Yebeka (ይበቃ) Main
Fikadu Fasil Bezabe (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

Seble Tefera
Born(1976-08-24)24 August 1976
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Died12 September 2015(2015-09-12) (aged 39)
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Cause of deathTraffic collision
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
Notable work
Yarefede Arada
Betoch

Seble Tefera (24 August 1976 – 12 September 2015) was known for playing the role of "Terfe" killed by car crash while she was travelling to Bahir Dar with her husband in the Ethiopian New Year. The two were listening to radio aloud and caused distraction 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 blunt impact in her brain, her ceremony 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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