Celebrated TV series ‘Iċ-Ċaqqufa’ makes a return with fourth season

The fourth season of Iċ-Ċaqqufa, considered Malta’s most-watched drama series, will air exclusively on Tokis on GO TV from December 19.

Created by Pierre Portelli and produced by Watermelon Media, the series ran for three consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2016, airing 117 episodes. The backbone of the series is the battle for recognition of what was once discredited as the ‘weaker’ gender in Maltese society.

The first three seasons followed the story of the protagonist Rose from her birth throughout her adolescence and early youth, with viewers watching her turn into a fine woman, empowered by her beauty and intelligence.

Speaking to Times of Malta, Portelli says the series always had a distinct storyline that exposed the social fabric and the challenges faced by the Maltese.

While the initial three seasons dealt with Malta’s past, this upcoming fourth season seeks to give a view of a fictional Maltese society in the immediate future where liberal values are well in place and civil liberties are unencumbered.

“The series dealt with homosexuality in the 1950s, gender inequality throughout the 1960s and 1970s and misogyny that transcended throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The new...