The massive milestone of 1 000 will of course be celebrated in big style with a boat cruise in real life (the behind the scenes party for the cast and crew already took place when the episode was filmed).
''Quietly Villa Rosa made 1 000 episodes,'' Villa Rosa producer Johan van de Vyver tells me. ''During the past five years Villa Rosa has reached 1 000 episodes and has continued to grow to become one of the flagship programs on kykNET.''
Villa Rosa has a batch of new writers and stars like Egoli's Marcus Muller (above).
''We're also not scared to tackle some controversial issues like drug addiction and alcoholism and HIV/Aids in our storylines,'' says Johan. ''We hope to grow even further and to provide captivating viewing pleasure.''
Episode 1 000 will be celebrated in the story with a massive wedding (who's getting hitched is still a secret I'm going to keep for now) and a boat cruise from 5 to 8 February 2010 on the new MSC Sinfonia. The cast and crew and party passengers will watch episode 1 000 TOGETHER on the ship.
