Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster, he came into prominence in the 1980s when he played the lead role of Okonkwo in an NTA adaptation of ChinuaAchebe’s all time best selling novel, Things Fall Apart.

Pete Edochie got into radio broadcasting in 1967 at the age of 20 as a junior programmes assistant after which he was elevated to the level of a Director. He was director of programmes, but doubling sometimes as Deputy Managing Director and occasionally acting as ManagingDirector.

He was to be the immediate successor to the MD but had to leave and enrol into the movie industry. Prior to that, Pete had featured in Things Fall Apart and had won an International Award. The BBC flew into Nigeria to interview him for his role in Things Fall Apart.