Home in Toa Payoh
Home in Toa Payoh | |
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家在大巴窑 | |
Genre | Family Dramedy |
Directed by | Chia Mien Yang |
Starring | Li Nanxing Huang Biren Fiona Xie Zhu Mimi Cavin Soh Huang Yiliang |
Opening theme | 自己的天空 by Alan Poh, sung by Cavin Soh |
Ending theme | 家在大巴窑 by Marcus Chin |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original languages | Chinese and Teochew and Singlish dialogue |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | MediaCorp |
Release | 15 December 2003 23 January 2004 | –
Home in Toa Payoh is a Singapore Chinese drama which had its original run telecast in December 2003. The drama is produced by Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was re-aired in 2007 on every weekday, 5.30pm on Channel 8.
Synopsis
The first four minutes of the first episode introduces Toa Payoh, one of Singapore's oldest estates, and chronicles its development from a small "kampung" along swampy marshland to a modernised thriving neighbourhood. The series depicts life in a typical HDB estate.
Baomei, Pengkun and Guocheng are childhood friends who grew up together in Toa Payoh. Baomei is an overly thrifty bachelor who is a foreman at a factory. Pengkun is a top technician at Baomei's factory but is always skiving to return home early to be with his wife and children. Guocheng is a highly successful insurance salesman with a loving but constantly nagging wife Huiming. The three of them and their families have to put up with the gossipy and quarrelsome Auntie Fen who often argues with Guocheng's father-in-law.
Cast
Main cast
- Li Nanxing as Li Baomei "Ah Bee" 李保美
- Cavin Soh as Zhou Pengkun 周朋琨
- Huang Yiliang as Yuan Guocheng 袁国程
- Huang Biren as Zheng Huiming 郑惠明 "Kaypoh Queen"
- Fiona Xie as Yuan Shuhuai 袁淑怀
- Mimi Chu as Wu Lifen "Elephant" 吴立纷
Supporting Cast
- Li Wenhai as Zheng Daba 郑大跋
- Yang Libing as Wu Jinxiu 吴锦绣, Lifen's niece
- Zen Chong as Dino
- Liang Tian as "Ninth Uncle" (九叔)
- Rayson Tan
- Yan Bingliang as factory boss
- Margaret Lee as Qunying
External links
- Home in Toa Payoh (English)
- Home in Toa Payoh (Chinese)
- Home in Toa Payoh (mewatch)