Panhellenic sadness was spread by the news of the death of Manousos Manousakis, the director of great television hits that left an era.

His first steps as a director of television series were made in the mid-1980s, but he experienced huge success with private television from the early 1990s until recently.

The forbidden loves of Manousos Manousakis captivated viewers every night.

Heart Whispers

The gypsy Erato (Anna Maria Papacharalambous) and the bald Antonis (apostolos Gletsos) wrote television history in “Heart Whispers”, with the now classic song of the same name of the series, performed by Dimitris Bassis, still moving today.

The dramatic series of 1997-1998, in a 5-minute period, shot up the viewership to a record share of 76.7%!

Touch of Soul

In 1998-1999, the “sinful” love of the young iconographer Despina Apergi (Theofania Papathoma) and the father Ioannis Megapanos (Stavros Zalmas) captivated over 2 million TV viewers in every episode. The peak in viewership was the last episode which reached 68% and exceeded 3 million viewers.

The song in the titles of the series belongs to Giorgos Chatzinassios and was performed by Michalis Chatzigiannis, who was debuting at the time, also achieving great success.

Don’t say goodbye to me

The teen romance drama series aired in the 2004-2005 television season and was very popular. The love affair between the Muslim Murat (Memos Begnis) in Komotini and the student Christina (Thalia Matika) – and between them the charming medical student, Christina’s relationship from Athens (Yiannis Tsimitselis) – exceeded 45% in television viewing[1]while in the last episode it reached an impressive 62.4%.

Costas Makedonas performed the title song, making it a hit.

Among his last dramatic television jobs was the Red Riverbased on the historical novel of the same name by Haris Tsirkinidis, with real events surrounding the genocide of Pontic Hellenism. The series – one of the most expensive productions in the history of Greek television – was a great success. The first episode saw a viewership of 29.8% overall and the following episodes went up even more.

“The Network”: The last television series of Manousos Manousakis that is playing today

The last television work of Manousos Manousakis was “To Dichty” which is already shown on ERT1. It is a social-police series, consisting of six independent stories.