Underplayed Gems

Isidingo (1998)

Isidingo poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
South Africa
Length
20 seasons, 5385 episodes
Rated
13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a long-running South African soap opera about the lives, relationships, and dramas of a group of people in a community. The story follows their personal conflicts, family issues, and romantic entanglements over many years.

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What happens

Isidingo is a South African television soap opera which was broadcast on SABC 3 on weekday evenings at 19:00, from 7 July 1998 to 12 March 2020. Until 2001, it was titled Isidingo: The Need, after which the name was shortened to Isidingo. After 21 years on air, the SABC announced on 29 November 2019 that production had been cancelled. The final episode was broadcast on 12 March 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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