Back then, on black and white television. Where with u screw the buttons
to locate the channels on VHF before carefully and skillfully turning ur UHF button as the case may be.
Although u have to wait till 4pm to be greeted by some rainbow-like lining on ur screen for @ least 30 mins.
Followed by the then very regarded national athem before an array of programmes. (It has tayyyed)
My operas used to be:
-Village Head master
-Cock crow at dawn
-Mirror in the sun
-Tales by moon light
-The new masquerades
-Pot of life
not forgetting to join FRANK OLIZEH later RUTH BENE MARSHAL OPIA on news line on sundays by 9pm...

It has really tayyyed...

The following always glued me to my seat back then.

Mirrow in the Sun
For Better for worse
Winds against my Soul
Saseme Street
Tales by Moonlight

MIRROR IN THE SUN- i remember the Late Nosa

Nairaland=info:
@topic
Mehn the best has alwayz bin' No One But You' evun d 1st soap opera: 'The Rich Also Cry' cannot & wil neva b compared 2 it @tobi can u rememba dat d 2nd soap on dat stupid network(nta) waz :No 1 But U

I think no one but you was the first back then around 1991/92

The Rich Also Cry was a masterpiece. But as a novelist I bow to the artistic profundity that Rebacca came with. Am surprised nobody is mentioning Rebacca. It was shown in Jos television between 2006 and 2007. Was a corper there then.

I would love to rewatch Checkmate, Return to the blue Lagoon, Wild rose, Secret of the sand

Generati0ns
Passi0ns
Second Chance
D0nt mess wit an aNgeL
Rafaela
Daniela- ah x0 luv diz 1

And
EL'CARTEL - my fav0uryTe

Sunday Rendevouz-Every sunday morning a bunch of people dance crazy in a club and 2 people compete by drinking limca with straw at the end.

Fortunes-Regina Askia and Co

Tales by Moonlight Sundays 6:30pm

Storyland

Speak Out

Junior Debate

Cadbury BreakFast show ever saturday morning

Checkmate

Robin Hood

Dr. Who

No one but you

Baba Suwe erikeke Monday evenings on NTA 7

Square one or Square something. It was a maths show

Childhood was magnificent.

Passions!!!!!!!

Theme Song by Jane French!!!!
I would hold the hand of the one who could lead me places
And kiss the lips of the one who could sing so sweet
And I would fly on a wings of a bird I knew could take me highest
Breathe in, breathe out
You keep me alive
You are the fire burning inside
Breathe in breathe out
You keep me alive
You are my fire, my passions for life

The soap opera put in trouble oooo, one night i heard the song in my sleep, n i got up from the bed n i didn't look down what i heard was a sound of a broken plate... Mumsie show me her true colours that night!!!!

i loved passions
sunset beach
second chance
when you are mine

Checkmate, though i was still small then, didnt get the storyline but i could remember my sister loved watching it and was always talking about it, how i love to see the film now.

@Op has created a topic that has definitely kept the younger ones out, too bad.
I still remember most of these programmes like they were yesterday. They held little minds like me then spell bound.
But those any one remember, especially if you grew up in Northern Nigeria, 'Magana Ja Riche ' (hope I spelt it right)?
It's a series of a bird that tells a story to a man. If I recall correctly too, it won National honours back then.
Man, those were the good old days

toba.:
l love wild rose die followed by when you are mine and second chance

'Passions' came before 'when you are mine'..

I can't compare any of those operas with passions. It was my fave then..

for those that live in the North:
Samanja
Karanbana
Maganan Jariche
Jaguar
etc

All on NTA Kaduna.

I LOVE TO WATCH : THE LADY OF THE ROSE (again and again)

Wild Rose
Passions
Checkmate
After the storm
Beyond our dream. These were my favourites then.

Chei! I miss plenty
Second chance
Bassey and company
Cock crow at dawn

I can't remember d rest but it was fun

EGOLI-place of gold.
All about Camilla
The rich also cry
Passions
Carlifornia Dreams

I remember the day they showed the concluding episode of Cuando Seas Mia, the whole school was like a graveyard and when Diego and Paloma finally got married, you would have thought Nigeria had won the World Cup, so much hugging and backslapping. Some boys even declared booze.

FOREIGN
Rich Also Cry
Secrets Of The Sand (Ruth and Racquel)
Wild Rose
Lady Of The Rose
Passions (especially Luis and Sheridan)
Jake & The Fat Man
Never really liked Another Life, Bold and The Beautiful, Dallas and others like that.
NIGERIAN
Ripples
C.O.C.K Crow At Dawn
Behind The Clouds (Zack Amata a.k.a Papa Nosa; proper stone cold man)
Fortune
Palace (launched Funmilola Aofiyebi)
New Masquerade
Village Headmaster
Things Fall Apart
Willy Willy (Scariest S.O.B of that era)
Bassey & Company (Ken Saro Wiwa)

Men!!! Those were indeed the golden days, feel kinda sorry for my unborn kids that they missed such innocent times.

another life

after the storm


mirrior in the sun

utimate power

semid4lyfe: Aaah. . .my good friend toba taking me down memory lane

Those soaps/telenovellas were the bomb back then and I followed the episodes on TV as if my life depended on it.

Funnily enough, my Sis has most of these Mexican telenovelas on DVD and watching them again, I can't stand 'em for 5 minutes.

Just too many unrealistic and unnecessary coincidences, twists & turns and prolonged supense for my liking. Also, I find 'em too sappy, wishy-washy and melodramatic. I guess that boy has grown into a man and I see things differently now

Santa Barbara (American), The Love Boat (American), Young and Restless (American), The Bold and the Beautiful (American), The Rich Also Cry (Mexican), Secret of the Sands (Mexican), No One But You (Mexican) were my favourites back then.

When You Are Mine (Cuando Seas Mia), The Gardeners Daughter, Catalina and Sebastian, Second Chance are a little more recent.

I was living ahead of my time so i knew i could not stand watching those things then, i still cant stand watching any of them now. That is just who i am.

passions was good but annoyingly long,the young and the restless,bold and the beautiful and days of our lives are still running . i could watch second chance,secrets of the sand,when you're mine,all about camila,maria del los angeles, woman of my life,lady of the rose...omo dem plenty oh

so nobody mentioned
ROOT (the slave trade story) and

ICHEKWU (the court room with an IGBO interpreter)

emilyone: secret of the sand and wild rose was the in thing in the mid 90s giving me nostalgia

yea. Quite good.
Remember *Maria De Los Angeles? *The Rich Also Cry ? Great stuff going on the...

did u ever watch Another life?

seems am d only 1 that watched "passions"mmmmmmmm

2ndeRodriguez: seems am d only 1 that watched "passions"mmmmmmmm

Not really. lol. just that passion cant stand when u are mine, second chance, wild rose etc

Willi willi
Alakalaka, njali, ibeiere and panya (artel)
RSTV for life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8Flh6D09I&feature=relmfu


you can thank me later

When YOu are mine, Camila, Second chance--- all Mexican.

Sweet memories...

Why can't NTA copy some of the old tv programs & soaps into DVDs to sell? I'm sure they'll make a lot of money which can be used to provide better broadcasting services? Especially the local programs? I know some of our senior citizens will have a nice time watching them again. I know my mum wouldn't mind!
Today, even stv & co are better stations than NTA. Why is it that anything the government owns hardly improves? Rather, they tend to deteriorate overtime?

nutigal: When YOu are mine, Camila, Second chance--- all Mexican.

l love them all