Tell Me How It Happened (2007)

04/22/2007 (PT) • 50m

Family, Drama

Overview

Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

Top Billed Cast

Miguel Guilherme

António Lopes

156 Episodes

Rita Blanco

Margarida Marques Lopes

156 Episodes

Luís Ganito

Carlos 'Carlitos' Lopes

156 Episodes

Catarina Avelar

Hermínia Marques

156 Episodes

Rita Brütt

Maria Isabel Lopes

156 Episodes

Fernando Pires

Toni Lopes

156 Episodes

Luís Lucas

Narrador

156 Episodes


Last Season

Season 8

2023 | 15 Episodes

Season 8 of Tell Me How It Happened premiered on June 3, 2023.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Portuguese

Keywords

portugal

lisbon, portugal

dictatorship

historical

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