eExtra's new telenovela Net 20 Minute (Only 20 Minutes) premieres on Wednesday 28 August at 21h30, replacing Die Put 4 which ends tonight.
A nightmare, worst fear! - make it STOP.
We describe it this way because one minute you're going along, living your life, and next minute, your loved one gets locked up behind bars, accused of murrrrder.
This is what happens to Melek who leads a happy life with her loving husband and two children. She owns a bakery while her husband Ali is a history professor at a university.
One night, their perfect life turns upside down when the police suddenly arrest Melek for attempted murder.
Little do they know that both of their lives will change forever.
After her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, Melek is sentenced to life in prison for murder.
Wanting his old life back, Ali tries to prove his wife's innocence but can't find anything to negate the evidence against her.
Although a decent and upright man, he becomes obsessed with the idea of breaking his wife out of jail.
He consults with Kedi who successfully escaped from prison several times.
Will Ali and Melek's marriage survive this devastating event? Will they be able to go back to the way they lived?
There are 59 episodes in total and the show's original Turkish title is 20 Dakika (20 Minutes) which refers to Ali's experience:
It took him 4 years to marry the woman that he loves.
9 years to get the job that he wanted.
He worked 10 years to get his own house.
12 years to raise 2 children.
35 years to have a happy life with his family.
It took him 20 minutes to lose it all.
The Afrikaans dubbing cast are:
Reandi Grey (Melek)
Johan Joubert (Ali)
Susan Coetzer (Sureyya)
Danielle Retief (Kuzgun)
Altus Theart (Ozan)
Lundi Khoisan (Akrep)
Cassius Davids (Ozgur)
Dirk Stoltz (Albay)
Willemien du Preez (Zeynep)
Nico Loubser (Nedim)
Keo van Niekerk (Derin)
Cobus Rossouw (Kerim)
Pierre Nelson (Muzo)
Armon Barnard (Halil)
Joce Engelbrecht (Fare)
Yvette Johnson (Zorba)
Maxine Scheepers (Zeliha)
Marné de Kock (Ozlem)
Dee Theart (Asli)
Lana Bouwer (Duru)
Luc van Niekerk (Yagiz) and,
Allan Dyssel (Necmettin).
You'll find the first teasers here:
Net 20 Minute Teasers - August 2024