Salatut elämät
| Salatut elämät | |
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Former title card of the series.
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| Also known as | Salkkarit |
| Genre | Soap opera Drama |
| Created by |
Jason Daniel Anne Harris Greg Stevens |
| Starring | Regular cast members |
| Opening theme | "Tunteisiin" (Into Feelings) |
| Composer(s) | Anna Hanski (1999–2001) Jore Marjaranta (2001–2004) Smalenbach/Ringqvist (2004–present) |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original language(s) | Finnish |
| No. of seasons | 19 |
| No. of episodes | 3,090 (as of 21 November 2016) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Eerika Vermilä Marika Makaroff Sarita Harma |
| Producer(s) | Marko Äijö Aku Louhimäki |
| Location(s) | FremantleMedia studio, Konala, Helsinki, Finland |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 21 minutes (without adverts) |
| Production company(s) | FremantleMedia Finland |
| Distributor | Fremantle International |
| Release | |
| Original network |
MTV3 Sub (reruns) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (25 January 2010–present) 4:3 (25 January 1999 – 22 January 2010) |
| Original release | 25 January 1999 – present (18 years, 26 days) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Romeo & Rafael Desperados (2008) Lillukanvarsia (2010–2011) Tuuliranta (2011–2012) Young Man Cash Man (2013) Young Girl, Dream Girl (2014) Satula (2015) Bikineitä ja timantteja (2016) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Salatut elämät (Secret Lives) is a Finnish television series that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. It was the first, and so far only, Finnish daily soap opera.
During the series' 17-year run, over 3,000 episodes have been aired, making it the second longest running drama in television in the Nordics after Norwegian Hotel Cæsar. On 18 August 2014, it was announced that Salatut elämät will be on the air until the summer 2018 making the series the longest-lasting drama series of all time in Finland. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment block in Helsinki. The series primarily centres on the residents of Pihlajakatu and its neighbouring areas. Only five of the original twenty characters Ismo (Esko Kovero), Kalle (Pete Lattu), Ulla (Maija-Liisa Peuhu), Aki (Sami Uotila) and Kari (Tommi Taurula) still remain in the series, and most of the series' current characters have made their debuts in 2008 or later.
MTV3 also airs reruns of the series every weekend (Monday-Wednesday episodes on Saturday, Thursday-Friday episodes on Sunday). In the summer, the channel airs reruns of the series; in the summer of 2014, episodes from the season 2009–2010 were aired.
Six web spin-off series have been made; Romeo & Rafael Desperados in 2008, Lillukanvarsia in 2010–2011, Tuuliranta in 2011–2012, Young Man Cash Man in 2013, Young Girl, Dream Girl in 2014, Satula in 2015 and Bikineitä ja timantteja (or in English known as Bikinis and Diamonds) in 2016.
On 5 December 2012, the first Salatut elämät movie was released. Teen thriller movie called "Nightmare – Painajainen merellä" ("Nightmare – Nightmare at Sea") was one of the most watched Finnish film in 2012. The film is directed by Marko Äijö and the main characters are Peppi (Sara Säkkinen), Heidi (Venla Savikuja), Jiri (Mikko Parikka), Joonatan (Markku Pulli), Miro (Patrik Borodavkin), Oona (Sara Lohiniva) and Sampo (Sampsa Tuomala). Nightmare - Painajainen merellä also won the Jussi Award in the category Public Favorite. A second film, called "Nightmare 2" was released in December 2014.
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