118 (TV series)
| 118 | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 要要发 |
| Genre | Socio-drama Dramedy Family Sitcom |
| Written by | Ang Eng Tee 洪荣狄 |
| Directed by | Huang Fengfei 黄芬菲 Lin Mingzhe 林明哲 |
| Starring |
Chew Chor Meng Pan Lingling Dennis Chew Ya Hui Xu Bin Somaline Ang Sheila Sim Chen Tianwen Liu Lingling Chen Hanwei Cavin Soh Carrie Wong |
| Opening theme | 够力够力 by Jack Neo |
| Ending theme | 1) 118 by Chew Chor Meng, Chen Hanwei, Cavin Soh, Dennis Chew, Xu Bin, Ya Hui, Pan Lingling, Dawn Yeoh & Liu Lingling 2) 重來 by Cavin Soh & Chew Chor Meng 3) 最美的旅行 by Ruth Kueo 魏妙如 4) 明信片 by Wu Hui Bing 吳惠冰 & Matthew Teng |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin, with some English dialogue |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 255 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Mediacorp Studios |
| Running time | 22 minutes (without advertisements) |
| Production company(s) | Mediacorp |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Original release | October 20, 2014 – October 16, 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Life - Fear Not |
| Related shows | 118 II (2016 - Present) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
118 also known as (要要发) is a 255 episode half-hour long-running drama series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8, written by Ang Eng Tee and executive produced by Paul Yuen and Chong Liung Man. It stars Chew Chor Meng, Pan Lingling, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui, Xu Bin, Somaline Ang, Sheila Sim, Carrie Wong, Chen Tianwen, Liu Lingling, Chen Hanwei & Cavin Soh as the main casts of the series. Set against the backdrop of a coffee shop in Tiong Bahru, the drama offers a light-hearted social commentary on current topics with relatable characters and incidents.It has a second sequel called 118 II
The show replaced the second half of the 7.00 pm drama timeslot, airing weekdays from October 20, 2014, 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm, premiering together with news-current affairs programme Hello Singapore.
Hong Daming (Chew Chor Meng) is a positive and generous man. As his coffee shop and house number are both "118", the people around him gave him the nickname of "118" (or 要要发), much to his delight. Together with his wife, Liu Meimei (Pan Lingling), he makes a living by running the coffee-shop, and are well known in Tiong Bahru. Whenever someone is in need, they would always seek Daming for help.
His family lives in a 3-room flat, which was built in pre-war years, above the coffee shop. He has 4 children. The children are named Hong Shunfeng (Dennis Chew), Hong Shunshui (Xu Bin), Hong Jinzhi (Ya Hui) and Hong Yuye (Somaline Ang).
Having 6 people living in a 3-room flat is cramped-up enough, yet he also rents out a room to "Ah Niang", a middle-aged man whose original name is Li Weiliang (Chen Hanwei). Weiliang studied fashion design in France, but circumstances led him to simply run a stall in 118's coffee-shop, selling dumplings with the recipe that his mother left for him.
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