OR “Dark Decade 1964-1974”his new major six-episode docuseries Alexis Papahelacontinues this Monday, October 28 on his television illuminating unknown behind-the-scenes scenes of the most turbulent decade in our modern history.

In the third episode of the series, titled “April 21st”we are transported to the fateful day of the coup that led to the junta of the colonels. Tanks descend on Athens, the army arrests those considered a threat to the new regime, radio stations broadcast messages from the junta, the former king Constantine swears in the government of the coup plotters and the Greek people get to know George Papadopoulos through – the then new medium – the TV.

Which politician was arrested in his pyjamas? How close did Andreas Papandreou come to execution and who had to intervene to prevent it? Who said that with a “blow” the junta would fall in those early hours? Did the former king ever regret swearing in the junta? What did Americans know about the coup and how did they react that day?

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The protagonists of the events reveal how everyone lived in those critical hours, while an audio document is brought to light with the voice of the then director of “Kathimerini” Eleni Vlachos, who describes what she saw and heard in the early hours of April 21.

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Screenplay: Alexis Papachelas (Based on his books “The Rape of the Hellenic Republic” published by Estia and “A Dark Room” published by Metaichmio)

Directed by: Stefanos Bertakis

Editor-in-Chief: Sakis Ioannidis

Scientific Advisor: Tasos Sakellaropoulos

Production Execution: Leonidas Liampeis, Long Run Productions

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DARK DECADE
1964 – 1974
With Alexis Papachelas

The new great documentary series
Every Monday at 21.00, on SKAI

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