The series focuses on the social and economic development of Amman in the 1950s and consists of nine seasons with 10 episodes each.
Jordan-based production house Arab Telemedia Group has started filming the historical series titled Talal Street.
Set in the 1950s, ‘Talal Street’ depicts the urban and social development of Amman’s environment and its residents across several events and calamities that occur within Ras Al-Ayn, more specifically in Talal Street.
The main storyline revolves around the social transformations that include fascinating events from the daily lives of the residents of Talal Street at the time, where the cultural identity of the city emerges through the stories of different families of various origins.
The series presents a monumental drama that begins in 1953 with His Majesty the late King Hussein bin Talal assuming his constitutional powers and ends with his death in 1999. The show deals with the development of Amman from the social and economic aspects through the eyes of different Arab nationalities who lived and contributed to its construction and development.
The cast will include a group of Jordanian and Arab actors that will participate in nine seasons, each season consisting of 10 episodes, as part of the group’s plan of producing multiple seasons to align with the modern formats that meet the Arab and international audiences’ watching habits, whether this viewing is on digital platforms or traditional television screens.
The titles currently in production have been written in accordance with the latest international standards in this field. The writing was shaped by a team of distinguished writers within workshops aimed at producing distinguished screenplays, each episode contains more than one dramatic plot, and each episode begins with a teaser scene that portrays the episode’s events in a symbolic and dramatic way.
Speaking about the importance of the series, Producer Talal Al-Awamleh and CEO of Arab Telemedia Group said: “The city of Amman was and still is an incubator for its people and their Arab brethren from all over the world, it also was a witness in its environment and construction to the development of Jordan both socially and economically. Amman was an example of openness to diverse cultures of various origins, this exposure was reflected on the lives of its people in a special and distinctive way, this makes it particularly important to present a dramatic work that befits the history of Amman, the capital of Jordan.”