Akkaa paalle is a Finnish

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 television series broadcast in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 since 1994. The series is directed by Anitta Pankkonen and written by Taneli Mäkelä and Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius is a Finnish actor and screenwriter. He has also written manuscripts for Finnish TV series and made six records as a singer....

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The programme won the Finnish View's Choice Award in 1997.

The series is set in the 1960s and is about four men trying to do something with their lives, with little result.

Cast

• Taneli Mäkelä .... Kaino / ... (17 episodes, 1994–2006)
• Mikko Kivinen .... Aulis / ... (17 episodes, 1994–2006)
• Vesa Vierikko
  Vesa Vierikko
  Vesa Tapio Vierikko is a Finnish actor.Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television working consistently throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He starred in the 2003 film Sibelius working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella and Miina...
  
   .... Anssi Ahlmgren / ... (16 episodes, 1994–2006)
• Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius is a Finnish actor and screenwriter. He has also written manuscripts for Finnish TV series and made six records as a singer....
  
   .... Sulo Tyynelä / ... (16 episodes, 1994–2006)
• Jonas Halldorius .... Mikael Tyynelä / ... (16 episodes, 1994–2006)