Acropolis Now (1989)

Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek cafe in Melbourne of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series. They were already quite well known for their comedy stage show, Wogs out of Work. The title is a play on the film Apocalypse Now. Each episode was 30 minutes in length and filmed in front of a live audience. Jim's father asks him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. The series centres around the activities of the cafe staff. Greek Jim Stephanidis, is the immature owner and his best friend, Spaniard Ricky Martinez is the sensible manager. Memo is the traditional Greek waiter, Liz is the liberated Australian waitress. Skip is the naïve new cook from the bush and Manolis is the stubborn cook from the old cafe. 'Hilarity' prevails from the clash of cultures and beliefs. Jim's hairdresser cousin Effie, played by Mary Coustas, became a hugely popular and enduring character during the run of the show. Coustas later reprised the role for several TV specials and series including Effie, Just Quietly, an SBS comedy / interview show, and Greeks on the Roof, a short-lived Greek-Australian version of the British talk show The Kumars at No. 42.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Old bar, new bar

  • 1x2

    The proxy blues

  • 1x3

    The martinez inquiry

  • 1x4

    The trouble with mothers

  • 1x5

    It's academic

  • 1x6

    It's not unusual

  • 1x7

    The key to her heart

  • 1x8

    Easter greek style

  • 1x9

    Three skips and a joey

  • 1x10

    Bucklovers

  • 1x11

    Writers block

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Cappuchino catastrophe

  • 2x2

    Double or nothing

  • 2x3

    Black ain't black

  • 2x4

    Olives ain't olives

  • 2x5

    St. memo's fire

  • 2x6

    Ms acropolis

  • 2x7

    Carmen, i'm too bizet

  • 2x8

    Ring of confidence

  • 2x9

    Jobs for the girls

  • 2x10

    Shakespeare was a greek

  • 2x11

    My sister aphroula

  • 2x12

    The taxman cometh

  • 2x13

    Ricky sings the blues

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Harry who didn't

  • 3x2

    The goddess

  • 3x3

    A fistful of cabana

  • 3x4

    On the waiter front

  • 3x5

    Teenage mutant ninja greeks

  • 3x6

    The kid

  • 3x7

    The best of enemies

  • 3x8

    Throw memo from a plane

  • 3x9

    Snow job, part one

  • 3x10

    Snow job, part two

  • 3x11

    Midnight expresso

  • 3x12

    Back in the ussr

  • 3x13

    Acropolis law

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Oh suzanna

  • 4x2

    Phantom of the acropolis

  • 4x3

    Crimes of fashion

  • 4x4

    Twenty one today

  • 4x5

    The letter

  • 4x6

    Wheel of shame

  • 4x7

    Full metal jerks

  • 4x8

    Four eyes

  • 4x9

    Devil in disguise

  • 4x10

    The king and i

  • 4x11

    Desperately seeking effie

  • 4x12

    Deaf jammed

  • 4x13

    The last temptation

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Dream baby

  • 5x2

    Love

  • 5x3

    Hair razors

  • 5x4

    The other man

  • 5x5

    The lars supper

  • 5x6

    Mum's the word

  • 5x7

    Coward's end

  • 5x8

    The battle of the sexists

  • 5x9

    Torn between two lovers

  • 5x10

    Stupidstition

  • 5x11

    Confessions of a hair gel goddess

  • 5x12

    Here come the brides (part 1)

  • 5x13

    Here come the brides (part 2)

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