Kopi Kade

Kopi Kade
Created by	Thevis Guruge Andrew Jayamanne
Directed by	JANAKA YAHAMPATH
Country of origin	Sri Lanka
Original language(s)	Sinhala
No. of episodes	1551 (As of 28 December 2016)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	ITN
Original release	1 April 1987 – Present
External links
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Kopi Kade (Coffee Shop) (Sinhala:කෝපි කඩේ) is a popular Sri Lankan comedy-drama television series broadcast on the Independent Television Network. The 1500th uninterrupted weekly episode was broadcast on January 17, 2016. It was telecasted on Sundays for a brief period, where the drama was starts back to telecast on every Wednesday. It remains the most popular program at its time-slot according to Survey Research Lanka.

ITN director Thevis Guruge developed the program as a platform to discuss social issues and convey them to the general public. The series would revolve around a village "kopi kade," because small shops that serve coffee, food and groceries generally serve as the center of town life. Women frequent such establishments to obtain the groceries they need, and men join to play games like draughts while discussing matters of interest.

Andrew Jayamanna was the first director of the program. By 2006, the show had seen six directors, including the current Saman Fernando. Sudam Dayarathne - (Janaka yahampath) joined the directing crew after the death of Andrew Jayamanna. Sumith Dias directed the programme from 1992-1996.

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