Robbie Wessels returns as 'Poena Pieterse' in comedy series
In 2007, we met the character 'Poena Pieterse' when he played a bumbling schoolboy in the iconic Afrikaans comedy, 'Poena Is Koning'.
In 2020, he was back in the TV film 'Poena' and in 2021 he was joined by his cousin in the TV film 'Poena En Poenie'. Because of the great success of the TV films, it was decided to give him his own series of 13 episodes.
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In the comedy series, we meet 'Poena Pieterse' (Robbie Wessels) who has lost his job as a singer on a cruise ship and lives with his unemployed cousin Poenie (Kaz McFadden) at his grandfather’s (Poen played by At Botha) house. Also living there is 'Poen'’s beloved 'Coco de Kok' (Liane Heyl) and her daughter 'Chanel' (Lauren Botha). Needless to say, it is chaos with that many people under one roof.
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'Poen' decides to move to Paternoster where he gets into all kinds of trouble with his friend 'Vis' (Lochner de Kock) while 'Poena' and 'Poenie' take over Poen’s Plumbing. Their marketing tagline? “We are number one in the number two game”.
The master of Afrikaans comedy Willie Esterhuizen, who was also responsible for hits like 'Molly & Wors', 'Orkney Snork Nie', and 'Lipstiek Dipstiek', wrote the script.
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“What a privilege to be able to make the series. Robbie and all the players are an absolute pleasure to work with and I just know that viewers are going to enjoy our modern family.”
'Poena' starts on Monday, April 4 at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv channel 144).
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