Living with Lydia
| Living with Lydia | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Jennifer Tan |
| Starring |
Lydia Sum Samuel Chong Ng Hui Joel Chan Koh Chieng Mun Terence Tay Suhaimi Yusof |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MediaCorp Channel 5 (2001–2005) |
| Original release | November 8, 2001 – February 8, 2005 |
Living With Lydia (Chinese: 肥肥一家親 in Hong Kong, 肥姐駕到 in Singapore) is a Singaporean TV sitcom that was produced by MediaCorp and aired on Channel 5 from 2001 to 2005.
Starring the Chinese-born Hong Kong actress/comedian Lydia Shum as Lydia Lum, a popular Hong Kong restaurateur/caterer and widowed mother to two children – 13-year-old son Jordan and 18-year-old daughter Apple – are forced to find a new locale when her Dim Sum establishment is hit with a case of food poisoning after she hosted an event and is ordered by the authorities to close her business (she is labeled "Dim Sum killer" by her former patrons, even though she is unaware that someone falsely accused her so they can force her out of business).
This new locale happens to be Singapore. This is because her late grandfather's best friend (referred to as Ah Kong) had written a will giving her half ownership of a house he had built thanks in part to his success in the seafood business – as well as the fact Ah Kong's life was saved decades before by Lydia's late grandfather.
However, when she arrives at the house, it is already occupied by Ah Kong's grandson, Billy B. Ong (Billy Boy Ong), who Lydia calls "Billy Bong". Billy prides his rise to the top of the ladder on promoting the company's specialty: fish balls. The presence of Lydia does not sit well with Billy at first but he does give in because it might be the only way to get Lydia to give up her part of the house. Additionally, her dim sum business brings in customers and clients for him.
Other characters include Billy's son Max, an aspiring anime artist, and Rhonda Cheing, Billy's secretary who is trying to pursue Billy and sees Lydia's untimely arrival as a threat to her plans at winning Billy's heart, despite the fact that his wife, who ran out on him, would show up in the third season (Rhonda would later lose interest in Billy in the final season). Another is Sulaiman Yusof, a former stuntman who now works as the maintenance man in Billy's company.
Episodes of Living with Lydia also aired the United States on The International Channel (later renamed AZN Television) from 2003 to 2004 as part of the "Asia Street" lineup. In April 2006, up until the network left the air in 2008, AZN bought the show back and was rerunning them three times a week due to popular demand, starting with the series' fourth and final season. It was also broadcast on TVB Pearl in Hong Kong and Jak TV in Indonesia.
...
Wikipedia