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Popular comedians and actors have dropped the teasers of Ile Alayo comedy series on StarTimes TV.

This is in addition to a new reality show, Breaking-In, which has also started showing on the pay TV from Monday.

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Ile Alayo is a comedy series adapted from a comedy movie of the same title. Based on popular demand from Nollywood audience, It has now produced into a comedy series.

The relaunch version of this comic series retains a number of the original actors, while also bringing a new spice to it with popular faces in the Nigerian comedy scene.

Produced by Pay-TV provider, StarTimes, in conjunction with Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo and Wakaati TV, the series will start airing December 6.

The cast of the new TV series include top actors and social media comedians such as Odunlade Adekola, Mercy Aigbe, Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Odule, Femi Adebayo, Ebun Oloyede, Mr Macaroni, Cute Abiola, Olaiya Igwe, Broda Shaggi and Woli Agba.

Ile Alayo joins other sought-after entertainment that StarTimes is launching this Yuletide season.

This exciting content line-up includes new local and foreign drama series, live sports across the globe, and live broadcast of festive events across Lagos.

While subscribers on classic and super bouquets will have access to all of these rich catalogues of entertainment, StarTimes subscribers on basic and smart bouquets only need to join the ongoing festive promo called Xmas Awoof by paying for two months on their existing bouquet and they will automatically be upgraded to Classic/Super for the same number of months.

From December 6, Ile Alayo comedy-drama series will commence airing on ST Nollywood Plus at 7:30pm Mondays to Wednesdays. Also, on December 23, the series will debut on Wakaati TV for subscribers on NOVA bouquet.

“Families at home should get set for rib-cracking scenes as new characters like Mr Macaroni, Woli Agba, Broda Shaggi, and Lateef Adedimeji grace your screen in this blockbuster comedy. It is sure going to be a laughter-filled season,” StarTimes Content Director, Viki Liu, said.

Three days later, on December 9, another thrilling series, Okirika, will debut on ST Nollywood Plus channel at 7:30pm, Thursdays to Saturdays. This series gained a lot of attention when Iyabo Ojo called for entries for the auditions, and since then, it has remained in the news. Viewers can expect a lot more than laughter from this family sitcom as leading actress Ini Edo has said that the plot explores the “underworld of crime scenes like what people do undercover using other businesses to cover up.”