The election and crime wave are on many minds, but there's something else that's catching those headliners up.
It's called Gippie's Kingdom, The Bahamas' first televised soap opera. In a press release, Ian Strachan, show writer and director, said: "Gippie's Kingdom aspires to do for TV what the Ferguson's of Farm Road did for Bahamian radio."
The producers of the show are announcing another corporate sponsor: SuperClubs Breezes.
Breezes has agreed to host the world premiere of Gippie's Kingdom. The premiere is tentatively set for June. The internationally renowned resort is also giving one lucky television viewer a free week-end stay at the Cable Beach resort.
Sales Manager at the resort Hedda Smith said: "Breezes is happy to partner with Gippie's Kingdom producer/writer Ian Strachan in this latest project of his. This soap opera will be the first of its kind in The Bahamas and we are very excited to come on board as one of the corporate sponsors. This is a great opportunity to not only expose some of the problems we are experiencing in our society today, but to show how to address them and hopefully offer some solutions."
Strachan added: "We're extremely excited. We believe that this show is going to be the topic of conversation in the majority of Bahamian households. It will be talked about around the water cooler, and around the photocopier at work. We believe that once Gippie's Kingdom hits the airwaves, it's going to become a Bahamian institution. We commend Breezes for having the vision to get on board early."
The eight-part series tells the story of three generations of the Gibson family. Life experiences and social issues, common to all Bahamians, are explored in each episode -- sweethearting and "illegitimate children", juvenile delinquency, crime and justice, domestic violence, Haitian/Bahamian conflict, and most of all, the power of love.
o The program is scheduled to run every Wednesday and Sunday night on ZNS TV13. To find out more about the soap opera, fans can visit the website www.gippieskingdom.com.
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